List of Acts of the Parliament of Ireland

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This is an incomplete list of Acts of the Parliament of Ireland for the years up to its dissolution in 1800.

The numbers after the titles of the acts are the chapter numbers. Acts are referenced using 'Year of reign', 'Monarch', c., 'Chapter number' — e.g. 16 Charles 2 c. 2 — to define a chapter of the appropriate statute book.

Contents

13th century

1 Hen. 3. Great Charter of Ireland 1216
11 Hen. 3. Curtesy Act 1226
20 Hen. 3. Observance in Ireland of Statute of Merton (1236)
21 Hen. 3. Concerning those born before wedlock (1237)
22 Hen. 3. Inheritance of bastard (1238)
12 Edw. 1. Observance in Ireland of Statute of Rutland (1284)
13 Edw. 1. Observance in Ireland of Statute of Westminster the First and Statute of Gloucester (1285)
13 Edw. 1. Observance in Ireland of Statute of Westminster the Second (1285)
20 Edw. 1. City of Limerick Act 1292
21 Edw. 1. Sheriffs Act 1293
28 Edw. 1. Custom of Ireland as to goods of testator (1300)
28 Edw. 1. Export of silver (1300).

14th century

1 Edw. 2. Observance in Ireland of Statute of Winchester (1307)
13 Edw. 2. Confirmation of observance in Ireland of Statutes of Merton, Marlborough, Westminster the First, Westminster the Second, Gloucester (1320)
17 Edw. 2. Observance in Ireland of Statute of Lincoln (1324)
17 Edw. 2. Observance in Ireland of Statute of York (1324)
29 Edw. 3. Forestallers of Fish (1355)
31 Edw. 3. State of the Land of Ireland (1357)
40 Edw. 3. Statute of Kilkenny (1366)
13 Ric. 2. Prohibition of sale of falcons, hawks, etc. (1389)
15 Ric. 2. Observance in Ireland of Statutes of England (1391).

15th century

3 Hen. 4. Forcible Entry (1402)
11 Hen. 4. Election of sheriffs: confirmation of rights (1410)
11 Hen. 4. False Imprisonment Act 1410
7 Hen. 6. c. 8. Indictments and Pleadings Act 1428
16 Hen. 6. Treatment of Foreign Merchants Act 1437
33 Hen. 6. c. 9 Ships guarding the sea between Ireland and England to have certain tolls
37 Hen. 6. c. 1. Warrants and Patents (1459)
38 Hen. 6. c. 14. Foreign enemies spoil and slay merchants, &c., on sea
3 Edw. 4. c. 9. Town of Dungarvan Act 1463
3 Edw. 4. c. 21. Town of Youghal Act 1463
5 Edw. 4. City of Cork Act 1465
7 Edw. 4. c. 2. Clergy (1467)
7 & 8 Edw. 4. c. 58 Borough of Drogheda Act 1467
7 & 8 Edw. 4. c. 64 Borough of Drogheda (No. 2) Act 1467
10 Edw. 4. c. 10 Herring Fishery Act 1470
11 & 12 Edw. 4. c. 80. Parliamentary Privilege Act 1471
15 & 16 Edw. 4. c. 8 Taking of Pledges Act 1475
16 & 17 Edw. 4. c. 17. County of Louth Act 1476
16 & 16 Edw. 4. c. 22. Courts Act 1476
18 Edw. 4. Confirmation of rights: pestilence (1478)
18 Edw. 4. Saint Werburgh's Church Act 1478
18 Edw. 4. sess. 1 c. 8 Bog of Allen Act 1478
21 Edw. 4. Christ Church Lands Act 1481
21 & 22 Edw. 4. Christ Church Grants Act 1481
21 & 22 Edw. 4. Town of Ardee Act 1481
1 & 2 Hen. 7. c. 4. City of Dublin Act 1486
1 & 2 Hen. 7. c. 5. Borough of Drogheda Act 1486
9 Hen. 7. Distress etc. Act 1493
10 Hen. 7. c. 22. Poynings' Act, 1495

16th century

8 & 9 Hen. 8. c. 9 Foreigners fishing off coast to land one-third of the catch in Ireland
28 Hen. 8. c. 2. Marriage Act 1537
28 Hen. 8. c. 5. Church (1537)
28 Hen. 8. c. 7. Slander (1537)
28 Hen. 8. c. 18. Administration of Estates Act, 1537
28 Hen. 8. c. 22. Inland Navigation Act 1537
28 & 29 Hen. 8. c. 17. Marriage (No. 2) Act 1537
28 & 29 Hen. 8. c. 24. County of Wexford Act 1536
28 & 29 Hen. 8. c. 32. Borough of Wexford Act 1536
28 & 29 Hen. 8. c. 37. Boyne Weirs Act 1536
33 Hen. 8. c. 1. Kingship of Ireland (1542)
33 Hen. 8. Mispleading and Jeoyfailes (1542)
33 Hen. 8. c. 6. Marriage Act 1542
33 Hen. 8. c. 10. Joint Tenants (1542)
34 Hen. 8. c. 1. Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act 1543
3 & 4 Phil. & Mar. c. 2. Settlement of Laois and Offaly (1556)
3 & 4 Phil. & Mar. c. 11. Treason (1556)
3 & 4 Phil. & Mar. c. 14. Regal Power of Queen (1556)
2 Eliz. c. 1. Supremacy of the Crown (1560)
2 Eliz. c. 2. Uniformity of Common Prayer &c. (1560)
2 Eliz. c. 6. Treason (1560)
12 Eliz. c. 1. Free Schools (1570)
12 Eliz. c. 2. Exemplification of Records (1570)
28 Eliz. c. 1. Perjury Act 1586

17th century

1610-1619

11, 12 & 13 Jas. 1, c. 8. Piracy Act 1613
11, 12 & 13 Jas. 1, c. 8. Outlawry in personal actions (1613-15)

