Irish House of Lords

The former House of Lords chamber in the Irish Parliament Building, today in use as a function room by the Bank of Ireland. The Irish Houses of Parliament (Tithe na Parlaiminte also known as the Irish Parliament House, today called the Bank of Ireland, College Green

The Irish House of Lords (Irish; Teach na dTiarnai) was the upper house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from mediæval times until 1800. An upper house is one of two chambers of a Bicameral Legislature, the other chamber being the Lower house. The Parliament of Ireland (Irish Parlaimint na hEireann) was a Legislature that existed from mediæval times until 1800. It was abolished along with the Irish House of Commons by the Act of Union. The Irish House of Commons was the Lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800 The phrase Act of Union 1800 (or sometimes Act of Union 1801) (Acht an Aontais 1800 is used to describe two complementary Acts whose official United Kingdom titles are

The House of Lords was presided over by the Lord Chancellor, who sat on the woolsack, a large seat stuffed with wool from each of the three lands of England, Ireland and Scotland. The office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland was the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922 The Woolsack is the seat of the Lord Speaker in the House of Lords, the Upper House of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. 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, 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 by the Lord Lieutenant, who sat on the throne beneath a canopy of crimson velvet. The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, generally shortened to just Black Rod, is an official in the parliaments of a number of Commonwealth countries The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (Ard-Leifteanant na hÉireann ( Plural: Lords Lieutenant) also known as the Judiciar in the early Mediaeval period

Following the Act of Union, the peerage of Ireland elected 28 of their number to sit in the United Kingdom House of Lords. The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" This practice ended in 1922 with the establishment of the Irish Free State. The Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann (1922&ndash1937 was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by Other Irish peers were able to stand for election to the UK House of Commons, provided they did not also hold a peerage, such as a peerage of the United Kingdom, which entitled them to sit in the House of Lords. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most Peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801 when

Today the 18th century Irish Parliament building on College Green in Dublin is an office of the commercial Bank of Ireland and visitors can view the Irish House of Lords chamber within the building. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The Irish Houses of Parliament (Tithe na Parlaiminte also known as the Irish Parliament House, today called the Bank of Ireland, College Green College Green ( Faiche an Choláiste in Irish) previously called Hoggen Green, is a three sided 'square' in the centre of Dublin. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. The Bank of Ireland (Banc na hÉireann, officially known as the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland is a commercial Bank operation in Ireland

A sectional engraving of the Irish House of Lord Chamber by Peter Mazell 1767 based on the drawing by Rowland Omer

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