List of Acts of the Parliament of Ireland

This is an incomplete list of Acts
Act of Parliament
An Act of Parliament is a statute enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. In the Republic of Ireland the term Act of the Oireachtas is used, and in the United States the term Act of Congress is used.In Commonwealth countries, the term is used both in a narrow...

of the Parliament of Ireland
Parliament of Ireland
The Parliament of Ireland was a legislature that existed in Dublin from 1297 until 1800. In its early mediaeval period during the Lordship of Ireland it consisted of either two or three chambers: the House of Commons, elected by a very restricted suffrage, the House of Lords in which the lords...

for the years up until 1700. See also the List of Acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1701–1800.

The number shown by each Act's title is its chapter number. Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session

Parliamentary session

A legislative session is the period of time in which a legislature, in both parliamentary and presidential systems, is convened for purpose of lawmaking, usually being one of two or more smaller divisions of the entire time between two elections...

was held; thus the Act concerning assay

Assay

An assay is a procedure in molecular biology for testing or measuring the activity of a drug or biochemical in an organism or organic sample. A quantitative assay may also measure the amount of a substance in a sample. Bioassays and immunoassays are among the many varieties of specialized...

passed in 1783 is cited as "23 & 24 Geo. 3 c. 23", meaning the 23rd Act passed during the session that started in the 23rd year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 24th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "40 Geo. 3" rather than "40 Geo. III"). Acts of the reign of Elizabeth I are formally cited without a regnal numeral in the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

.

Acts passed by the Parliament of Ireland did not have a short title

Short title

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; however, some of these Acts have subsequently been given a short title by Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, or Acts of the Oireachtas. This means that some Acts have different short titles in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

respectively.

A number of the Acts included in this list are still in force in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland. Because these two jurisdictions are entirely separate, the version of an Act in force in one may differ from the version in force in the other; similarly, an Act may have been repealed in one but not in the other.

A number of Acts passed by the Parliament of England

Parliament of England

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. In 1066, William of Normandy introduced a feudal system, by which he sought the advice of a council of tenants-in-chief and ecclesiastics before making laws...

also extended to Ireland during this period.

13 Edw. 1 (1285)

Observance in Ireland of Statute of Westminster the First and Statute of Gloucester
Observance in Ireland of Statute of Westminster the Second

13 Edw. 2 (1320)

Confirmation of observance in Ireland of Statutes of Merton, Marlborough, Westminster the First, Westminster the Second, Gloucester

17 Edw. 2 (1324)

Observance in Ireland of Statute of Lincoln
Observance in Ireland of Statute of York

11 Hen. 4 (1410)

Election of sheriffs: confirmation of rights
False Imprisonment Act 1410

7 & 8 Edw. 4 (1467)

c. 58 Borough of Drogheda Act 1467
c. 64 Borough of Drogheda (No. 2) Act 1467

10 Hen. 7 (1495)

c. 22 Poynings' Act 1495 - also known as "Poynings' Law" (still in force in UK)

28 Hen. 8 (1537)

c. 2 Marriage Act 1537
c. 5 An Act authorising the King, His Heirs and Successors, to be supreme Head of the Church of Ireland
c. 7 Treason Act (Ireland) 1537
Treason Act (Ireland) 1537
The Treason Act 1537 is an Act of the former Parliament of Ireland which adds several offences to the law of treason in Northern Ireland...
c. 18 Administration of Estates Act 1537
c. 22 Inland Navigation Act 1537

28 & 29 Hen. 8

c. 17 Marriage (No. 2) Act 1537
c. 24 County of Wexford Act 1536
c. 32 Borough of Wexford Act 1536
c. 37 Boyne Weirs Act 1536

33 Hen. 8 (1542)

c. 1 Crown of Ireland Act 1542
Crown of Ireland Act 1542
The Crown of Ireland Act 1542 is an Act of the Parliament of Ireland , declaring that King Henry VIII of England and his successors would also be Kings of Ireland. Since 1171 the monarch of England had held the title Lord of Ireland...

