Constitution of 1782

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The Constitution of 1782 was a series of legislative changes that effectively granted the Irish Parliament legislative independence from Great Britain, marking a brief period of Irish self-governance before the Act of Union.

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Constitution of 1782 canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional arrangement ⓘ
series of legislative reforms ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Grattan’s Constitution ⓘ
appliesTo Irish House of Commons ⓘ
Irish House of Lords ⓘ
Irish executive under the Lord Lieutenant ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Ireland ⓘ
Irish Parliament ⓘ
basedOn constitutional agitation by the Irish Patriot Party ⓘ
country Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
describedAs brief period of Irish legislative self-government ⓘ
didNotGrant full executive independence ⓘ
universal suffrage ⓘ
endTime 1801 ⓘ
field constitutional law ⓘ
followedBy Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ
governmentForm limited constitutional monarchy ⓘ
granted legislative independence ⓘ
hasPart Renunciation Act 1783 ⓘ
Repeal of the Dependency of Ireland on Great Britain Act 1719 ⓘ
limitation of British Privy Council control over Irish legislation ⓘ
recognition of Irish parliamentary legislative autonomy ⓘ
reform of Poynings’ Law ⓘ
headOfState George III ⓘ
historicalPeriod Grattan’s Parliament ⓘ
impact strengthened Irish Protestant Ascendancy control of Parliament ⓘ
influencedBy American War of Independence ⓘ
Irish Volunteer movement ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus constitutional settlement ⓘ
limited authority of the British Parliament over Ireland ⓘ
role of the British Privy Council in Irish law-making ⓘ
location Dublin ⓘ
maintained British Crown sovereignty over Ireland ⓘ
opposedBy supporters of closer Anglo-Irish union ⓘ
partOf history of Ireland under British rule ⓘ
precededBy Dependency of Ireland on Great Britain Act 1719 ⓘ
constitutional regime under Poynings’ Law ⓘ
relatedTo Home Rule movement ⓘ
repealedBy Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ
repealedOn 1 January 1801 ⓘ
significantEvent end of British parliamentary legislative supremacy over Ireland ⓘ
granting of legislative independence to the Irish Parliament ⓘ
startTime 1782 ⓘ
supportedBy Henry Grattan ⓘ
Irish Patriot Party ⓘ
timePeriod late 18th century ⓘ

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Parliament of Ireland → notableReform → Constitution of 1782 ⓘ
Poynings' Law → followedBy → Constitution of 1782 ⓘ
Renunciation Act 1783 → relatedEvent → Constitution of 1782 ⓘ
Irish Volunteer movement → supported → Constitution of 1782 ⓘ
Irish Patriot Party → significantEvent → Constitution of 1782 ⓘ
Irish Patriot Party → declineAfter → Constitution of 1782 ⓘ
Grattan’s Parliament → legalBasis → Constitution of 1782 ⓘ
1782 Constitution of Ireland → alsoKnownAs → Constitution of 1782 ⓘ