The Senate of Southern Ireland was the upper house of the Parliament of Southern Ireland, established de jure in 1921 under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. The Act stipulated that there be 64 senators, but only 39 were selected and the Senate met only twice before being dissolved: on 28 June[1] and 13 July 1921[2] in the Council Room of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction in Dublin.