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The Irish House of Commons was the Lower House of the Parliament Of Ireland , that existed from mediæval times until 1800 . The upper house was the House Of Lords . The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a very restrictive franchise. Most notably, Roman Catholic s were disqualified from sitting in the Irish parliament, even though they comprised the vast majority of the Irish population. From about 1716 until 1793 , they were also disfranchised. The British apponted Irish executive, under the Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland , was not answerable to the House of Commons but to the British government. However the Chief Secretary For Ireland was usually a member of the Irish parliament. In the Commons, business was presided over by the Speaker who, in the absence of a government chosen from and answerable to the Commons, was the dominant political figure in the parliament. The House of Commons was abolished when the Irish parliament merged with its British counterpart in 1801 under the Act Of Union . FAMOUS MEMBERS
CONSTITUENCIES The House was elected in the same way as the British House of Commons. By the time of the Union, the shape of the House had been fixed with two members elected for each of the 32 Counties Of Ireland , two members for each of 117 Boroughs, and two members for Dublin University , a total of 300 members. The number of Boroughs invited to return members had originally been small (only 55 Boroughs existed in 1603 ) but was doubled by the Stuart monarchs. Irish Boroughs SEE ALSO |
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