(still in force in UK)
Mispleading and Jeoyfailes
c. 6 Marriage Act 1542
c. 10 Joint Tenants

3 & 4 Phil. & Mar. (1556)

c. 2 Settlement of Laois and Offaly
c. 11 Treason
c. 14 Regal Power of Queen

2 Eliz. 1 (1560)

c. 1 An Act restoring to the Crown, the auncient Jurisdiction over the State Ecclesiasticall and Spirituall, and abolishing all forreine Power repugnant to the same (still in force in UK)
c. 2 An Act for the Uniformitie of Common Prayer and Service in the Church and the Administration of the Sacraments
c. 6 An Act whereby certaine Offences be made Treasons

12 Eliz. 1 (1570)

c. 1 An Act for the Erection of Free Schooles
c. 2 An Act that Exemplifications shall be of the same Effect and Strength as the Record or Matter exemplified should be

11, 12 & 13 Jas. 1 (1613-15)

c. 2 Piracy Act 1613
c. 8 An Act for the avoyding of privie and secret outlawries of His Majestie's subjects in personal actions

10 Chas. 1 (1634)

c. 3 An Act for confirming of letters patent hereafter to be past upon his Majesties commission of grace for the remedy of defective titles
c. 5 Recovery of rents by executors

10 Chas. 1 Sess. 2 (1634)

c. 1 Statute of Uses 1634
c. 3 Conveyancing Act 1634
c. 4 An Act concerning grantees of reversions, to take advantage of breaches of conditions &c.
c. 6 Trespass Act 1634
c. 14 An Act for the continuance of actions after the death of any King
c. 17 An Act that where the plaintiffe is non-suited, the defendant shall recover costs

10 Chas. 1 Sess. 3 (1634)

c. 2 Explanation of 10 Chas. 1 c. 3
c. 3 Re plantation
Plantations of Ireland
Plantations in 16th and 17th century Ireland were the confiscation of land by the English crown and the colonisation of this land with settlers from England and the Scottish Lowlands....
c. 7 An Act for contentation of debts upon execution
c. 10 Administration of Estates Act 1634
c. 13 Forcible Entry Act 1634
c. 15 Maintenance and Embracery Act 1634
c. 18 Sheriffs Act 1634

10 & 11 Chas. 1 (1634-35)

c. 3 Ecclesiastical Lands Act 1634
c. 8 An Act to give costs to the defendant, upon a nonsuite of the plaintiffe, or verdict against him
c. 10 An Act to prevent and punish the abuses in procuring processe and supersedeas of the peace and good behaviour out of his Majesties courts of Chancery and Kings Bench and to prevent abuses in procuring writs of certiorari, &c.
c. 11 Common Informers Act 1634
c. 12 Re privilege of Parliament
c. 35 Cruelty to horses and sheep
An Act against Plowing by the Tayle, and pulling the Wooll off living Sheep
An Act against Plowing by the Tayle, and pulling the Wooll off living Sheep was an Act of the Parliament of Ireland passed in 1635. It was one of the first pieces of legislation to protect the rights of animals. The act aimed to prevent cruelty to horses and sheep.-External links:*...

15 Chas. 1 Sess. 2 (1639)

c. 3 Forfeiture Act 1639 (still in force in UK)
c. 6 An Act for strengthening of letters patent past and to be past, upon any of his Majesties commissions of grace for the remedy of defective titles, etc.

