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The Irish House of Lords (Irish; Teach na dTiarnai) was the upper house
Upper house

An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house....
 of 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....
 that existed from mediæval times until 1800. It was abolished along with 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....
 by the Act of Union
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 House of Lords was presided over by the Lord Chancellor
Lord Chancellor of Ireland

The office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland was the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. And from 1721 to 1801 it also served as the highest political office of the Irish Parliament....
, who sat on the woolsack
Woolsack

The Woolsack is the seat of the Lord Speaker in the House of Lords, the Upper House of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From the Middle Ages until 2006, the presiding officer in the House of Lords was the Lord Chancellor and the Woolsack was usually mentioned in association with the office of Lord Chancellor....
, a large seat stuffed with wool from each of the three lands of England, Ireland and Scotland.






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The Irish House of Lords (Irish; Teach na dTiarnai) was the upper house
Upper house

An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house....
 of 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....
 that existed from mediæval times until 1800. It was abolished along with 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....
 by the Act of Union
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 House of Lords was presided over by the Lord Chancellor
Lord Chancellor of Ireland

The office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland was the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. And from 1721 to 1801 it also served as the highest political office of the Irish Parliament....
, who sat on the woolsack
Woolsack

The Woolsack is the seat of the Lord Speaker in the House of Lords, the Upper House of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From the Middle Ages until 2006, the presiding officer in the House of Lords was the Lord Chancellor and the Woolsack was usually mentioned in association with the office of Lord Chancellor....
, a large seat stuffed with wool from each of the three lands of England, Ireland and Scotland. At the state opening of the Irish parliament Members of Parliament were summoned to the House of Lords from the House of Commons chamber by Black Rod
Black Rod

The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, generally shortened to just Black Rod, is an official in the parliaments of a number of Commonwealth of Nations countries....
, a royal official who would "command the members on behalf of His Excellency to attend him in the chamber of peers" Sessions were formally opened by the Speech from the Throne
Speech from the Throne

A speech from the throne is an event in certain monarchies in which the monarch reads a prepared speech to a complete session of parliament, outlining the government's agenda for the coming year....
 by the Lord Lieutenant
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 ....
, who sat on the throne beneath a canopy of crimson velvet.

Following the Act of Union, the peerage of Ireland
Peerage of Ireland

The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those Peerage created by Monarchy of Ireland in their capacity as Lordship of Ireland or King of Ireland....
 elected 28 of their number to sit in the United Kingdom House of Lords
House of Lords

The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords". The Parliament comprises the British monarchy, the British House of Commons , and the Lords....
. This practice ended in 1922 with the establishment of the Irish Free State
Irish Free State

The Irish Free State was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by the British government and Irish representatives exactly twelve months beforehand....
. Other Irish peers were able to stand for election to the UK House of Commons
British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
, provided they did not also hold a peerage, such as a peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union 1800 in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain....
, which entitled them to sit in the House of Lords.

Today the 18th century Irish Parliament building
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...
 on 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....
 is an office of the commercial Bank of Ireland
Bank of Ireland

The Bank of Ireland is a commercial bank operation in Ireland, which is one of the 'Big Four ' in both parts of the island.Historically the premier banking organisation in Ireland, today Bank of Ireland is number two to Allied Irish Banks....
 and visitors can view the Irish House of Lords chamber within the building.

Lords Chamber 2

See also

  • Kingdom of Ireland
    Kingdom of Ireland

    The Kingdom of Ireland was the name given to the Irish state from 1541, by the Crown of Ireland Act 1542 of the Parliament of Ireland. It was based on the contested legitimacy of the right of conquest....
  • List of Irish Representative Peers
    List of Irish representative peers

    This is a list of representative peers elected from the Peerage of Ireland to sit in the House of Lords....