List of parliaments of Ireland


This is a list of parliaments of Ireland to 1801.
For subsequent parliaments, see the list of parliaments of the United Kingdom. For post-1918 parliaments, see elections in Ireland. Parliaments before 1264 are not currently listed.
MonarchSequenceOpenedDismissedCommonsSpeaker SessionsGreat CouncilsCouncilsLocations Notes
Henry III—18 June 1264After 29 September 1269-2Castledermot ; unknown
Edward I—1276–7After 9 April 1307191Dublin ; Kildare ; Kilkenny "Wogan's Parliament" of 1297 was the first with representatives elected by counties.
Edward II—9 February 1310After 8 July 132614Dublin, Kildare, Kilmainham, Kilkenny.
Edward III—10 May 1327After 8 January 13772989Dublin, Ballydoyle/Cashel, Kilkenny.The Statutes of Kilkenny were passed by the 1366 session.
Richard II—14 January 1378Summer 139613511Dublin, Trim, Kilkenny, Castledermot.
Henry IV—Spring 1401After 4 February 14121325Dublin, New Ross, Kilkenny Waterford.
Henry VI—142521 July 146032171Dublin, Trim, Naas, Drogheda, Kilkenny.The 1460 parliament was assembled by Richard of York and declared that "the land of Ireland is, and at all times has been, corporate of itself".
Edward IV—12 June 1461After 7 February 148361Dublin, Bray, Trim, Naas, Limerick, Drogheda, Connell, County Kildare, Wexford, Waterford In 1478, Garret Mór, Earl of Kildare refused to yield the Lord Deputyship to Lord Grey. A Parliament summoned by Grey at Trim on 6 November 1478 annulled one summoned by Kildare at Naas in May.
Richard III—19 March 1484After 24 October 148582Dublin, Naas, Trim, unknown
Henry VII—14 July 1486After July 15092011Dublin, Castledermot, Trim, Drogheda.Poynings' Parliament annulled the 1493 Parliament summoned by Poynings' predecessor Robert Preston, 1st Viscount Gormanston, and passed Poynings' Law, which tightly regulated future Parliaments.
"Edward VI" —May/June 1487October 148711DublinParliament summoned by Lord Deputy Kildare considered void; the 1495 statute 10 Hen. 7. c. 14 may have annulled it.
Henry VIII125 February 15162 October 15163Dublin
Henry VIII24 June 152121 March 15227Dublin
Henry VIII315 September 153131 October 15312Dublin, Drogheda
Henry VIII419 May 1533After 2 October 15333Dublin
Henry VIII51 May 153620 December 1537At least 9Dublin Kilkenny, Cashel, Limerick Instigated the Reformation in Ireland. It also removed the right of the proctors, representing the lower clergy, to sit in Parliament.
Henry VIII613 June 154119 November 1543Sir Thomas Cusack 8Dublin, Trim, Limerick Passed the Crown of Ireland Act 1542
Mary I11 June 15571 March 1558James Stanihurst3Dublin, Limerick, Drogheda
Elizabeth I112 January 15601 February 1560James Stanihurst1Dublin
Elizabeth I217 January 156925 April 1571James Stanihurst10Dublin, Drogheda
Elizabeth I326 April 158514 May 1586ListNicholas Walsh7
James I118 May 161324 October 1615Sir John Davies3First Irish parliament with a Protestant majority, achieved largely by the creation of new boroughs by the king, many of which were little more than villages or empty plots of land.
Charles I114 July 163418 April 1635Sir Nathaniel Catelyn4
Charles I216 March 163930 January 1649ListSir Maurice Eustace6
Interregnum30 Irish MPs sat at Westminster in the Protectorate Parliament
Charles II18 May 16617 August 1666ListSir Audley Mervyn4 Parliament
James II17 May 168918 July 1689ListSir Richard Nagle1Patriot Parliament convened by Jacobites after the Revolution of 1688. The Irish act 7 Will. 3. c. 3 annulled all actions of this "pretended Parliament" and ordered its records burnt.
William III and Mary II15 October 169226 June 1693ListSir Richard Levinge1
William III227 August 169514 June 1699ListRobert Rochfort2
Anne121 September 17036 May 1713ListAlan Brodrick6
Anne121 September 17036 May 1713ListJohn Forster 6
Anne225 November 17131 August 1714ListAlan Brodrick1Dissolved by the death of the Queen
George I112 November 171511 June 1727ListWilliam Conolly6Dissolved by the death of the King
George II128 November 172725 October 1760ListWilliam Conolly17Dissolved by the death of the King
George II128 November 172725 October 1760ListSir Ralph Gore 17Dissolved by the death of the King
George II128 November 172725 October 1760ListHenry Boyle 17Dissolved by the death of the King
George II128 November 172725 October 1760ListJohn Ponsonby 17Dissolved by the death of the King
George III122 October 176128 May 1768ListJohn Ponsonby4The Octennial Act passed in 1768 limited parliaments to a term of 8 years at most
George III217 October 17695 April 1776ListJohn Ponsonby5
George III217 October 17695 April 1776ListEdmund Sexton Pery 5
George III318 June 177625 July 1783ListEdmund Sexton Pery4The Constitution of 1782 instigated Grattan's Parliament
George III414 October 17838 April 1790ListEdmund Sexton Pery7
George III414 October 17838 April 1790ListJohn Foster 7
George III52 July 179011 July 1797ListJohn Foster8
George III69 January 179831 December 1800ListJohn Foster3Dissolved by the Acts of Union 1800

The kingdoms of Ireland and Great Britain joined on 1 January 1801. For subsequent parliaments see the list of parliaments of the United Kingdom.