Institution

Grattan's Parliament

1782–1800 · 18th century

Grattan's Parliament is the name given to the Irish Parliament between 1782 and 1800, after it won legislative independence from Westminster through the repeal of the Declaratory Act and changes to Poynings' Law. Named after the patriot leader Henry Grattan, it remained an assembly of the Protestant Ascendancy. It voted itself out of existence in the Acts of Union, which took effect in 1801.

Grattan's Parliament
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Kingdom of Ireland

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