1782 Constitution of Ireland

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The 1782 Constitution of Ireland was a series of legislative changes that granted the Irish Parliament significant autonomy from British control, marking a brief period of legislative independence before the Act of Union in 1801.

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Label Occurrences
1782 Constitution of Ireland canonical 1
Grattan's Constitution 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional settlement ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political reform ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constitution of 1782 ⓘ
Grattan's Constitution ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Ireland ⓘ
Irish Parliament ⓘ
causeOf increased expectations for Irish self-government ⓘ
characterizedBy Protestant Ascendancy dominance ⓘ
continued executive control from London ⓘ
limited legislative independence ⓘ
country Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
didNotGrant full Catholic emancipation ⓘ
endTime 1800 ⓘ
followedBy Act of Union 1800 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Union 1800
follows Penal Laws in Ireland ⓘ
Poynings' Law ⓘ
granted autonomy from British Parliament ⓘ
legislative independence to Irish Parliament ⓘ
hasPart Constitution of 1782 legislative reforms ⓘ
Renunciation Act 1783 ⓘ
Repeal of Poynings' Law ⓘ
linked to: Poynings' Law
historicalRegion Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked brief period of Irish legislative independence before union with Great Britain ⓘ
influencedBy American War of Independence ⓘ
Henry Flood ⓘ
Henry Grattan ⓘ
Irish Volunteer movement ⓘ
Patriot Party (Ireland) ⓘ
linked to: Irish Patriot Party
legalEffect asserted exclusive right of Irish Parliament to legislate for Ireland ⓘ
ended requirement that Irish legislation be approved by British Privy Council ⓘ
reduced role of British Parliament in Irish affairs ⓘ
limited authority of British Parliament over Irish legislation ⓘ
location Dublin ⓘ
parliamentaryBody Irish House of Commons ⓘ
Irish House of Lords ⓘ
partOf eighteenth-century Irish constitutional history ⓘ
precededBy Poynings' Law legislative system ⓘ
linked to: Poynings' Law
repealedOrAbolishedBy Act of Union 1800 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Union 1800

Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ
significantEvent Act of Union 1800 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Union 1800
significantFigure Henry Flood ⓘ
Henry Grattan ⓘ
Lord Charlemont ⓘ
William Pitt the Younger ⓘ
startTime 1782 ⓘ
timePeriod Grattan's Parliament ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irish House of Lords → gainedLegislativeIndependence → 1782 Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
1782 Constitution of Ireland → alsoKnownAs → Grattan's Constitution ⓘ
linked to: 1782 Constitution of Ireland