page_title: Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
section_title: Housing
hierarchical_section_title: Lord Lieutenant of Ireland / Housing
caption_attribution_description: photograph of entrance to state apartments in Dublin Castle - no c/r my image
context_page_description: The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is the name of a political office. It was the representative of the King and head of the Irish executive between 1171 and 1922. The term is always pronounced as 'Lord Lef-tenant of Ireland'.
  Other words used for this office were Judiciar in the early mediaeval period and Lord Deputy as late as the 17th century. The people in this job were often also called viceroy, from the French vice roi or deputy king.
  In the Middle Ages some Lord Lieutenants had been Irish noblemen. After that only noblemen from Great Britain worked in this job.
context_section_description: The official house of the Lord Lieutenant was the Viceregal Apartments in Dublin Castle. This was also where the Viceregal Court was based. When the Lord Lieutenant had to live in Ireland full time, this had to change. In 1781 the British government bought the former ranger's house in Phoenix Park. It was named the Viceregal Lodge. It is now known as Áras an Uachtaráin. It is the residence of the President of Ireland.
  The Lords Lieutenant then only lived in the Castle during the Social Season (early January to St. Patrick's Day, 17 March).
caption: The Viceregal Apartments in Dublin Castle — the official 'season' residence of the Lord Lieutenant
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