1630-1639

10 Chas. 1. c. 3. Confirmation of certain letters patents etc. (1634)
10 Chas. 1. c. 4. Grantees of reversions to take advantage of breaches of conditions etc. (1634)
10 Chas. 1. c. 5. Recovery of rents by executors (1634)
10 Chas. 1. c. 14. Continuance of actions after the death of any King (1634)
10 Chas. 1. c. 17. Where plaintiff is nonsuited, defendant to recover costs (1634)
10 Chas. 1. c. 2. Explanation of Act for confirmation of certain letters patents etc. (1634)
10 Chas. 1. c. 3. A plantation statute (1634)
10 Chas. 1. c. 7. Contentation of debts upon execution (1634)
10 Chas. 1. c. 10. Administration of Estates Act, 1634
10 Chas. 1 sess. 2. c. 1. Statute of Uses 1634
10 Chas. 1 sess. 2. c. 3. Conveyancing Act 1634
10 Chas. 1 sess. 2. c. 6 Tresspass Act 1634
10 Chas. 1 sess. 3. c. 13. Forcible Entry Act 1634
10 Chas. 1 sess. 3. c. 15 Maintenance and Embracery Act 1634
10 Chas. 1 sess. 3. c. 18 Sheriffs Act 1634
10 & 11 Chas. 1. c. 3. Ecclesiastical Lands Act 1634
10 & 11 Chas. 1. c. 8. Costs of nonsuit or verdict (1634-35)
10 & 11 Chas. 1. c. 10. Process of Peace (1634-35)
10 & 11 Chas. 1. c. 11. Common Informers Act, 1634
10 & 11 Chas. 1. c. 12. Privilege of Parliament (1634-35)
10 & 11 Chas. 1. c. 35. Cruelty to horses and sheep
15 Chas. 1. c. 3. Forfeiture Act 1639
15 Chas. 1. c. 6. A Plantation statute (1639)

1660-1669

14 & 15 Chas. 2. c. 2. A Plantation statute (1662)
14 & 15 Chas. 2. c. 3. Hostlers and innkeepers (1662)
14 & 15 Chas. 2. c. 10. Union of parishes; free schools (1662)
14 & 15 Chas. 2. sess. 4. c. 19. Tenures Abolition Act 1662
14 & 15 Chas. 2. c. 21. Fee for the seal due to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland (1662)
17 & 18 Chas. 2. c. 2. A Plantation statute (1665)
17 & 18 Chas. 2. c. 6. Uniformity of public prayers (1665)
17 & 18 Chas. 2. c. 11. An Act to prevent Delays in extending Statutes, Judgements and Recognizances (1665)
17 & 18 Chas. 2. c. 20. Trials at nisi prius (1665)
17 & 18 Chas. 2. c. 21. St. Patrick's Cathedral Act 1665

1690-1700

4 Will. & Mar. c. 1. Recognition of the Crown (1692)
4 Will. & Mar. c. 2. An Act for encouragement of Protestant strangers to settle in this kingdom of Ireland 1692
4 Will. & Mar. c. 4. Commissioners for taking affidavits (1692)
7 Will. 3. c. 2. Taking away the writ de heretico comburendo (1695)
7 Will. 3. c. 3. Attainders and all other Acts made in the late pretended Parliament, to be void (1695)
7 Will. 3. c. 4. An Act to Restrain foreign Education, 1695
7 Will. 3. c. 5. An Act for the better securing the government, by disarming papists, 1695
7 Will. 3. c. 6. Statute of Distribution, 1695
7 Will. 3. c. 8. Life Estates Act 1695
7 Will. 3. c. 9. Profane Oaths Act, 1695
7 Will. 3. c. 12. Statute of Frauds 1695
7 Will. 3. c. 13. Sheriffs (1695)
7 Will. 3. c. 14. An Act declaring which days in the year shall be observed as holy-days, 1695
7 Will. 3. c. 15. An Act for granting a Supply to his Majesty, by raising Money by a Poll, and otherwise, 1695
7 Will. 3. c. 17. Sunday Observance Act, 1695
7 Will. 3. c. 18. Bail in civil actions (1695)
7 Will. 3. c. 15. An Act for the better suppressing Tories, Robbers, and Rapparees; and for preventing Robberies, Burglaries, and other heinous Crimes, 1695
7 Will. 3. c. 22. Distress for Rent Act 1695
9 Will. 3. c. 1. An Act for banishing all Papists exercising any Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, and all Regulars of the Popish Clergy out of this Kingdom, 1697
9 Will. 3. c. 2. Confirmation of Articles made at the Surrender of the City of Limerick (1697)
9 Will. 3. c. 3. An Act to prevent Protestants inter-marrying with Papists, 1697
9 Will. 3. c. 5. An Act to hinder the Reversal of several Outlawries and Attainders, and to prevent the Return of Subjects of this Kingdom who have gone into the Dominions of the French King in Europe, 1697
9 Will. 3. c. 8. An Act for granting a supply to his Majesty, by raising money by a poll, 1697
9 Will. 3. c. 9. An Act to Supply the Defects, and for better Execution of an Act passed this present Session of Parliament, entituled, An act for the better suppressing Tories and Rapparees; and for preventing Robberies, Burglaries, and other heinous Crimes, 1697
9 Will. 3. c. 10. Costs and prevention of frivolous suits (1697)
9 Will. 3. c. 11. Clandestine Mortgages Act 1697
9 Will. 3. c. 13. Transferring suits from inferior Courts (1697)
9 Will. 3. c. 16 St. Michan's Parish Act 1697
10 Will. 3. c. 6 Glebe Act 1698
10 Will. 3. c. 7. Confirming estates under Acts of Settlement (1698)
10 Will. 3. c. 8. Deer Protection Act, 1698
10 Will. 3. c. 10. Traversing of Inquisitions (1698)
10 Will. 3. c. 13. An Act to prevent Papists being Solicitors, 1698
10 Will. 3. c. 14. Arbitration (1698).

