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of
Ireland's largest towns which were independent of their surrounding county councils, but in contrast to England, the county boroughs were deemed to be administrative counties themselves. Thus there were 38 administrative counties, of which 8 were county boroughs. After the separation of the
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in a different administrative county from their parent county, following a policy to keep each urban sanitary districts and poor law union within a single administrative county.
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31:, administrative counties continued in use in the two parts of the island of Ireland under their respective sovereign jurisdictions. They continued in use until 1973 in
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The boundaries of the counties and county boroughs, which came into effect on 18 April 1899, were defined by orders of the Local
Government Board for Ireland.
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The existing judicial county of
Waterford less Kilculliheen ED and the portions of the town of Carrick-on-Suir and the borough of Clonmel situated therein.
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292:
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101:(including two county boroughs), while the Irish Free State had 30 administrative counties (including four county boroughs).
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The existing judicial county of Galway less the
Ballinchalla, Inishcaltra North, Mountshannon, Owenbrin and Rosmoylan EDs
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The existing judicial county of
Roscommon less the portions of the towns of Athlone and Ballinasloe situated therein
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The existing judicial county of Sligo less
Ardnaree North, Ardnareee South Rural, Ardnaree South Urban EDs
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The administrative counties in the area now constituting the
Republic of Ireland were created as follows:
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554:
The existing judicial county of Queen's County less the portion of the town of Carlow situated therein
790:"Orders declaring the boundaries of administrative counties and defining county electoral divisions".
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Part of the judicial county of Sligo (Ardnaree North, Ardnaree South Rural, Ardnaree South Urban EDs)
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760:
588:
The existing judicial county of the North Riding of
Tipperary less Cappagh, Curraheen, Glengar EDs
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The administrative counties in the area now constituting
Northern Ireland were created as follows:
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36:
229:
182:
The existing judicial county of Antrim less the portion of the City of
Belfast situated therein
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The administrative counties of Northern Ireland were abandoned as local government areas by the
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Part of the judicial county of Kilkenny (the portion of the town of New Ross situated therein)
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Part of the judicial county of Roscommon (the portion of the town of Athlone situated therein)
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Part of the judicial county of the North Riding of Tipperary (Cappagh, Curraheen, Glengar EDs)
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The existing judicial county of Down less the portions of the City of Belfast and the town of
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was abolished and its area was divided into three parts for the purposes of local government:
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Part of the judicial county of Dublin (the portion of the township of Bray situated therein)
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219:
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42:
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431:
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Part of the judicial county of Armagh (the portion of the town of Newry situated therein)
350:
Part of the judicial county of Galway (Drummaan, Inishcaltra North and Mountshannon EDs)
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65:. The Act established a new system of local government in Ireland, consisting of
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The existing judicial county of Dublin less the portion of the township of
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city become a county borough in 1986. In 1994 the administrative county of
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The existing judicial county of Kilkenny less the portion of the town of
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Part of the judicial county of Mayo (Ballaghaderreen, Edmondstown EDs)
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The existing judicial county of Armagh less the portion of the town of
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Part of the judicial county of Waterford (the portions of the town of
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Part of the judicial county of Roscommon (the portion of the town of
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Part of the judicial county of Galway (Ballinchala, Owenbrin EDs)
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27th Report of the Local Government Board for Ireland (Cmd.9480)
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The existing judicial county of the South Riding of Tipperary
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for use in Ireland in 1899. Following the separation of the
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Part of the judicial county of Waterford (Kilculliheen ED)
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Former administrative counties of the Republic of Ireland
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were a unit of local government created by an Act of the
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Part of the judicial county of Galway (Rosmoylan ED)
153:Former administrative counties of Northern Ireland
61:The administrative counties were created by the
457:The existing judicial county of King's County
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106:Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972
97:, eight administrative counties remained in
816:Local government in the Republic of Ireland
771:Local government in the Republic of Ireland
293:Local government in the Republic of Ireland
29:United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
512:The existing judicial county of Mayo less
224:The existing judicial county of Fermanagh
630:The existing judicial county of Westmeath
544:The existing judicial county of Monaghan
487:The existing judicial county of Longford
477:The existing judicial county of Limerick
88:As in England and Wales, the Act created
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467:The existing judicial county of Leitrim
426:The existing judicial county of Kildare
371:The existing judicial county of Donegal
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654:The existing judicial county of Wicklow
642:The existing judicial county of Wexford
243:The existing judicial county of Tyrone
821:Local government in the United Kingdom
534:The existing judicial county of Meath
416:The existing judicial county of Kerry
337:The existing judicial county of Cavan
316:The existing judicial county of Carlow
497:The existing judicial county of Louth
361:The existing judicial county of Cork
347:The existing judicial county of Clare
69:, similar to the systems created for
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766:Local government in Northern Ireland
730:County and county borough boundaries
159:Local government in Northern Ireland
108:. The Act came into effect in 1973.
83:Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889
499:The judicial County of the Town of
442:The judicial County of the City of
403:The judicial County of the Town of
137:, the 1898 Act was replaced by the
63:Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898
57:Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898
751:Administrative counties of England
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594:County of Tipperary, South Riding
584:County of Tipperary, North Riding
756:Administrative counties of Wales
21:Parliament of the United Kingdom
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323:as forms part of the town of
734:The Act placed a number of
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290:
276:Londonderry County Borough
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798:. 1900. pp. 235â330.
139:Local Government Act 2001
75:Local Government Act 1888
46:Administrative Counties
17:Administrative counties
606:and of the borough of
303:Administrative county
266:Belfast County Borough
169:Administrative county
120:DĂșn LaoghaireâRathdown
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35:and until 2002 in the
230:County of Londonderry
147:administrative county
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761:Counties of Ireland
626:County of Westmeath
616:County of Waterford
560:County of Roscommon
220:County of Fermanagh
135:Republic of Ireland
37:Republic of Ireland
610:situated therein)
540:County of Monaghan
483:County of Longford
473:County of Limerick
432:County of Kilkenny
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463:County of Leitrim
422:County of Kildare
401:situated therein)
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367:County of Donegal
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196:situated therein
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440:situated therein
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239:County of Tyrone
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399:Ballinasloe
319:So much of
306:Components
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777:References
736:townlands
719:Waterford
27:from the
745:See also
709:Limerick
501:Drogheda
444:Kilkenny
438:New Ross
79:Scotland
77:and for
608:Clonmel
208:Lisburn
133:In the
81:by the
73:by the
51:History
699:Galway
689:Dublin
405:Galway
325:Carlow
143:county
124:Fingal
116:Dublin
112:Galway
723:1899
713:1899
703:1986
693:1899
683:1899
673:Year
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260:Year
194:Newry
796:HMSO
679:Cork
383:Bray
126:and
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