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Kinrick o Ireland

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Kinrick o Ireland

Ríoghacht Éireann
1542–1801
Coat o airms o Ireland
Coat o airms
Anthem: "God Save the King" (1780s–1800, customarily)
Kinrick o Ireland in 1800
Kinrick o Ireland in 1800
CaipitalDublin
Common leidsErse, Inglis
Releegion
Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Presbyterianism, Judaism
GovrenmentConstitutional Monarchy
Keeng 
 1542–1547
Henry VIII (first)
 1760–1800
George III (last)
Lord Lieutenant 
 1542–1548
Anthony St Leger (first)
 1798–1800
Charles Cornwallis (last)
Chief Secretary 
 1660
Matthew Locke (first)
 1798–1800
Robert Stewart (last)
LegislaturPairliament
Hoose o Lairds
Hoose o Commons
History 
 Established
1542
 Disestablished
1 Januar 1801
Aurie
170081,638 km2 (31,521 sq mi)
Population
 1700
3000000
CurrencyIrish poond
ISO 3166 codeIE
Precedit bi
Succeedit bi
Lordship o Ireland
Gaelic Ireland
Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Ireland

The Kinrick o Ireland (Inglis: Kingdom of Ireland, Erse: Rioghacht Éireann) wis the name gien tae the Erse state frae 1542, by the Croun o Ireland Act 1542 o the Pairlament o Ireland. It wis foond on the kempit legeetimacy o the richt o conquest. The new monarch replaced the Lairdship o Ireland that haed been creatit in 1171. King Henry VIII thus became the first recogneesed Keeng o Ireland sin 1169. The sindert Kinrick o Ireland wis stint whan Ireland jyned wi the Kinrick o Great Breetain tae form the Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Ireland in 1801.

Coordinates: 53°20′N 6°15′W / 53.333°N 6.250°W / 53.333; -6.250