18th century

1701 - 1710

2 Anne. c. 3. An Act to prevent Popish Priests from coming into this Kingdom, 1703
2 Anne. c. 5. Treason (1703)
2 Anne. c. 6. An Act to prevent the further Growth of Popery, 1703
2 Anne. c. 7. An Act for registering the Popish Clergy, 1703
2 Anne. c. 8. Plus Lands Act 1703
2 Anne. c. 14. An Act for naturalizing of all Protestant strangers in this kingdom, 1703
2 Anne. c. 15. Sale of Livestock Act, 1703
4 Anne. c. 2. An Act to explain and amend an Act, intituled An Act for registering the popish clergy, 1705
4 Anne. c. 8. Tolls Act, 1705
4 Anne. c. 11. Sale of Horses Act 1705
4 Anne. c. 12 State Minerals Act 1705
6 Anne. c. 2. Registration of Deeds Act 1707
6 Anne. c. 6. An Act to explain and amend an Act, intituled, An Act to prevent Papists being Sollicitors, 1707
6 Anne. c. 7. Sheriffs Act 1707
6 Anne. c. 8. Privileges of Parliament (1707)
6 Anne. c. 10. Administration of Justice Act 1707
6 Anne. c. 11. An Act for explaining and amending two several acts against tories, robbers, and rapparees, 1707
6 Anne. c. 14. Soldiers on the March; Billeting etc. (1707)
6 Anne. c. 15. Outlawry (1707)
6 Anne. c. 17. Lotteries and Gaming-Tables (1707)
6 Anne. c. 19. Marsh's Library Act 1707
6 Anne. c. 21. St Anne's Parish Act 1707
8 Anne. c. 3. An Act for explaining and amending an Act intituled, An Act to prevent the further Growth of Popery, 1709
8 Anne. c. 5. Delays of Proceedings at the Assizes and Sessions (1709)
8 Anne. c. 10. Registration of Deeds Act 1709
9 Anne. c. 6. Criminal Evidence Act, 1710
9 Anne. c. 8. Landlord and Tenant (1710)

1711 - 1720

11 Anne. c. 2. Distress for Rent Act 1712
11 Anne. c. 5. Gaming (1712)
11 Anne. c. 6. Lotteries (1712)
11 Anne. c. 8. Sheriffs Act 1712
2 Geo. 1. c. 5. Accidental Fires (1715)
2 Geo. 1. c. 8. County Palatine of Tipperary Act 1715
2 Geo. 1. c. 9. An Act to make the Militia of this Kingdom more useful, 1715
2 Geo. 1. c. 10. An Act to restrain Papists from being High or Petty Constables, and for the better Regulating the Parish Watches, 1715
2 Geo. 1. c. 11. Recovery of small debts in certain actions (1715)
2 Geo. 1. c. 16. Packing of Tallow Act, 1715
2 Geo. 1. c. 17. Servants Act 1715
2 Geo. 1. c. 19. An Act for the more effectual preventing fraudulent Conveyances, in order to multiply Votes for electing Members to serve in Parliament; and for preventing the irregular Proceedings of Sheriffs, and other officers in electing and returning such Members, 1715
2 Geo. 1. c. 20. Slander (1715)
4 Geo. 1. c. 5. Distress for Rent Act 1717
4 Geo. 1. c. 7. Acquisition of land (1717)
4 Geo. 1. c. 8. Public officers' fees (1717)
4 Geo. 1. c. 9. An Act for reviving, continuing, and amending several statutes made in this Kingdom heretofore temporary, 1717
4 Geo. 1. c. 13. Costs in certain actions (1717)
4 Geo. 1. c. 15. An Act for the better regulating the Town of Galway, and for the strengthening the Protestant Interest therein, 1717
4 Geo. 1. c. 16. An act for the better regulating the Corporation of the City of Kilkenny, and strengthening the Protestant Interest therein, and punishing Aldermen Robert Connell, for withdrawing himself with the Books and Papers belonging to the said Corporation, 1717
6 Geo. 1. c. 3. An Act for continuing and amending an Act, intituled, An Act to make the Militia of this Kingdom more useful, 1719
6 Geo. 1. c. 5. Prohibition of Disturbance of Worship Act 1719
6 Geo. 1. c. 6. An Act to prevent Delays in Writs of Error, and for the further Amendments of the Law, 1719
6 Geo. 1. c. 10. An Act for the better regulating the Parish Watches, and amending the High Ways in this Kingdom, and for the preventing the Misapplication of Publick Money, 1719
6 Geo. 1. c. 16. River Dodder Act 1719

1721 - 1730

8 Geo. 1. c. 2. Distress for Rent Act 1721
8 Geo. 1. c. 5. Boundaries Act 1721
8 Geo. 1. c. 6. Further amendment of the law, and continuing and amending several acts near expirting (1721)
8 Geo. 1. c. 15 Registration of Deeds Act 1721
10 Geo. 1. c. 3. An Act for continuing and amending an Act, intituled, An Act for the better regulating the Parish Watches, and amending the High Ways in this Kingdom; and for the preventing the Misapplication of Publick Money: and also for establishing a regular Watch in the City of Dublin; and to prevent Mischiefs which may happen by Graving Ships in the River Lissey, 1723
10 Geo. 1. c. 5. Mining Leases Act 1723
10 Geo. 1. c. 6. An Act for explaining and amending an Act, intituled, An Act for real Union and Division of Parishes; and for confirming an Exchange made of a Piece of Ground, whereon the Parish-church and Vicarage-house of the Parish of Saint Anne in the Suburbs of the City of Dublin was by a former Act of Parliament directed to be built, for another Piece of Ground; and for appropriating such other Piece of Ground to the same Uses, 1723
10 Geo. 1. c. 10. Sale of Livestock Act 1723
12 Geo. 1. c. 3. Marriage Act 1725
12 Geo. 1. c. 4. Sheriffs Act 1725
12 Geo. 1. c. 9. An Act for the more effectual and better regulating of Free-Schools, and for rebuilding and repairing of Churches, 1725
1 Geo. 2. c. 8. Privilege of Parliament (1727)
1 Geo. 2. c. 9. An Act for the further regulating the Election of Members of Parliament, and preventing the irregular Proceedings of Sheriffs and other Officers in electing and returning such Members, 1727
1 Geo. 2. c. 20. An Act for regulating the Admissions of Barristers at Law, six Clerks, and Attornies, and of other Persons, into Offices and Employments; and for preventing Papists practicing as Solicitors: and for further strengthening the Protestant Interest in this Kingdom, 1727
3 Geo. 2. c. 4. Perjury Act 1729
3 Geo. 2. c. 9. Sheriffs Act 1729
3 Geo. 2. c. 13 City of Dublin Act 1729
3 Geo. 2. c. 15. Trial of criminals (1729)
3 Geo. 2. c. 21 Ballast Offices Act 1729
3 Geo. 2. c. 23. Dr. Steeven's Hospital Act 1729

