Lordship of Ireland

English

Proper noun

Lordship of Ireland

1. The Irish state under the English Kings/Queens when the King/Queen of England held the ex officio title Lord of Ireland from the time Pope Adrian IV granted the title to King Henry II of England, until the time King Henry VIII left the Roman Catholic Church and elevated his Irish title to King of Ireland and the Irish state's status from a lordship to a kingdom.

Translations

Irish state from the time of Henry II to the time of Henry VIII

• Irish: Tiarnas na hÉireann m