List of parliaments of Ireland
# List of parliaments of Ireland

This is a list of parliaments of Ireland to 1801. For subsequent parliaments, see the list of parliaments of the United Kingdom. For post-1918 parliaments, see elections in Ireland. Parliaments before 1264 are not currently listed.

| Monarch | Sequence | Opened | Dismissed | Commons | Speaker (date) | Sessions | General Councils | Councils | Locations (no. sessions) | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Henry III | 1 | 18 June 1264 | c.29 September 1269 | None | | 2 | | | Castledermot | |
| Edward I | 1 | 29 September 1276 | 9 April 1307 | | | 19 | | 1 | Dublin (13); Kildare (1); Kilkenny (4) | "Wogan's Parliament" of 1297 was the first with representatives elected by counties. |
| Edward II | 1 | 9 February 1310 | 8 July 1326 | | | 14 | | | Dublin (6), Kildare (1), Kilmainham (1), Kilkenny (5). | |
| Edward III | 1 | 10 May 1327 | 8 January 1377 | | | 29 | 8 | 9 | Dublin (20), Ballydoyle/Cashel (1), Kilkenny (11). | The Statutes of Kilkenny were passed by the 1366 session. |
| Richard II | 1 | 14 January 1378 | Summer 1396 | | | 13 | 5 | 11 | Dublin (4), Trim (1), Kilkenny (2), Castledermot (4). | |
| Henry IV | 1 | Spring 1401 | 4 February 1412 | | | 13 | 2 | 5 | Dublin (7), New Ross (1), Kilkenny (2) Waterford (2). | |
| Henry VI | 1 | 1425 | 9 February 1459 | | | 32 | 17 | 1 | Dublin (25), Trim (1), Naas (2), Drogheda (5), Kilkenny (1). | |
| Henry VI | 2 | 7 February 1460 | 21 July 1460 | | | | | | Drogheda (1), Dublin | The parliament was assembled by Richard of York and declared that "the land of Ireland is, and at all times has been, corporate of itself". The 1495 statute 10 Henry VII c.23 annulled this parliament. |
| Edward IV | 1 | 12 June 1461 | after 7 February 1483 | | | 61 | | | Dublin (31), Bray (1), Trim (2), Naas (5), Limerick (1), Drogheda (15), Connell, County Kildare (1), Wexford (1), Waterford (1) | In 1478, Garret Mór, Earl of Kildare refused to yield the Lord Deputyship to Lord Grey. A Parliament summoned by Grey at Trim on 6 November 1478 annulled one summoned by Kildare at Naas in May. |
| Richard III | 1 | 19 March 1484 | After 1485 | | | 6 | 2 | | Dublin (3), Naas. | |
| Henry VII | 1 | 14 July 1486 | after July 1509 | | | 20 | 1 | 1 | Dublin (9), Castledermot (2), Trim (2), Drogheda (4). | Poynings' Parliament (1494–5) passed Poynings' Law (10 Hen.7 c.4) |
| "Edward VI" (Lambert Simnel) | | May/June 1487 | June/October 1487 | | | 1 | 1 | | Dublin | Parliament summoned by Lord Deputy Kildare considered void; the 1495 statute 10 Henry VII c.14 may have annulled it. |
| Henry VIII | 1 | 25 February 1516 | 2 October 1516 | | | 3 | | | Dublin (3) | |
| Henry VIII | 2 | 4 June 1521 | 21 March 1522 | | | 7 | | | Dublin (7) | |
| Henry VIII | 3 | 15 September 1531 | 31 October 1531 | | | 2 | | | Dublin (1), Drogheda (1) | |
| Henry VIII | 4 | 19 May 1533 | after 2 October 1533 | | | 3 | | | Dublin (3) | |
| Henry VIII | 5 | 1 May 1536 | 20 December 1537 | | | At least 9 | | | Dublin (at least 6) Kilkenny (1), Cashel (1), Limerick (1) | Instigated the Reformation in Ireland |
| Henry VIII | 6 | 13 June 1541 | 19 November 1543 | | Sir Thomas Cusack (c. 13 June 1541) | 8 | | | Dublin (6), Trim (1), Limerick (1) | Passed the Crown of Ireland Act 1542 |
| Mary I | 1 | 1 June 1557 | 1 March 1558 | | James Stanihurst | 3 | | | Dublin (1), Limerick (1), Drogheda (1) | |