1731 - 1740

5 Geo. 2. c. 4. Security of Trade Act, 1731
5 Geo. 2. c. 9. Land improvement (1731)
5 Geo. 2. c. 11. Inland Navigation Act 1731
7 Geo. 2. c. 5. Solicitors (1733)
7 Geo. 2. c. 6. An Act to prevent Persons converted from the Popish to the Protestant Religion, and married to Popish Wives, or educating their Children in the Popish Religion, from acting as Justices of the Peace, 1733
7 Geo. 2. c. 9 Spinners Act 1733
7 Geo. 2. c. 14. Relief of mortgages (1733)
9 Geo. 2. c. 3. An Act for the better regulating of Juries, 1735
9 Geo. 2. c. 6. An Act for continuing and amending several Statutes now near expiring, 1735
9 Geo. 2. c. 7. Timber Act 1735
9 Geo. 2. c. 8. Tippling Act 1735
9 Geo. 2. c. 9. Gauge and measure of beer barrels (1735)
9 Geo. 2. c. 11. An Act for the more effectual preventing clandestine Marriages, 1735
9 Geo. 2. c. 25. City of Cork Act 1735
11 Geo. 2. c. 5. Privilege of Parliament (1737)
11 Geo. 2. c. 6. Proceedings in Court to be in the English Language (1737)
11 Geo. 2. c. 7. An Act for the more effectual preventing the Enlisting of His Majesty's Subjects to serve as Soldiers in foreign Service without His Majesty's License, 1737
13 Geo. 2. c. 6. An act to explain, amend, and make more effectual an Act, passed in the seventh Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King William the Third of glorious Memory, intituled, An Act for the better securing the Government by disarming Papists, 1739
13 Geo. 2. c. 8. Gaming (1739)
13 Geo. 2. c. 9. Perpetuation of testimony (1739)
13 Geo. 2. c. 12. Butter and tallow (1739)

1741 - 1750

15 Geo. 2. c. 7. Partnerships (1741)
15 Geo. 2. c. 8. Distress for Rent Act 1741
15 Geo. 2. c. 10 Mining Leases Act 1741
17 Geo. 2. c. 4. Transportation (1743)
17 Geo. 2. c. 5. Slaughter of Cattle Act, 1743
17 Geo. 2. c. 8. Truck Act, 1743
17 Geo. 2. c. 10. Burning of land (1743)
19 Geo. 2. c. 7. An Act for the more effectual preventing his Majesty's Subjects from entering into foreign Service; and for publishing an Act of the seventh Year of King William the Third, intituled, An Act to prevent foreign Education, 1745
19 Geo. 2. c. 11. An Act for the better regulating Elections of Members of Parliament, 1745
19 Geo. 2. c. 12. Municipal Corporations Act, 1745
19 Geo. 2. c. 13. An Act for annulling all Marriages to be celebrate by any Popish Priest between Protestant and Protestant, or between Protestant and Papist; and to amend and make more effectual an Act passed in this Kingdom in the sixth Year of the Reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for the more effectual preventing the taking away and marrying Children against the Wills of their Parents or Guardians, 1745
21 Geo. 2. c. 10. An Act to amend and make more effectual an Act, intituled, An Act for better regulating Elections of Members to serve in Parliament, and for the more effectual quieting of Corporations, and securing the Rights of Persons, who have been or shall be elected into the Offices of Alderman and Burgesses within any Corporation of this Kingdom, 1747
23 Geo. 2. c. 9. Mining Leases Act 1749
23 Geo. 2. c. 10. An Act for explaining and making more effectual an Act, intituled, An Act for the more effectual preventing clandestine Marriages; and another Act passed in the twelfth Year of his late Majesty's Reign, intituled, an Act to prevent Marriages by degraded Clergymen and Popish Priests, and for preventing Marriages consummated from being avoided by Pre-Contracts, and for the more effectual punishing of Bigamy, 1749
23 Geo. 2. c. 13. Sheriffs (1749)
23 Geo. 2. c. 15. Buying and selling cattle and sheep in markets (1749)
23 Geo. 2. c. 18. Mercer's Hospital Act 1749
23 Geo. 2. c. 19 St. Mary's Parish Act 1749

1751 - 1760

25 Geo. 2. c. 12. Enforcement of Court Orders Act 1751
25 Geo. 2. c. 13. Distress for Rent Act 1751
25 Geo. 2. c. 15. Weights and Measures Act, 1751
25 Geo. 2. c. 23 Cork Infirmary &c. Act 1751
29 Geo. 2. c. 5. An Act to prohibit the Return into this Kingdom of such of his Majesty's Subjects as now are, or at any Time hereafter shall be, in the Service of the French King, 1755
29 Geo. 2. c. 6. An Act for better regulating Juries, 1755
29 Geo. 2. c. 12. Unlawful combinations (1755)
29 Geo. 2. c. 13. City of Dublin Act 1755
29 Geo. 2. c. 14. Presentments in the King's Bench (1755)
29 Geo. 2. c. 15. Sheriffs Act 1755
31 Geo. 2. c. 9. An Act for reviving, continuing, and amending several temporary Statutes, 1755
33 Geo. 2. c. 14. Business of bankers (1759)
33 Geo. 2. c. 16. Corporation and magistrates of City of Dublin (1759)

