Irish Church Act 1869
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{{Infobox UK legislation
|short_title = Irish Church Act 1869This short title was conferred on this Act by [https://books.google.com/books?id=nlZDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA229 section 1] of this Act.
|type = Act
|parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom
|long_title = An Act to put an end to the Establishment of the Church of Ireland, and to make provision in respect of the Temporalities thereof, and in respect of the Royal College of Maynooth.
|year = 1869
|citation = 32 & 33 Vict. c. 42
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|territorial_extent = United Kingdom
|royal_assent = 26 July 1869
|commencement = 1 January 1871
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|related_legislation = Welsh Church Act 1914
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|status = Current
|original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1869/42/enacted
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The Irish Church Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 42) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which separated the Church of Ireland from the Church of England and disestablished the former, a body that commanded the adherence of a small minority of the population of Ireland (especially outside of Ulster). The act was passed during the first ministry of William Ewart Gladstone and came into force on 1 January 1871. It was strongly opposed by Conservatives in both houses of Parliament.Christopher F. McCormack, "The Irish Church Disestablishment Act (1869) and the general synod of the Church of Ireland (1871)" History of Education 47.3 (2018): 303-320.
The act meant the Church of Ireland was no longer entitled to collect tithes from the people of Ireland. It also ceased to send representative bishops as Lords Spiritual to the House of Lords in Westminster. Existing clergy of the church received a life annuity in lieu of the revenues to which they were no longer entitled: tithes, rentcharge, ministers' money, stipends and augmentations, and certain marriage and burial fees.{{cite book|last=Bernard|first=William Leigh|title=Decisions Under the Irish Church Act, 1869, 32 & 33 Victoria, Cap. 42, and Details of the Annuities Ordered and Declared by the Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Ireland, with an Index|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MKsyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA58|access-date=20 November 2014|year=1871|publisher=A. Thom|page=58}}
The passage of the bill through Parliament caused acrimony between the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Queen Victoria personally intervened to mediate. While the Lords extorted from the Commons more compensation to alleviate the disestablished churchmen, in the end, the will of the Commons prevailed.McKechnie, The reform of the House of Lords p.49
The Irish Church Act was a key move in dismantling the Protestant Ascendancy which had dominated Ireland for the prior century.
See also
Sources
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- {{cite book |title=Report of Her Majesty's Commission on the revenues and conditions of the Established Church |date=1868 |publisher=HMSO |url=https://archive.org/details/op1249260-1001 |access-date=3 March 2019 |series=Parliamentary Papers |volume=1867–68 XXIV 3}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1869/42/enacted|title=Irish Church Act 1869 (as enacted)|date=26 July 1869|work=UK Statute Law Database|access-date=23 September 2014}}
- Hansard [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/bills/irish-church-bill 1869]:
- Commons vol 194–6: 2nd reading [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1869/mar/18/second-reading-first-night 18 Mar] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1869/mar/19/second-reading-adjourned-debate-second 19 Mar] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1869/mar/22/second-reading-adjourned-debate 22 Mar] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1869/mar/23/second-reading-adjourned-debate-fourth 23 Mar]; Committee [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1869/apr/15/committee 15 Apr] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1869/apr/16/committee 16 Apr] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1869/apr/19/irish-church-bill-bill-27 19 Apr] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1869/apr/22/irish-church-bill-bill-27 22 Apr] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1869/apr/23/committee-progress-22nd-april 23 Apr] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1869/apr/26/committee-progress-23rd-april 26 Apr] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1869/apr/29/committee-progress-26th-april 29 Apr] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1869/may/03/irish-church-bill-bill-27 3 May] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1869/may/04/committee-progress-3rd-may 4 May] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1869/may/06/committee-progress-may-4 6 May] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1869/may/07/committee-progress-6th-may 7 May]; Consideration [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1869/may/13/consideration 13 May]; 3rd reading [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1869/may/31/third-reading 31 May]
- Lords vol 196–7: 2nd reading [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1869/jun/14/second-reading-first-night 14 Jun] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1869/jun/15/debate-resumed-second-night 15 Jun] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1869/jun/17/debate-resumed-third-night 17 Jun] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1869/jun/18/debate-resumed-fourth-night 18 Jun]; Committee [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1869/jun/29/committee 29 Jun] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1869/jul/01/committee 1 Jul] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1869/jul/02/committee 2 Jul] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1869/jul/05/committee 5 Jul] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1869/jul/06/committee 6 Jul]; Report [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1869/jul/09/report-of-amendments 9 Jul]; 3rd reading [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1869/jul/12/third-reading Jul 12]
- Vol 198 [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1869/jul/16/lords-amendments Commons rejects Lords amendments Jul 16] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1869/jul/22/commons-amendments-and-reasons-considered Lords insists 22 Jul] [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1869/jul/23/lords-amendments Commons accedes 23 Jul]
References
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Further reading
- Fair, John D. "The Irish disestablishment conference of 1869." Journal of Ecclesiastical History 26.4 (1975): 379-394.
- MacCarthy, Robert Ancient and Modern: a short history of the Church of Ireland. Four Courts Press Ltd., 1995
- McCormack, Christopher F. "The Irish Church Disestablishment Act (1869) and the general synod of the Church of Ireland (1871): the art and structure of educational reform." History of Education 47.3 (2018): 303-320.
- McDowell, Robert Brendan. The Church of Ireland 1869-1969 (Routledge, 2017_.
- Todd, Charles Hawkes. The Irish Church Act (1869): With Observations. Hodges, Foster & Co. Dublin. 1869. [https://books.google.com/books?id=axxgAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP9 Google Books].
- Lee, Alfred Theophilus. The Irish Church Act. A Popular Account of "The Irish Church Act, 1869," 32 & 33 Victoria, c. 42. P S King. London. Hodges, Foster & Co. Dublin. 1869. [https://books.google.com/books?id=JRtgAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 Google Books]
- Bernard William Leigh. The Irish Church Acts, 1869 & 1872: And Various Statutes Connected Therewith. Hodges, Foster & Co. Dublin. 1869. [https://books.google.com/books?id=7bUzAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR1 Google Books].
- Bernard, William Leigh. Decisions under the Irish Church Act, 1869, 32 & 33 Victoria, Cap. 42, and Details of the Annuities Ordered and Declared by the Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Ireland, with an Index. Alexander Thom. Hodges, Foster & Co. Dublin. Simpkin, Marshall & Co. London. 1869. [https://books.google.com/books?id=MKsyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 Google Books].
- Jellett, Morgan Woodward. The Irish Church Act. The Compensation and Commutation Clauses Considered; with which are Combined Opinions of Sir Roundell Palmer M.P., D.C.L., and References to the Rules and Orders of the Commissioners. Second Edition. Hodges, Foster & Co. Dublin. 1869. [https://books.google.com/books?id=BMhloKnSTTAC&pg=PA1 Google Books].
- [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1869/act/42/enacted/en/print.html "Irish Church Act, 1869"]. eISB.
- "Irish Church Act 1869". The Statutes Revised, Northern Ireland. HMSO. 1982. Volume 2. Page 649. [https://books.google.com/books?id=4FY1AQAAMAAJ Google Books].
- Chronological Table of and Index to the Statutes. Eleventh Edition. 1890. [https://books.google.com/books?id=6J5RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA347 p 347].
External links
- [https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/welcome-to-disestablishment-150 Church of Ireland: Disestablishment 150] online resources and 2019–2020 programme of events marking the 150th anniversary of disestablishment
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120422033528/http://dublin.anglican.org/dioceses/a_brief_history_disestablishment_1871__modern_times.php A Brief History of Disestablishment], United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough
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