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Apparently, new Irish Peerages are no longer created, and have not been since 1898. Although they still exist and even those in the republic still come under the jurisdiction of the British crown. Apparently they were created as a way of enobling people without giving them the right to sit in the House of Lords, so they could instead take up seat in the Commons, eg the Duke of Wellington and Clive of India.