In 1478, Garret Mór, Earl of Kildare refused to yield the Lord Deputyship to Lord Grey. A Parliament summoned by Grey at Trim on 6 November 1478 annulled one summoned by Kildare at Naas in May.[3]
First Irish parliament with a Protestant majority, achieved largely (following the Ulster plantation) by the creation of new boroughs by the king, many of which were little more than villages or empty plots of land.[7]
^ abcFor medieval parliaments, no distinction is made between parliaments separated by dissolutions, sessions of a single parliament, and adjourned or prorogued portions of a session; all are treated as sessions.
^For medieval parliaments, only the start date of the last session is known.
^Where no date is given, the speaker took the chair at the opening of Parliament
^ abThe "Great Council" was similar to a Privy Council of Ireland meeting extended to members of parliament. Other "Councils" were similar but not summoned under the Great Seal of Ireland.
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