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Kingdom of Ireland

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Kingdom of Ireland
Irish: Ríocht na hÉireann
1541 – 1651
1659 – 1801
Flag of Ireland
Banners of Ireland
Coat of arms2 of Ireland
Coat of arms2
CapitalDublin
Common languagesIrish, English
GovernmentMonarchy
King3 
• 1542-1547
Henry VIII
• 1760-1801
George III
Chief Secretary 
• 1660
Matthew Lock
• 1798-1801
Viscount Castlereagh
LegislatureParliament of Ireland
Irish House of Lords
Irish House of Commons
History 
• Act of Parliament
1541
January 1 1801
ISO 3166 codeIE
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Lordship of Ireland
Gaelic Ireland
Confederate Ireland
Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The Kingdom of Ireland (Irish: Ríoghacht Éireann) was a country in Western Europe. It was created by King Henry VIII of England by an act of the Irish Parliament in 1541. It had been a colony previously. It was subservient to England partially because of a law passed by the Irish Parliament during Henry VII's reign called Poynings's law which was sponsored by Sir Edward Poynings the Lord Deputy and gave the English Parliament power to veto Irish legislation. It was abolished in 1801 when it joined the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Its lands are now part of two states. These states are the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. The lands in the United Kingdom have the name Northern Ireland.