1761 - 1770

1 Geo. 3. c. 8. Hospitals Act 1761
1 Geo. 3. c. 9. Gold and Silver Thread Act, 1761
1 Geo. 3. c. 14. Royal College of Physicians Act 1761
1 Geo. 3. c. 17. Municipal Corporations Act 1761
1 Geo. 3. c. 18. City of Cork Act 1761
1 Geo. 3. c. 19. Riot Act 1763
3 Geo. 3. c. 12. Dublin Society Act 1765
3 Geo. 3. c. 16. Charities (1763)
3 Geo. 3. c. 28. Criminal Justice (1763)
3 Geo. 3. c. 29. Burning of land (1763)
5 Geo. 3. c. 10. Burning of land (1765)
5 Geo. 3. c. 17. Timber Act 1765
5 Geo. 3. c. 20. County Hospitals Act 1765
5 Geo. 3. c. 21. Practice in trials for high treason (1765)
5 Geo. 3. c. 22. Local Government (Dublin and Drogheda) Act 1765
5 Geo. 3. c. 24. City of Cork Act 1765
7 Geo. 3. c. 8. County Hospitals (Amendment) Act 1767
7 Geo. 3. c. 15. Dublin Society Act 1767
7 Geo. 3. c. 20. Timber Act 1767
11 Geo. 3. c. 6 Burning of Bricks (Dublin) Act 1770
11 Geo. 3. c. 7. Obstruction of Trade Act, 1770

1771 - 1780

11 & 12 Geo. 3. c. 11. Foundling Hospital and Workhouse, Dublin (1771-72)
11 & 12 Geo. 3. c. 13. City of Dublin Act 1771
11 & 12 Geo. 3. c. 21. Reclaiming of unprofitable bogs (1771-72)
11 & 12 Geo. 3. c. 23. Cork Infirmary Act 1771
11 & 12 Geo. 3. c. 24. Limerick Navigation Act 1771
11 & 12 Geo. 3. c. 25. Partnerships (1771-72)
11 & 12 Geo. 3. c. 28 Lime Kilns (Dublin) Act 1771
11 & 12 Geo. 3. c. 31. Grand Canal (1771-2)
11 & 12 Geo. 3. c. 34. Criminal justice (1771-72)
11 & 12 Geo. 3. c. 46. An Act for amending an Act made the last Session of Parliament, intitled, An Act for badging such Poor as shall be found unable to support themselves by Labour, and otherwise providing for them, and for restraining such as shall be found able to support themselves by Labour and Industry, from begging (1774)
13 & 14 Geo. 3. c. 43. Meath Hospital Act 1773
14 & 15 Geo. 3. c. 48. Life Assurance Act, 1774
15 & 16 Geo. 3. c. 20. City Dublin Act 1775
15 & 16 Geo. 3. c. 21. Tumultuous Risings Act 1775
15 & 16 Geo. 3. c. 24. City of Dublin (No. 2) Act 1775
15 & 16 Geo. 3. c. 26. Timber Act 1775
15 & 16 Geo. 3. c. 31. Meath Hospital Act 1775
17 & 18 Geo. 3. c. 36. Tumultuous Risings (Extension) Act 1777
17 & 18 Geo. 3. c. 38. City of Cork Act 1777
17 & 18 Geo. 3. c. 44. Swearing into office of Lord Mayor of Dublin (1777-78)
17 & 18 Geo. 3. c. 45. Outlawries (1777-78)
17 & 18 Geo. 3. c. 46. Harcourt Street Act 1777
17 & 18 Geo. 3. c. 47. St. Mary's Parish Act 1777
17 & 18 Geo. 3. c. 49. Leases for Lives Act 1777
19 & 20 Geo. 3. c. . Simpson's Hospital Estate Act, 1779
19 & 20 Geo. 3. c. 5. Lottery (1779-80)
19 & 20 Geo. 3. c. 13. City of Dublin Act 1779
19 & 20 Geo. 3. c. 19. Obstruction of Trade Act, 1779
19 & 20 Geo. 3. c. 30. Tenantry Act 1779
19 & 20 Geo. 3. c. 38. Vexatious and frivolous arrests (1779-80)

1781 - 1790

21 & 22 Geo. 3. c. 11. Habeas Corpus Act 1781
21 & 22 Geo. 3. c. 12. Dublin Leases Act 1781
21 & 22 Geo. 3. c. 13. St. John's Hospital Limerick Act 1781
21 & 22 Geo. 3. c. 16. Bank of Ireland Act 1781
21 & 22 Geo. 3. c. 20. State Debts Act 1781
21 & 22 Geo. 3. c. 27. Leases by Schools Act 1781
21 & 22 Geo. 3. c. 48. Calendar Act, 1781
21 & 22 Geo. 3. c. 50. Courts (1781-82)
21 & 22 Geo. 3. c. 51. Criminal Justice (1781-82)
23 & 24 Geo. 3. c. 12. Prosperous Markets Act 1783
23 & 24 Geo. 3. c. 14. Admiralty Act 1783
23 & 24 Geo. 3. c. 22. Funds in Chancery (1783-84)
23 & 24 Geo. 3. c. 23. Plate Assay Act 1783
23 & 24 Geo. 3. c. 39. Timber Act 1783
23 & 24 Geo. 3. c. 52. City of Waterford Act 1783
23 & 24 Geo. 3. c. 57. Rotunda Hospital Act 1783
25 Geo. 3. c. 36. Sheriffs Act 1785
25 Geo. 3. c. 43. Parnell Square Acr 1785
25 Geo. 3. c. 47. Registration of Deeds Act 1785
25 Geo. 3. c. 49. Ecclesiastical Lands Act 1785
25 Geo. 3. c. 53. State Debts Act 1785
25 Geo. 3. c. 55. Leases by Schools Act 1785
25 Geo. 3. c. 62. Leases for Corn Mills Act 1785
26 Geo. 3. c. 19. Dublin Port (1786)
26 Geo. 3. c. 28. City of Cork Act 1786
26 Geo. 3. c. 31. Writ of scire facias (1786)
26 Geo. 3. c. 43. Pawnbrokers Act, 1786
26 Geo. 3. c. 57. Dublin Theatres Act, 1786
26 Geo. 3. c. 60. Naas Canal (1786)
27 Geo. 3. c. 15. Riot Act, 1787
27 Geo. 3. c. 55. Pilots Act 1787
27 Geo. 3. c. 35. Game Act, 1787
28 Geo. 3. c. 24. Election of Lord Justice and Governor of Ireland (1788)
28 Geo. 3. c. 38. Courthouses and Gaols Act 1788
28 Geo. 3. c. 49. Pawnbrokers (1788)
28 Geo. 3. c. 50. City of Dublin Act 1788
29 Geo. 3. c. 30. Commons Act 1789
29 Geo. 3. c. 33. Inland Navigation Act, 1789
29 Geo. 3. c. 42. Water Supply (1789)
30 Geo. 3. c. 20. Royal Canal (1790)
30 Geo. 3. c. 25. Improvement of ports and harbours (1790)
30 Geo. 3. c. 37. Inland navigation (1790)
30 Geo. 3. c. 39. Borough of Drogheda Act 1790
30 Geo. 3. c. 40. Boyne Navigation Act 1790
30 Geo. 3. c. 41. Funds in Chancery (1790)

