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The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. Before 1801, Irish Peers had the right to sit in the Irish House of Lords, but after the Union in 1801, Irish peers, like those of Scotland, only elected representative peers — twenty-eight in number — to the House of Lords (see List of Irish representative peers). This practice ended with the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922.
Irish Peerages continued to be created for some time after 1801 as a way of creating peerages which did not grant a seat in the House of Lords; although the treaty of Union placed restrictions on them: three had to go extinct before one could be granted, at least until there were only a hundred Irish peerages. The last to be granted was one for Lord Curzon in 1898. In the following table of Irish peers, higher or equal titles in the other peerages are listed. Also, if the peer holds a lower title in the Peerages of England, Great Britain, or the United Kingdom, and therefore sat by such a peerage in the House of Lords, such a lower title is listed.
Dukes in the Peerage of Ireland
| Title | Creation | Other titles |
|---|---|---|
| The Duke of Leinster | 1766 | Viscount Leinster in the Peerage of Great Britain; | Lord Kildare in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
| The Duke of Abercorn | 1868 | Earl of Abercorn in the Peerage of Scotland; | Marquess of Abercorn in the Peerage of Great Britain.
Marquesses in the Peerage of Ireland
| Title | Creation | Other titles |
|---|---|---|
| The Marquess of Waterford | 1789 | Lord Tyrone in the Peerage of Great Britain |
| The Marquess of Downshire | 1789 | Earl of Hillsborough in the Peerage of Great Britain |
| The Marquess of Donegall | 1791 | Lord Fisherwick in the Peerage of Great Britain |
| The Marquess of Headfort | 1800 | Lord Kenlis in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Marquess of Sligo | 1800 | Lord Mont Eagle in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Marquess of Ely | 1801 | Lord Loftus in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Marquess Conyngham | 1816 | Lord Minster in the Peerage of the UK |
| The Marquess of Londonderry | 1816 | Earl Vane in the Peerage of the UK |
Earls in the Peerage of Ireland
Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland
Barons in the Peerage of Ireland
Note that in Ireland, barony may also refer to an obsolete political subdivision of a county. There is no connection between such a barony and the noble title of baron. Lists of peerages Peerages of the United Kingdom | Parliament of Ireland
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