| Elizabeth I | 1 | 12 January 1560 | 1 February 1560 | | James Stanihurst | 1 | | | Dublin | |
| Elizabeth I | 2 | 17 January 1569 | 25 April 1571 | | James Stanihurst | 10 | | | Dublin (9), Drogheda (1) | |
| Elizabeth I | 3 | 26 April 1585 | 14 May 1586 | List | Nicholas Walsh | 7 | | | | |
| James I | 1 | 18 May 1613 | 24 October 1615 | | Sir John Davies | 3 | | | | First Irish parliament with a Protestant majority, achieved largely (following the Ulster plantation) by the creation of new boroughs by the king, many of which were little more than villages or empty plots of land. |
| Charles I | 1 | 14 July 1634 | 18 April 1635 | | Sir Nathaniel Catelyn | 4 | | | | |
| Charles I | 2 | 16 March 1639 | 30 January 1649 | List | Sir Maurice Eustace | 6 | | | | |
| Interregnum | | | | | | | | | | 30 Irish MPs sat at Westminster in the Protectorate Parliament (1653–59) |
| Charles II | 1 | 8 May 1661 | 7 August 1666 | List | Sir Audley Mervyn | 4 | | | | |
| James II | 1 | 7 May 1689 | 18 July 1689 | List | Sir Richard Nagle | 1 | | | | Patriot Parliament convened by Jacobites after the Revolution of 1688. The Irish act 7 Will. III, c. 3 (1695) annulled all actions of this "pretended Parliament" and ordered its records burnt. |
| William III and Mary II | 1 | 5 October 1692 | 26 June 1693 | List | Sir Richard Levinge | 1 | | | | |
| William III | 2 | 27 August 1695 | 14 June 1699 | List | Robert Rochfort | 2 | | | | |
| Anne | 1 | 21 September 1703 | 6 May 1713 | List | Alan Brodrick | 6 | | | | |
| Anne | 1 | 21 September 1703 | 6 May 1713 | List | John Forster (19 May 1710) | 6 | | | | |
| Anne | 2 | 25 November 1713 | 1 August 1714 | List | Alan Brodrick | 1 | | | | Dissolved by the death of the Queen |
| George I | 1 | 12 November 1715 | 11 June 1727 | List | William Conolly | 6 | | | | Dissolved by the death of the King |
| George II | 1 | 28 November 1727 | 25 October 1760 | List | William Conolly | 17 | | | | Dissolved by the death of the King |
| George II | 1 | 28 November 1727 | 25 October 1760 | List | Sir Ralph Gore (13 October 1729) | 17 | | | | Dissolved by the death of the King |
| George II | 1 | 28 November 1727 | 25 October 1760 | List | Henry Boyle (4 October 1733) | 17 | | | | Dissolved by the death of the King |
| George II | 1 | 28 November 1727 | 25 October 1760 | List | John Ponsonby (26 April 1756) | 17 | | | | Dissolved by the death of the King |
| George III | 1 | 22 October 1761 | 28 May 1768 | List | John Ponsonby | 4 | | | | The Octennial Act passed in 1768 limited parliaments to a term of 8 years at most |
| George III | 2 | 17 October 1769 | 5 April 1776 | List | John Ponsonby | 5 | | | | |
| George III | 2 | 17 October 1769 | 5 April 1776 | List | Edmund Sexton Pery (7 March 1771) | 5 | | | | |
| George III | 3 | 18 June 1776 | 25 July 1783 | List | Edmund Sexton Pery | 4 | | | | The Constitution of 1782 instigated Grattan's Parliament |
| George III | 4 | 14 October 1783 | 8 April 1790 | List | Edmund Sexton Pery | 7 | | | | |
| George III | 4 | 14 October 1783 | 8 April 1790 | List | John Foster (5 September 1785) | 7 | | | | |
| George III | 5 | 2 July 1790 | 11 July 1797 | List | John Foster | 8 | | | | |
| George III | 6 | 9 January 1798 | 31 December 1800 | List | John Foster | 3 | | | | Dissolved by the Acts of Union 1800 |

The Kingdoms of Ireland and Great Britain joined on 1 January 1801. For subsequent Parliaments see the list of Parliaments of the United Kingdom.

