Editing Stuart Restoration (section)

==Ireland==
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"The commonwealth parliamentary union was, after 1660, treated as null and void".{{sfn| Encyclopædia Britannica |p=1012}} As in England the republic was deemed constitutionally never to have occurred. The Convention Parliament was dissolved by Charles II in January 1661, and he summoned his first parliament in Ireland in May 1661. In 1662, [[Oak Apple Day|29 May]] was made a public holiday known to this day as Oak Apple Day.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

Coote, Broghill and [[Maurice Eustace (Lord Chancellor)|Maurice Eustace]] were initially the main political figures in the Restoration. [[George Monck|George Monck, Duke of Albemarle]] was given the position of [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] but he did not assume office. In 1662 [[James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde]] returned as the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and became the predominant political figure of the Restoration period.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}