1791 - 1800

1791

31 Geo. 3. c. 17. Prisoners (Rescue) Act 1791
31 Geo. 3. c. 18. Perjury Act 1791
31 Geo. 3. c. 22. Bank of Ireland Act 1791
31 Geo. 3. c. 24. City of Cork Act 1791
31 Geo. 3. c. 34. Apothecaries' Hall Act 1791
31 Geo. 3. c. 38. Commons Act 1791
31 Geo. 3. c. 39. Mines Act 1791
31 Geo. 3. c. 42. Inland Navigation: Grand Canal (1791)
31 Geo. 3. c. 45. Merrion Square Act 1791
31 Geo. 3. c. 46. Armagh observatory
31 Geo. 3. c. 47. Inland Navigation Act 1791
31 Geo. 3. c. 48. Baronies (Donegal and Meath) Act 1791

1792

32 Geo. 3. c. 12. Explaining certain deeds of trust
32 Geo. 3. c. 13. Erne Navigation Act 1792
32 Geo. 3. c. 14. Dublin Society Act 1792
32 Geo. 3. c. 15. Inland navigation (1792)
32 Geo. 3. c. 25. Forfeited recognizances
32 Geo. 3. c. 26. Royal Canal Docks (1792)
32 Geo. 3. c. 29. Tolls Act, 1792
32 Geo. 3. c. 31. Mortmain (1792)
32 Geo. 3. c. 34. Estate of the Bishop of Cork
32 Geo. 3. c. 35. City of Dublin Act 1792
32 Geo. 3. c. 40. Expiring Laws Continuance
32 Geo. 3. c. 41. Creditors of Robert Brook

1793

33 Geo. 3. c. 10. Newry navigation
33 Geo. 3. c. 13. Dublin Society Act 1793
33 Geo. 3. c. 18. Lotteries (1793)
33 Geo. 3. c. 20. Newcastle, Limerick, and Cork Road
33 Geo. 3. c. 21. Roman Catholic Relief (1793)
33 Geo. 3. c. 27. Morgan's charity
33 Geo. 3. c. 32. Roads in Queen's County, &c.
33 Geo. 3. c. 34. The Civil List (1793)
33 Geo. 3. c. 41. House of Commons disqualification (1793)
33 Geo. 3. c. 43. Libel (1793)
33 Geo. 3. c. 45. Treason (1793)
33 Geo. 3. c. 47. Price of coals in Cork
33 Geo. 3. c. 48. Suit as to an advowson
33 Geo. 3. c. 53. St. George's Parish Act 1793
33 Geo. 3. c. 54. City of Dublin Act 1793
33 Geo. 3. c. 56. Grand jury presentments and vestry cess in Dublin City

1794

34 Geo. 3. c. 8. Fire in ships in Dublin
34 Geo. 3. c. 9. Water supply in cities and towns
34 Geo. 3. c. 12. Relief of two insolvent debtors
34 Geo. 3. c. 15. Dublin Society Act 1794
34 Geo. 3. c. 18. Imprisonment of debtors (1794)
34 Geo. 3. c. 20. Irish Musical Fund Act 1794
34 Geo. 3. c. 26. Town of Wexford Act 1794

1795

35 Geo. 3. c. 12. Pre-Union Irish Statutes (Commencement) Act 1795
35 Geo. 3. c. 16. Repeal of Road Acts
35 Geo. 3. c. 21. Maynooth College Act 1795
35 Geo. 3. c. 23. Ecclesiastical Lands 1795
35 Geo. 3. c. 25. Courts of Justice (Dublin) Act 1795
35 Geo. 3. c. 28. Collection of Revenue Act, 1795
35 Geo. 3. c. 29. Representation of the People (1795)
35 Geo. 3. c. 31. Relief of Peter Adams
35 Geo. 3. c. 34. Dublin grandy jury presentments
35 Geo. 3. c. 48. Town of New Ross Act 1795

1796

36 Geo. 3. c. 1. National debt (1796)
36 Geo. 3. c. 4. Road in Tipperay
36 Geo. 3. c. 12. County Treasurers (1796)
36 Geo. 3. c. 26. Salaries of judges (1796)
36 Geo. 3. c. 31. Treason by women (1796)
36 Geo. 3. c. 32. Tumultuous risings (1796)
36 Geo. 3. c. 38. Distress Act, 1796
36 Geo. 3. c. 57. Canal Bridges Act, 1796
36 Geo. 3. c. 60. Hutchinson's charity

