The Irish Convention sat 7 February, 2 March and 27 May 1660, and again January 1661. It sought to restore the monarchy, episcopacy and also the right for the King's Irish Parliament to tax and legislate for itself, rejecting claims of legislative supremacy by the King's English Parliament. Sir Charles Coote was a central figure in the Convention. In May 1660 the Convention asked the

King of Ireland King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

to "call a parliament consisting of Protestant peers and commons. It was also requested that the Church of Ireland should again be established"T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne ''A New History of Ireland, Volume III: Early Modern Ireland 1534-1691'' Oxford University Press (1976) p420 The Convention Parliament was dissolved by Charles II in January 1661 and he summoned his parliament in Ireland in May 1661.

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