Irish House of Lords
Irish House of Lords | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Established | 1297 |
| Disbanded | 1 January 1801 |
| Succeeded by | House of Lords of the United Kingdom |
| Leadership | |
The Earl of Clare1 (1789–1800) | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | typically 122–147 |
Length of term | Lifetime |
| Salary | nil |
| Elections | |
| Ennoblement by the monarch or inheritance of a peerage | |
| Meeting place | |
| Lords Chamber, Parliament House, Dublin | |
| Footnotes | |
| 1In 1800 See also: Parliament of Great Britain | |
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The Irish House of Lords was the upper house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from medieval times until the end of 1800. It was also the final court of appeal of the Kingdom of Ireland.
It was modelled on the House of Lords of England, with members of the Peerage of Ireland sitting in the Irish Lords, just as members of the Peerage of England did at Westminster. When the Act of Union 1800 abolished the Irish parliament, a subset of Irish peers sat as Irish representative peers in the House of Lords of the merged Parliament of the United Kingdom.