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The Union with Ireland Act 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67), [7] an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, and; The Act of Union (Ireland) 1800 (40 Geo. 3 c. 38), [8] an Act of the Parliament of Ireland. They were passed on 2 July 1800 and 1 August 1800 respectively, and came into force on 1 January 1801.
In 1800 the Irish Parliament and the Parliament of Great Britain each passed an Act of Union which, from 1 January 1801, abolished the Irish legislature and merged the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 1801
Legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and abolition of the Parliament of Ireland. [1] A revised flag of the United Kingdom is adopted from this date. [2]
Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in ...
Ireland was no closer to home rule by the mid-19th century, and rebellions in 1848 and 1867 failed. [131] O'Connell's campaign was hampered by the limited scope of the franchise in Ireland. [132] The wider the franchise was expanded, the better anti-union parties were able to do in Ireland. [133]
On 1 January 1801, Great Britain and Ireland joined to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Act of Union 1800 was passed in both the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland, dominated by the Protestant Ascendancy and lacking representation of the country's Roman Catholic population.
The Act of Union 1800 created the United Kingdom by merging the previous Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. The first Parliament of the United Kingdom was composed of all the members of the last Parliament of Great Britain and some of the members of the final Parliament of Ireland.
The terms of the union were agreed on 28 March 1800 by both houses of the Irish Parliament. [13] Two Acts with identical aims (but with different wording) were passed in both the British [15] and Irish [16] parliaments, with the British Act of Union becoming law on 2 July 1800, and royal assent given to the Irish Act of Union on 1 August 1800. [13]