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The 1800 Act of Union merged the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain (itself a merger of England and Scotland under the Act of Union 1707) to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801.Under the terms of the merger, Ireland continued to have over 100 MPs representing it in the united parliament, meeting in the Palace of Westminster. Part of the trade-off was to be the granting of Catholic Emancipation. However this was blocked by King George III who argued that emancipating Roman Catholics would breach his Coronation Oath; it instead happened in 1829.
The flag created by the merger of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801 still remains the flag of the current United Kingdom. Known as the Union Jack or the Union Flag, it combines the flags of England and Scotland with St. Patrick's flag from Ireland. The upright red cross, St George's Cross, represents England. The blue background, on which St Andrew's SaltireA saltire is an X-shaped figure in heraldry. It usually occupies the entire field in which it is placed. A saltorel is a narrow saltire; the term is usually defined as one-half the width of the saltire. A saltire couped, when the principle charge only occ (in the shape of a white X) appears, represents ScotlandScotland or in Scottish Gaelic, Alba is a country and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom. Scotland occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Scotland took part in a p, while the diagonal red X which overlays the white X on the blue background of Scotland, is known as " St Patrick's Cross " and represents Ireland.
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- Irish Houses of ParliamentThe Irish Houses of Parliament (also known as the Irish Parliament House now called the Bank of Ireland, College Green due to its modern day use as a branch of the bank) was the world's first purpose-built two-chamber parliament house. It served as the se
- Irish House of LordsThe Irish House of Lords was the upper house of the Irish Parliament during the Lordship of Ireland (1171-1541) and the Kingdom of Ireland (1541-1800). It was abolished along with the Irish House of Commons by the 1801 Act of Union. Following the Act of U
- Irish House of Commons1796, only four years before the Parliament was abolished. The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Irish Parliament from mediaeval times to 1800. The upper house was known as the House of Lords. The Irish parliament merged with its British c
- Constitution of 1782The Irish Parliament a mediaeval body made up of the Irish House of Commons and the Irish House of Lords and from which Roman Catholics had been excluded from both membership and voting for, had been subject to a number of restrictions imposed by English
- Henry GrattanHenry Grattan ( July 3, 1746 June 6, 1820) was a member of the Irish House of Commons and a campaigner for legislative freedom for the Irish Parliament in the late 18th century. He opposed the Act of Union 1800 that merged the Kingdoms of Ireland and Grea
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