List of parliaments of Ireland

This is a list of parliaments of Ireland to 1801.

For subsequent parliaments, see the list of parliaments of the United Kingdom. For post-1918 parliaments, see elections in Ireland. Parliaments before 1264 are not currently listed.

Monarch Sequence Opened Dismissed Commons Speaker (date) Sessions Great Councils Councils Locations (no. sessions) Notes Henry III — 18 June 1264 After 29 September 1269 None 2 Castledermot (1); unknown (1) Edward I — 1276–7 After 9 April 1307 19 1 Dublin (13); Kildare (1); Kilkenny (4) "Wogan's Parliament" of 1297 was the first with representatives elected by counties. Edward II — 9 February 1310 After 8 July 1326 14 Dublin (6), Kildare (1), Kilmainham (1), Kilkenny (5). Edward III — 10 May 1327 After 8 January 1377 29 8 9 Dublin (20), Ballydoyle/Cashel (1), Kilkenny (11). The Statutes of Kilkenny were passed by the 1366 session. Richard II — 14 January 1378 Summer 1396 13 5 11 Dublin (4), Trim (1), Kilkenny (2), Castledermot (4). Henry IV — Spring 1401 After 4 February 1412 13 2 5 Dublin (7), New Ross (1), Kilkenny (2) Waterford (2). Henry VI — 1425 21 July 1460 32 17 1 Dublin (30), Trim (1), Naas (2), Drogheda (6), Kilkenny (1). The 1460 parliament was assembled by Richard of York and declared that "the land of Ireland is, and at all times has been, corporate of itself". Edward IV — 12 June 1461 After 7 February 1483 61 Dublin (31), Bray (1), Trim (2), Naas (5), Limerick (1), Drogheda (15), Connell, County Kildare (1), Wexford (1), Waterford (1) In 1478, Garret Mór, Earl of Kildare refused to yield the Lord Deputyship to Lord Grey. A Parliament summoned by Grey at Trim on 6 November 1478 annulled one summoned by Kildare at Naas in May.Statute 8 Edw. 4 Sess. 3 c. 6 (I); Richard III —19 March 1484After 24 October 1485 8 2 Dublin (3), Naas (2), Trim (2), unknown (1) Henry VII —14 July 1486After July 1509 20 1 1 Dublin (9), Castledermot (2), Trim (2), Drogheda (4). Poynings' Parliament (1494–5) annulled the 1493 Parliament summoned by Poynings' predecessor Robert Preston, 1st Viscount Gormanston, and passed Poynings' Law,10 Hen. 7. c. 4 (I) which tightly regulated future Parliaments. "Edward VI" (Lambert Simnel) — May/June 1487 October 1487 1 1 Dublin Parliament summoned by Lord Deputy Kildare considered void; the 1495 statute 10 Hen. 7. c. 14 (I) may have annulled it. Henry VIII 1 25 February 1516 2 October 1516 3 Dublin (3) Henry VIII 2 4 June 1521 21 March 1522 7 Dublin (7) Henry VIII 3 15 September 1531 31 October 1531 2 Dublin (1), Drogheda (1) Henry VIII 4 19 May 1533 After 2 October 1533 3 Dublin (3) Henry VIII 5 1 May 1536 20 December 1537 At least 9 Dublin (at least 6) Kilkenny (1), Cashel (1), Limerick (1) Instigated the Reformation in Ireland. It also removed the right of the proctors, representing the lower clergy, to sit in Parliament. Henry VIII 6 13 June 1541 19 November 1543 Sir Thomas Cusack (c. 13 June 1541) 8 Dublin (6), Trim (1), Limerick (1) Passed the Crown of Ireland Act 1542 Mary I11 June 15571 March 1558James Stanihurst 3 Dublin (1), Limerick (1), Drogheda (1) Elizabeth I112 January 15601 February 1560James Stanihurst1 Dublin Elizabeth I217 January 156925 April 1571James Stanihurst10 Dublin (9), Drogheda (1) Elizabeth I326 April 158514 May 1586ListNicholas Walsh7 James I118 May 161324 October 1615Sir John Davies3First Irish parliament with a Protestant majority, achieved largely (following the Ulster plantation) by the creation of new boroughs by the king, many of which were little more than villages or empty plots of land. Charles I114 July 163418 April 1635Sir Nathaniel Catelyn4Charles I216 March 163930 January 1649ListSir Maurice Eustace6 Interregnum 30 Irish MPs sat at Westminster in the Protectorate Parliament (1653–59) Charles II18 May 16617 August 1666ListSir Audley Mervyn4 Parliament James II 17 May 168918 July 1689ListSir Richard Nagle1 Patriot Parliament convened by Jacobites after the Revolution of 1688. The Irish act 7 Will. 3. c. 3 (I) (1695) annulled all actions of this "pretended Parliament" and ordered its records burnt. William III and Mary II15 October 169226 June 1693ListSir Richard Levinge1 William III227 August 169514 June 1699ListRobert Rochfort2 Anne 1 21 September 1703 6 May 1713 List Alan Brodrick 6 John Forster (19 May 1710) Anne 2 25 November 1713 1 August 1714 List Alan Brodrick 1 Dissolved by the death of the Queen George I 1 12 November 1715 11 June 1727 List William Conolly 6 Dissolved by the death of the King George II 1 28 November 1727 25 October 1760 List William Conolly 17 Dissolved by the death of the King Sir Ralph Gore (13 October 1729) Henry Boyle (4 October 1733) John Ponsonby (26 April 1756) George III 1 22 October 1761 28 May 1768 List John Ponsonby 4 The Octennial Act passed in 1768 limited parliaments to a term of 8 years at most George III 2 17 October 1769 5 April 1776 List John Ponsonby 5 Edmund Sexton Pery (7 March 1771) George III 3 18 June 1776 25 July 1783 List Edmund Sexton Pery 4 The Constitution of 1782 instigated Grattan's Parliament George III 4 14 October 1783 8 April 1790 List Edmund Sexton Pery 7 John Foster (5 September 1785) George III 5 2 July 1790 11 July 1797 List John Foster 8 George III 6 9 January 1798 31 December 1800 List John Foster 3 Dissolved by the Acts of Union 1800

The kingdoms of Ireland and Great Britain joined on 1 January 1801. For subsequent parliaments see the list of parliaments of the United Kingdom.

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