IRELAND

tho most westerly of | of | British Islands, is separated from Gri ¢| Britain by the Irish Sea. Since 1 Ireland has ceased to have a separ o | Parliament. The country since that dz | has been represented in the Imperial P. ¢ | liament by 103 members in the House 3— | Commons and by 28 representative pes t. | in the House of Lords. It haa, hower 5 | a distinct executive government, head 3 | by the Viceroy, or Lord-Lieutenant, wi ithe Chief Secretary for Ireland as } a minister, Ireland has ita o1 e ivy Council, Lord Chancellor, a: 7] mar gs a and a Cons tabula ej} under the direct contro) of the Vicerc ». | As the King’s de:ypreteeags the Vicer ¢| holds courts and levées and discharg the eocial duties that commonly fall tc y | sovereign, The Chief Sccretary is direct | responsibic to the House of Commons f 4 jthe acts of the Irish Government, a: n | therefore to a certain extent occupies t 3 | position of prime minister to the Vicero r | subject, however, to the direction of t 3} Ministry in London. Refer to“ Ireland in Indez..| IRELAND, [s. 181]