1797 37 Geo. 3

c. 1 Habeas corpus suspension
c. 2 Volunteers
c. 3 Taxation: National Debt, Duties etc
c. 4 Taxation: National Debt
c. 5 Bounties
c. 6 Bounties and drawbacks
c. 7 Militia
c. 8 Leather trade: Duties
c. 9 Hearth duty
c. 10 Malicious injuries in county Armagh
c. 11 Postage
c. 12 Stamps
c. 13 Mutiny
c. 14 Sugar duty
c. 15 Trade with the United States
c. 16 Distillers
c. 17 Wicklow gold mining by the Treasury
c. 18 Fixing the price of salt
c. 19 Militia
c. 20 Pay of Militia officers
c. 21 Game : Close season
c. 22 Paving in Dublin
c. 23 Presentments for mail roads
c. 24 Corn bounties
c. 25 Bankrupts
c. 26 Forging Bank notes and bills
c. 27 National Debt: Sinking fund
c. 28 Duties, &c.
c. 29 Road from Dublin to Ratoath
c. 30 Revenue
c. 31 Importation during the war
c. 32 National Debt: Loan
c. 33 Malt
c. 34.Dublin House of Industry
c. 35 Presentments for roads
c. 36 Trespass of animals
c. 37 Chapels of ease
c. 38 Insurrections : Arms
c. 39 Indemnity for suppressing the insurrections
c. 40 Seducing soldiers
c. 41 Grant to the Dublin Society
c. 42 Tobacco
c. 43 Stamp duties, &c.
c. 44 Parish estates
c. 45 Spirit licences
c. 46 Distillers
c. 47 Registration of freeholders: Election of minors void
c. 48 Relief of insolvent debtors
c. 49 Imprisonment for debt
c. 50 Bank of Ireland Act 1797
c. 51 Bank of Ireland: Restriction on cash payments
c. 52 Coffee
c. 53 Export and import
c. 54 National Debt
c. 55 Road from Dublin to Kilcullen
c. 56 Borough of Drogheda Act 1797
c. 57 Extension of time for taking oaths
c. 58 Dublin hackney carriages
c. 59 Dublin wide streets
c. 60 Pension for the Princess Royal
c. 61 Linen and hempen manufactures
c. 62 Annuities for the widow and children of Rev. W. Hamilton, murdered
c. 63 Annuities for the widow and children of Rev. Geo. Knipe, murdered

1798 38 Geo. 3

c. 1 Militia
c. 2 Quo Warranto Act 1798
c. 3 Tyrone presentments
c. 4 Importation of Portugal salt
c. 5 Duties
c. 6 Bounties on exportation
c. 7 Newspapers: Seditious libels
c. 8 Seducing soldiers
c. 9 Hearth duty
c. 10 National Debt
c. 11 Malt duty
c. 12 Coffee duty
c. 13 Trade with the United States
c. 14 Habease corpus suspension continuance
c. 15 Postage
c. 16 Alien Act Continuance
c. 17 Voluntary contributions to the Exchequer
c. 18 Stamp duties
c. 19 Indemnity for suppressing the insurrections
c. 20 Parliament: Demise of the Crown
c. 21 Insurrections: Arms
c. 22 Road in Cork
c. 23 Leather trade
c. 24 Sundry duties
c. 25 Civil Bill Courts
c. 26 Judges of assize may summon persons in execution, &c.
c. 27 Mutiny
c. 28 Road in Down and Antrim
c. 29 Paper duties
c. 30 Princess Royal's pension to be in British currency
c. 31 Roads in Dublin County
c. 32 Loans
c. 33 Loans
c. 34 Dublin House of Industry
c. 35 Dublin workhouse, &c.
c. 36 House of Commons: Disqualification by acceptance of office
c. 37 Provision for quartering of foreign troops
c. 38 Commissions of oyer and terminer in Dublin
c. 39 Proctors' Bills of Costs
c. 40 Irish Mine Company
c. 41 Dublin bridge tolls
c. 42 Sugar drawbacks and bounties
c. 43 Grants for agriculture, &c.
c. 44 Linen and hempen manufactures
c. 45 Collection of duties
c. 46 English militia serving in Ireland
c. 47 Post Office
c. 48 Desertion of merchant seamen
c. 49 King's Inns Act 1798
c. 50 Fines and recognizances
c. 51 Distillers
c. 52 Rectifing spirits
c. 53 Forging Bank notes
c. 54 Royal Canal Company
c. 55 General pardon for the rebellion
c. 56 Public accounts
c. 57 Conspiracy to murder
c. 58 Loan from the English to the Irish Treasury
c. 59 Transportation
c. 60 Corporations
c. 61 Disqualifing parliamentary voters
c. 62 Militia
c. 63 Tobacco trade
c. 64 Grant to the Foundling Hospital
c. 65 Chairman of Quarter Sessions in Dublin
c. 66 Annuity for Robert Boyd
c. 67 Export and import
c. 68 Commission of inquiry into losses by the rebellion
c. 69 Annuity for the Prince of Mecklenburgh Strelitz
c. 70 Annuity for Viscount Duncan
c. 71 Annuity for Earl Saint Vincent
c. 72 Quitrents and Crown lands
c. 73 Spirit licences
c. 74 Indemnity for suppressing the insurrections
c. 75 Revenue
c. 76 Extension of time for taking oaths
c. 77 Attainder of Lord Edward FitzGerald, and two others, deceased
c. 78 Transportation of certain rebels
c. 79 Grants for the Grand Canal and Royal Canal
c. 80 Requiring certain persons to surrender for trial for the rebellion
c. 81 House of Commons journals
c. 82 Insurrections: Arms
c. 83 Road from Dublin to Kilcullen

