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Grattan's Parliament refers to the period from 1782 to 1799 in the Parliament of Ireland when the parliament achieved a greater degree of legislative freedom under the leadership of Henry Grattan. The period is also known as the Constitution of 1782. Under the terms of Poynings' Law of 1495, no law could be passed that was not first approved by the Parliament of England: "An Act that no Parliament be holden in this Land until the Acts be certified into England". The parliament was established by and subordinate to the Crown of England. Along with other restrictions, it meant in effect, that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland had control over the parliamentary agenda and authority to restrict its ability to legislate contrary to the objectives of the British government in London. From 1782, Grattan — the leader of the Patriot Party — led a series of legal changes which produced a period of novel legislative freedom. The main act was the Repeal of Act for Securing Dependence of Ireland Act 1782. This was followed by the Irish Appeals Act 1783, commonly known as the Renunciation Act. By the terms of this Act, the Parliament of Great Britain renounced all right to legislate for Ireland, and declared that no appeal from the decision of any court in Ireland could be heard in any court in Great Britain.

It also gave the parliament greater control over the Royal Irish Army.

The new constitutional arrangements proved short-lived in consequence of the 1798 uprising by the United Irishmen. By the Acts of Union the Parliament of Ireland was abolished. The Kingdom of Ireland was absorbed into the new United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with effect from 1 January 1801.

See also

• Irish House of Commons
• Irish House of Lords

• Articles lacking sources from April 2008
• 1782 in law
• 1782 in Ireland
• Irish constitutional law