14 & 15 Chas. 2 Sess. 4 (1662)

c. 2 Re plantation
Plantations of Ireland
Plantations in 16th and 17th century Ireland were the confiscation of land by the English crown and the colonisation of this land with settlers from England and the Scottish Lowlands....
c. 10 An Act for real union and division of parishes, and concerning churches, free-schools and exchanges
c. 19 Tenures Abolition Act 1662
c. 21 An Act for increasing the fee of the seal due to the lord chancellor of Ireland

17 & 18 Chas. 2 (1665)

c. 2 Re plantation
Plantations of Ireland
Plantations in 16th and 17th century Ireland were the confiscation of land by the English crown and the colonisation of this land with settlers from England and the Scottish Lowlands....
c. 6 An Act for the Uniformity of Publique Prayers and Administration of Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies; and for establishing the Forme of making, ordaining, and consecrating Bishops, Priests and Deacons, in the Church of Ireland
c. 11 An Act to prevent Delays in extending Statutes, Judgements and Recognizances
c. 20 An Act for the trial by Nisi Prius of Issues laid in the City of Dublin and County of Dublin
c. 21 St. Patrick's Cathedral Act 1665

4 Will. & Mar. (1692)

c. 1 An Act of Recognition, of their Majesties undoubted Right to the Crown of Ireland
Crown and Parliament Recognition Act 1689
The Crown and Parliament Recognition Act 1689 was an Act of the Parliament of England, passed in 1689. It was designed to confirm the succession to the throne of King William III and Queen Mary II of England and to confirm the validity of the laws passed by the Convention Parliament which had been...

(still in force in UK)
c. 2 An Act for encouragement of Protestant strangers to settle in this kingdom of Ireland
c. 4 An Act for taking Affidavits in the Country, to be made use of in the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer

7 Will. 3 (1695)

c. 2 An Act for taking away the Writ de heretico comburendo
c. 3 An Act declaring all Attainders and all other Acts made in the late pretended Parliament, to be void
c. 4 An Act to Restrain foreign Education
Education Act 1695
The Education Act 1695 , was an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, one of a series of penal laws, prohibiting Catholics from sending their children to be educated abroad. Its long title is "An Act to restrain Foreign Education"....
c. 5 An Act for the better securing the government, by disarming papists
c. 6 Statute of Distribution 1695
c. 8 Life Estates Act 1695
c. 9 Profane Oaths Act 1695
c. 12 Statute of Frauds 1695
c. 13 Sheriffs Act 1695
c. 14 An Act declaring which days in the year shall be observed as holy-days
c. 15 An Act for granting a Supply to his Majesty, by raising Money by a Poll, and otherwise
c. 17 Sunday Observance Act 1695
c. 18 Bail in civil actions
c. 21 An Act for the better suppressing Tories, Robbers, and Rapparees; and for preventing Robberies, Burglaries, and other heinous Crimes
c. 22 Distress for Rent Act 1695

9 Will. 3 (1697)

c. 1 An Act for banishing all Papists exercising any Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, and all Regulars of the Popish Clergy out of this Kingdom
Banishment Act
The Banishment Act was an Act of the Parliament of Ireland , one of a series of penal laws passed in 1697 that banished all bishops of the Roman Catholic Church from Ireland to protect the official state church, the Church of Ireland...

- known as the "Banishment Act"
c. 2 An Act for the Confirmation of Articles made at the Surrender of the City of Limerick
c. 3 An Act to prevent Protestants inter-marrying with Papists
c. 5 An Act to hinder the Reversal of several Outlawries and Attainders, and to prevent the Return of Subjects of this Kingdom who have gone into the Dominions of the French King in Europe
c. 8 An Act for granting a supply to his Majesty, by raising money by a poll
c. 9 An Act to Supply the Defects, and for better Execution of an Act passed this present Session of Parliament, entituled, An act for the better suppressing Tories and Rapparees; and for preventing Robberies, Burglaries, and other heinous Crimes
c. 10 Costs and prevention of frivolous suits
c. 11 Clandestine Mortgages Act 1697
c. 13 Transferring suits from inferior Courts
c. 16 St. Michan's Parish Act 1697

10 Will. 3 (1698)

c. 6 Glebe Act 1698
c. 7 Confirming estates under Acts of Settlement
c. 8 Deer Protection Act 1698
c. 10 An Act for traversing Inquisitions
c. 13 An Act to prevent Papists being Solicitors
c. 14 Arbitration

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