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The Constitution of 1782 is a collective term given to a series of legal changes which freed the Parliament of Ireland
Parliament of Ireland

The Parliament of Ireland was a legislature that existed in Dublin from 1297 until 1800. It comprised two chambers: the Irish House of Commons and the Irish House of Lords....
, a mediaeval body made up of the Irish House of Commons
Irish House of Commons

The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the Irish House of Lords....
 and the Irish House of Lords
Irish House of Lords

The Irish House of Lords was the upper house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from medi?val times until 1800. It was abolished along with the Irish House of Commons by the Act of Union 1800....
, of legal restrictions that had been imposed since mediaeval times by successive English (later British) governments on its work. These restrictions had, in effect, allowed the Irish executive of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , also known as the Judiciar in the early mediaeval period and as the Lord Deputy of Ireland as late as the 17th century, was the King's representative and head of the Irish executive during the Lordship of Ireland , the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ....
 to control the parliamentary agenda and to restrict its ability to legislate for the interests of Ireland rather than the kingdoms of England
Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England was, from 927 to 1707, a state in North-West Europe. The Kingdom of England spanned the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain and a number of smaller outlying islands?what is today the legal unit of England and Wales....
 (pre-1707) and Great Britain
Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a country in North-West Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1801....
 (1707-1800).

The most notorious restriction had been Poynings' Law of 1494.






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The Constitution of 1782 is a collective term given to a series of legal changes which freed the Parliament of Ireland
Parliament of Ireland

The Parliament of Ireland was a legislature that existed in Dublin from 1297 until 1800. It comprised two chambers: the Irish House of Commons and the Irish House of Lords....
, a mediaeval body made up of the Irish House of Commons
Irish House of Commons

The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the Irish House of Lords....
 and the Irish House of Lords
Irish House of Lords

The Irish House of Lords was the upper house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from medi?val times until 1800. It was abolished along with the Irish House of Commons by the Act of Union 1800....
, of legal restrictions that had been imposed since mediaeval times by successive English (later British) governments on its work. These restrictions had, in effect, allowed the Irish executive of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , also known as the Judiciar in the early mediaeval period and as the Lord Deputy of Ireland as late as the 17th century, was the King's representative and head of the Irish executive during the Lordship of Ireland , the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ....
 to control the parliamentary agenda and to restrict its ability to legislate for the interests of Ireland rather than the kingdoms of England
Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England was, from 927 to 1707, a state in North-West Europe. The Kingdom of England spanned the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain and a number of smaller outlying islands?what is today the legal unit of England and Wales....
 (pre-1707) and Great Britain
Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a country in North-West Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1801....
 (1707-1800).

The most notorious restriction had been Poynings' Law of 1494. These restrictions were all lifted in 1782, producing a period of unheard-of legislative freedom. This period came to be known as Grattan's Parliament after Henry Grattan
Henry Grattan

Henry Grattan was a member of the Irish House of Commons and a campaigner for legislative freedom for the Parliament of Ireland in the late 18th century....
, a major campaigner for reform in the House of Commons. Through the Act of Union 1800
Act of Union 1800

The phrase Act of Union 1800 is used to describe two complementary Acts whose official United Kingdom titles are the Union with Ireland Act 1800 , an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, and the Act of Union 1800 ,...
, the Irish Parliament merged with the Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain

The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Act of Union 1707 by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland....
 in 1801, ending the period of legislative freedom. From 1801 to 1922, Ireland was legally part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name and the state form of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927....
 and was legislated for from the United Kingdom parliament in Westminster
Westminster

Westminster is an area of Central London, within the City of Westminster. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and southwest of Charing Cross....
.

The eighteenth century Old Irish Parliament House
Irish Houses of Parliament

The Irish Houses of Parliament is the world's first purpose-built two-chamber parliament house. It served as the seat of both chambers of the Irish parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland for most of the eighteenth century until that parliament was abolished by the Act of Union 1800 in 1800 when the island became part of the United Kingdom o...
 in College Green
College Green

File:Trinity college front arch.jpgCollege Green , previously called Hoggen Green, is a three-sided "square" in the centre of Dublin. On its northern side is a building known today as the Bank of Ireland which until 1800 was Irish Houses of Parliament....
 in Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
 (which was the first purpose-built two-chamber parliament in the world, pre-dating the nineteenth century Palace of Westminster
Palace of Westminster

The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, in London, is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom meet....
 and the United States Capitol
United States Capitol

The United States Capitol serves as the seat of government for the United States Congress, the legislature of the federal government of the United States....
), survives today under the name of the Bank of Ireland, College Green. While its famed Irish House of Commons
Irish House of Commons

The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the Irish House of Lords....
 chamber was dismantled after the Act of Union, the magnificent Irish House of Lords
Irish House of Lords

The Irish House of Lords was the upper house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from medi?val times until 1800. It was abolished along with the Irish House of Commons by the Act of Union 1800....
 chamber still exists today.

See also

Irish Patriot Party
Irish Patriot Party

The Irish Patriot Party was the name of a number of different political groupings in Ireland throughout the eighteenth century. They were primarily supportive of British Whig Party concepts of personal liberty combined with a Irish nationalism that rejected full independence, but advocated strong self-government within the British Empire....