Senate of Southern Ireland

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The Senate of Southern Ireland was the upper house of the short-lived Parliament of Southern Ireland, established by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 but never fully functioning before being superseded by later Irish legislative bodies.

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Senate of Southern Ireland canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct legislature
upper house
abolishedBy Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922
Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922
associatedWith Home Rule settlement under Government of Ireland Act 1920
coexistedWith House of Commons of Southern Ireland
constitutionalStatus component of devolved government within the United Kingdom
constitutionalSuccessor Seanad of the Irish Free State
country Southern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
createdBy Government of Ireland Act 1920
describedAs short-lived
dissolvedInYear 1922
establishedByStatute Government of Ireland Act 1920
establishedInYear 1921
followedBy Oireachtas of the Irish Free State (as successor legislature)
Seanad Éireann
governingState United Kingdom
historicalPeriod Irish War of Independence
Irish revolutionary period
houseType upper house
intendedRole review and revision of legislation from the House of Commons of Southern Ireland
jurisdiction Southern Ireland
languageOfLegislation English
legalBasis Government of Ireland Act 1920
legislativeBranchOf Parliament of Southern Ireland
legislatureFor Southern Ireland as defined in the Government of Ireland Act 1920
linked to: Southern Ireland
locatedIn Dublin
meetingPlace Dublin Castle (intended)
linked to: Dublin Castle
membershipType appointed members
ex officio members
nominated members
notableFeature held only a token or inaugural meeting, if any
most members never took their seats
numberOfMembers 64
parliamentarySystem bicameral
partOf Parliament of Southern Ireland
politicalContext creation of Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland
partition of Ireland
precededBy House of Lords of the United Kingdom (for Irish representation)
linked to: House of Lords
reasonForNonFunctioning boycott by Irish nationalists
political instability during Irish War of Independence
regionServed 26 counties of Southern Ireland
status largely non-operational
never fully functioning
supersededBy Parliamentary structures of the Irish Free State

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Parliament of Southern Ireland hasPart Senate of Southern Ireland
Parliament of Southern Ireland upperHouse Senate of Southern Ireland
Southern Ireland upperHouse Senate of Southern Ireland