1799 39 Geo. 3

c. 1 Militia
c. 2 Export bounties
c. 3 Indemnity for suppressing the insurrections
c. 4 Expiring Laws Continuance
c. 5 Stamp duties
c. 6 Mutiny
c. 7 Taxation: National Debt
c. 8 Taxation: National Debt, Duties etc
c. 9 Barony of Idrone
c. 10 Postage
c. 11 Suppressing the rebellion: Courts martial
c. 12 Hearth duty
c. 13 Trade with the United States
c. 14 Arrears of tithes
c. 15 Window tax
c. 16 Civil Bill Courts
c. 17 Waterford Infirmary Act 1799
c. 18 Extension of time for taking oaths
c. 19 Cathedrals used as parish churches
c. 20 Duties on male servants, &c.
c. 21 Coffee
c. 22 Tobacco
c. 23 Beer and spirits
c. 24 Auctions, &c.
c. 25 Loan from the English to the Irish Treasury
c. 26 Sites for barracks
c. 27 Sugar
c. 28 Corporations
c. 29 Fisheries
c. 30 Militia
c. 31 Militia may serve out of Ireland
c. 32 Duties on home wines, &c.
c. 33 Quitrents and Crown lands
c. 34 Malt duties
c. 35 Excise duties and licences
c. 36 Transportation of rebels
c. 37 Manufacture and sale of gunpowder
c. 38 Expiring Laws Continuance
c. 39 Duties on hides, vellum, &c.
c. 40 Spirit licences
c. 41 Distillers
c. 42 Paper duty
c. 43 Duty on goat skins
c. 44 Stamp duties
c. 45 Grant for agriculture, &c.
c. 46 Road from Dublin to Ratoath
c. 47 Road from Newcastle to Limerick
c. 48 Small notes and bills
c. 49 Families of militiamen
c. 50 Indemnity for suppression of the rebellion
c. 51 Inland fisheries
c. 52 Road in Cork
c. 53 City of Dublin Act 1799
c. 54 Sugar
c. 55 Gaol: Sessions held in the absence of a recorder
c. 56 Dublin police, &c.
c. 57 Bankrupts
c. 58 Rectifying spirits
c. 59 Soldiers on the march exempt from tolls
c. 60 Regulation of the business of stockbrokers
c. 61 Tanning
c. 62 Game licences
c. 63 Bank of England Act 1799
c. 64 Treasury Bills, &c.
c. 65 Commission to inquire into losses by the rebellion
c. 66 Revenue
c. 67 Enforcing recognizances

1800 40 Geo. 3.

c. 1 Militia
c. 2 Revival of Act for martial law
c. 3 Taxation: National Debt
c. 4 Taxation: National Debt, Duties etc
c. 5 Extension of time for taking oaths
c. 6 Suspension of distilling from corn
c. 7 Mutiny
c. 8 Postage
c. 9 Duties on hides, &c.
c. 10 Stamp duties
c. 11 Sea fisheries
c. 12 Militia
c. 13 Trade with the United States
c. 14 Duty on wine, &c.
c. 15 Alien Act Continuance
c. 16 Stamp duties, &c.
c. 17 Silk manufacture
c. 18 Habeas Corpus Act suspension
c. 19 Repeal of 8 Ric. 2. c. 2. (Eng.), as to justices of assize
c. 20 Regulation of bounties
c. 21 Bankrupts
c. 22 Bankers
c. 23 Tithe agistment
c. 24 Penalty for burning land
c. 25 Sugar duty
c. 26 Site of Newry Barracks
c. 27 Maintenance of curates
c. 28 Distilling
c. 29 Summoning and eturning of Peers and Commoners to sit in the United Parliament
c. 30 Forfeited recognizances
c. 31 Grants to the Dublin Society
c. 32 Clare Infirmary
c. 33 Rotunda Hospital Act 1800
c. 34 Compensation for certain disfranchised boroughs
c. 35 Charleton's estate
c. 36 Woollen cloth
c. 37 Belfast improvement
c. 38 Union of Great Britain and Ireland (1800)
c. 39 Court of Exchequer Chamber
c. 40 Dublin House of Industry
c. 41 Londonderry Bridge
c. 42 Relief of insolvent debtors
c. 43 Revenue
c. 44 Return of persons transported
c. 45 Wine duties
c. 46 First fruits
c. 47 City of Dublin Act 1800
c. 48 Road from Dublin to Knocksedan
c. 49 Losses by the rebellion
c. 50 Compensation for officials of the Parliament
c. 51 Inland Navigation Act, 1800
c. 52 Collection of assessed taxes
c. 53 Grants of certain pensions
c. 54 Spirit licences
c. 55 Distilling from sugar
c. 56 Expiring Laws Continuance
c. 57 Malt tax
c. 58 Distilling from malt
c. 59 Game licences
c. 60 Treasury Bills, &c.
c. 61 Dublin wide streets
c. 62 Dublin watch: Paving: Pawnbrokers
c. 63 Dealers' licences
c. 64 Promissory notes and bills
c. 65 Female Orphan House in Dublin
c. 66 Association for discountenancing vice
c. 67 Distillers
c. 68 Excise permits
c. 69 Judges' pensions: Allowances for circuit
c. 70 Arrears of quitrent and Crown rent
c. 71 Trespass of cattle
c. 72 Juries: Remuneration of special jurors
c. 73 Liffey walls
c. 74 The circular road in Dublin
c. 75 Commissioners of Charitable Donations
c. 76 Paper duty
c. 77 Tobacco
c. 78 Tanning
c. 79 Quarantine
c. 80 Parliamentary elections: Polling in Derry and Coleraine
c. 81 Compensation for unpaid tithes
c. 82 Ecclesiastical residences
c. 83 Building of churches and chapels
c. 84 Royal College of Physicians, Ireland, Act, 1800
c. 85 Maynooth College Act 1800
c. 86 Coffee
c. 87 Auctions
c. 88 Repairs of roads: Vestries
c. 89 Indemnity for suppressing the rebellion
c. 90 Leases for Cotton Manufacture Act 1800
c. 91 Militia
c. 92 Militia commanding officers
c. 93 Roads in Waterford and Cork
c. 94 Roads in Dublin, Kildare, Limerick and Cork
c. 95 Roads in Limerick
c. 96 Cork and Dublin coalyards
c. 97 County of Louth Act 1800
c. 98 Road from Tubber to Limerick
c. 99 Sligo improvement
c. 100 City of Cork Act 1800

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