Kingdom of Ireland

Kingdom of Ireland Irish: Ríocht na hÉireann
1541 – 1651 1659 – 1801
Banners of Ireland Coat of arms2
Capital	Dublin
Common languages	Irish, English
Government	Monarchy
King3
• 1542-1547	Henry VIII
• 1760-1801	George III
Chief Secretary
• 1660	Matthew Lock
• 1798-1801	Viscount Castlereagh
Legislature	Parliament of Ireland
• Upper house	Irish House of Lords
• Lower house	Irish House of Commons
History
• Act of Parliament	1541
• Act of Union	January 1 1801
ISO 3166 code	IE
Preceded by Succeeded by Lordship of Ireland Gaelic Ireland Confederate Ireland Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The Kingdom of Ireland (Irish: Ríoghacht Éireann) was a country in Western Europe. It was created by King Henry VIII of England by an act of the Irish Parliament in 1541. It had been a colony previously. It was subservient to England partially because of a law passed by the Irish Parliament during Henry VII's reign called Poynings's law which was sponsored by Sir Edward Poynings the Lord Deputy and gave the English Parliament power to veto Irish legislation. It was abolished in 1801 when it joined the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Its lands are now part of two states. These states are the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. The lands in the United Kingdom have the name Northern Ireland.

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