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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