Irish House of Commons
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The Irish House of Commons was the lower chamber of the Parliament of Ireland, representing constituencies across the island until its abolition by the Acts of Union 1800.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Irish House of Commons canonical | 19 |
| House of Commons of Southern Ireland | 1 |
| The Irish House of Commons, 1780 | 1 |
| former Irish House of Commons | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2346316 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irish House of Commons Context triple: [William Wellesley-Pole, memberOf, Irish House of Commons]
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Irish House of Lords
The Irish House of Lords was the upper chamber of the pre-1801 Irish Parliament, composed mainly of hereditary peers and bishops, which played a central role in the governance of the Kingdom of Ireland under British rule.
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B.
Parliament of Ireland
The Parliament of Ireland was the historical legislature of the Kingdom of Ireland, existing until its abolition and merger into the Parliament of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century.
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C.
Privy Council of Ireland
The Privy Council of Ireland was a body of advisors that assisted the Lord Lieutenant in governing Ireland under British rule, particularly in legislative and executive matters.
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D.
Parliament of Southern Ireland
The Parliament of Southern Ireland was a short-lived, largely ineffective home rule legislature established by the British government in 1921 for the southern counties of Ireland, which was quickly superseded by the institutions of the Irish Free State.
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E.
Council of Ireland
The Council of Ireland was a short-lived inter-parliamentary body intended to coordinate and potentially unify the separate administrations of Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland within the United Kingdom in the early 1920s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irish House of Commons Target entity description: The Irish House of Commons was the lower chamber of the Parliament of Ireland, representing constituencies across the island until its abolition by the Acts of Union 1800.
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A.
Irish House of Lords
The Irish House of Lords was the upper chamber of the pre-1801 Irish Parliament, composed mainly of hereditary peers and bishops, which played a central role in the governance of the Kingdom of Ireland under British rule.
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B.
Parliament of Ireland
The Parliament of Ireland was the historical legislature of the Kingdom of Ireland, existing until its abolition and merger into the Parliament of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century.
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C.
Privy Council of Ireland
The Privy Council of Ireland was a body of advisors that assisted the Lord Lieutenant in governing Ireland under British rule, particularly in legislative and executive matters.
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D.
Parliament of Southern Ireland
The Parliament of Southern Ireland was a short-lived, largely ineffective home rule legislature established by the British government in 1921 for the southern counties of Ireland, which was quickly superseded by the institutions of the Irish Free State.
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E.
Council of Ireland
The Council of Ireland was a short-lived inter-parliamentary body intended to coordinate and potentially unify the separate administrations of Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland within the United Kingdom in the early 1920s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct legislative body
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lower house ⓘ |
| abolishedBy | Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ |
| coatOfArms |
Royal Standard of the Kingdom of Ireland
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surface form:
Arms of the Kingdom of Ireland
|
| coequalWith | Irish House of Lords ⓘ |
| composedOf | Members of Parliament ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ |
| disestablishedBy | union with Great Britain ⓘ |
| dissolvedInYear | 1800 ⓘ |
| establishedInYear | 1297 ⓘ |
| excludedGroup | most Roman Catholics (by Penal Laws) ⓘ |
| gainedLegislativeIndependenceBy | Constitution of 1782 ⓘ |
| hasRole | lower chamber of the Parliament of Ireland ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Early Modern Ireland
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surface form:
Ancien Régime in Ireland
|
| historicalRegion | island of Ireland ⓘ |
| houseType | lower house ⓘ |
| inception | 13th century ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Island of Ireland
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surface form:
Ireland
|
| languageOfProceedings |
English
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Latin ⓘ Law French ⓘ |
| lastSessionYear | 1800 ⓘ |
| legislativeBodyFor | Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dublin
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Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ |
| meetsAt |
Parliament House, Dublin
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surface form:
Irish Parliament House, Dublin
|
| memberLabel | Member of Parliament ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Grattan’s Parliament
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surface form:
Grattan's Parliament era
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| numberOfMembers | 300 ⓘ |
| partOf | Parliament of Ireland ⓘ |
| passes | bills ⓘ |
| replacedRepresentationOf | Irish constituencies in Westminster Parliament after 1801 ⓘ |
| represents |
boroughs in Ireland
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constituencies in Ireland ⓘ counties in Ireland ⓘ university constituencies in Ireland ⓘ |
| restrictedFranchise | Protestant property owners ⓘ |
| sessionRoom |
Parliament House, Dublin
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surface form:
House of Commons chamber, Irish Parliament House
|
| sharesPowerWith | Irish House of Lords ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
Poynings' Law
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surface form:
Poynings' Law (until 1782)
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| subordinateTo | Crown of Ireland ⓘ |
| succeededBy | House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| typeOfParliament | bicameral legislature (lower chamber) ⓘ |
| underOversightOf |
British government of the Duke of Newcastle
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surface form:
British government (before 1782)
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| votingSystem |
bloc voting
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first-past-the-post ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Irish House of Commons Description of subject: The Irish House of Commons was the lower chamber of the Parliament of Ireland, representing constituencies across the island until its abolition by the Acts of Union 1800.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
House of Commons of Southern Ireland
subject surface form:
Hugh Montgomery (MP for Donegal Borough)
subject surface form:
Richard Power (Irish politician, died 1690)
subject surface form:
Richard Power (Irish politician, born 1732)
this entity surface form:
former Irish House of Commons
Bandon (UK Parliament constituency in Parliament of Ireland)
→
parliament
→
Irish House of Commons
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this entity surface form:
The Irish House of Commons, 1780