page_title: 1782 in Ireland
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: 1782 in Ireland / Events
caption_attribution_description: The Irish House of Commons, 1780. It shows Henry Grattan on the right addressing the house.
context_page_description: Events from the year 1782 in Ireland.
context_section_description: 'Constitution of 1782', the collective legal changes which restore legislative independence to the Parliament of Ireland, giving rise to "Grattan's Parliament".
  15 February – at a convention held in Dungannon, delegates from a number of Ulster Volunteer corps pledge support for resolutions advocating legislative independence for Ireland.
  20 February – the phrase "Protestant Ascendancy" is first used by Sir Boyle Roche (in passing) in a speech to the Irish House of Commons.
  16 April – Henry Grattan declares the independence of the Irish House of Commons.
  17 May – the Parliament of Great Britain under Prime Minister Lord Rockingham passes the Repeal of Act for Securing Dependence of Ireland Act, repealing the Dependency of Ireland on Great Britain Act 1719.
  Repeal of Poynings' Law.
  Irish judges are granted the same security of tenure as their English counterparts.
  Repeal of the Education Act 1695: Roman Catholics may now send their children abroad to be educated; they may also now teach classes within Ireland.
  Parliament of Ireland passes the Anonymous Persons Act, introducing a form of limited liability to encourage commerce.
  Kildare Street Club founded in Dublin.
caption: The Irish House of Commons, painted in the 1780s by Francis Wheatley.
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