In which century did the UK and Ireland have a single parliament?

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In which century did the UK and Ireland have a single parliament?

A single Parliament for both Great Britain and Ireland came into being after the Acts of Union, which took effect in 1801. From that moment, the United Kingdom sat with one Parliament at Westminster, replacing the separate Parliaments in London and Dublin. That arrangement is in the nineteenth century. Before 1801 there were two parliaments, and the union had not yet united them; after 1922, Ireland’s status changed again, but the period when there was a single Parliament spans the 1801–1900 range.

A single Parliament for both Great Britain and Ireland came into being after the Acts of Union, which took effect in 1801. From that moment, the United Kingdom sat with one Parliament at Westminster, replacing the separate Parliaments in London and Dublin. That arrangement is in the nineteenth century. Before 1801 there were two parliaments, and the union had not yet united them; after 1922, Ireland’s status changed again, but the period when there was a single Parliament spans the 1801–1900 range.

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