Speaker of the Irish House of Commons
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Speaker of the Irish House of Commons
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The Speaker of the Irish House of Commons was the presiding officer of the Irish House of Commons until its disestablishment in 1800. In the absence of a government chosen from and answerable to the Commons, the Speaker was the dominant political figure in the Parliament of Ireland. Unlike in modern British and Irish parliamentary practice, the Speaker was not expected to be politically impartial and several Speakers held government or Crown-appointed positions while also presiding over the Comm
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Office in the pre-1801 Irish Parliament
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Irish_House_of_Commons
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2023-06-05T09:27:02Z
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