Irish Patriot Party

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The Irish Patriot Party was an 18th-century Irish political movement that sought greater legislative independence and constitutional reform for the Irish Parliament within the British Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary party
political movement
achievement contribution to legislative independence granted in 1782
activeInCentury 18th century
basedInCity Dublin
category 18th-century political party in Ireland
History of the Irish Parliament
Irish nationalism
country Kingdom of Ireland
declineAfter Constitution of 1782
declineReason changing political context after 1782
internal divisions
endedBy Acts of Union 1800
goal constitutional reform within the British Empire
free trade for Ireland
greater legislative independence for the Irish Parliament
limitation of the powers of the British Privy Council over Irish legislation
reduction of British executive control over Irish legislation
repeal of Poynings' Law
historicalContext within the British Empire
ideology Irish patriotism
Whiggism
influenced Irish Volunteers
United Irishmen
later Irish constitutional nationalism
influencedBy American Revolution
British Whig opposition
linked to: British Whig Party
languageOfPolitics English
legislativeBody Irish House of Commons
Irish House of Lords
notableLeader Charles Lucas
Henry Boyle
Henry Flood
Henry Grattan
notableMember Henry Monk Mason
Hussey Burgh
John Philpot Curran
operatedIn Irish Parliament
linked to: Irish parliament
opposed commercial restrictions on Irish trade
direct control of Irish legislation by the British Parliament
partOf Irish political history
peakActivity early 1780s
late 1770s
politicalPosition constitutional nationalism
protestant patriotism
religiousBase Anglican (Church of Ireland)
linked to: Church of Ireland
significantEvent Constitution of 1782
supported Irish Volunteers movement
supportedBy Anglo-Irish Protestant Ascendancy
timePeriod c. 1740s–1780s

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Constitution of 1782 supportedBy Irish Patriot Party
Henry Grattan movement Irish Patriot Party
Irish Volunteer movement associatedWith Irish Patriot Party
Grattan’s Parliament alsoKnownAs Independent Irish Parliament
linked to: Irish Patriot Party
1782 Constitution of Ireland influencedBy Patriot Party (Ireland)
linked to: Irish Patriot Party