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Towns exist which do not have town councils. Examples are Kanturk ("a town in the north west of County Cork" – Wikipedia), Mitchelstown ("a town in County Cork" – Wikipedia; second clue: the "town" suffix in the name, Mitchelstown), Charleville ("a town in north County Cork" – Wikipedia), and Dunmanway ("a town in County Cork" – Wikipedia). In each of these cases, Wikipedia defines the towns as towns, which do not belong in the village section of the county template. Also, it is important to be civil to other editors in Wikipedia and not to make personal remarks or insult them in edit summaries (example: "Which part of X do you not understand?"). Please refer to the official policy on this matter. — O'Dea ( talk) 10:27, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
Part 17 of the Local Government Act, 2001, section (2) (a) states, "Qualified electors of a town having a population of at least 7,500 as ascertained at the last preceding census or such other figure as the Minister may from time to time prescribe by regulations, and not having a town council, may make a proposal in accordance with paragraph (b) for the establishment of such a council."
Here we see that towns with populations of at least 7,500 may establish a town council. The Act does not say, however, that a settlement of fewer than 7,500 is not a town, nor that a town without a council is not a town, either. Indeed, the Central Statistics Office refers to as many as 664 towns in the state, meaning an average of almost 26 towns per county.
The distinction between towns and villages is not always clear, as indicated by the opening of the Wikipedia town article: 'A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size definition for what constitutes a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many "small towns" in the United States would be regarded as villages in the United Kingdom, while many British "small towns" would qualify as cities in the United States.'
I have consulted the places defined as "towns and cities" in County Cork by the Central Statistics Office to avoid being "willy-nilly", and they are as follows: Bandon, Bantry, Blarney, Carrigaline, Carrigtwohill, Charleville, Clonakilty, Cloyne, Cobh, Cork, Crosshaven, Dunmanway, Fermoy, Kanturk, Kinsale, Macroom, Mallow, Midleton, Millstreet, Mitchelstown, Passage West, Rathcormac, Skibbereen, Tower, and Youghal. I have adjusted the template accordingly. — O'Dea ( talk) 16:29, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
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Towns exist which do not have town councils. Examples are Kanturk ("a town in the north west of County Cork" – Wikipedia), Mitchelstown ("a town in County Cork" – Wikipedia; second clue: the "town" suffix in the name, Mitchelstown), Charleville ("a town in north County Cork" – Wikipedia), and Dunmanway ("a town in County Cork" – Wikipedia). In each of these cases, Wikipedia defines the towns as towns, which do not belong in the village section of the county template. Also, it is important to be civil to other editors in Wikipedia and not to make personal remarks or insult them in edit summaries (example: "Which part of X do you not understand?"). Please refer to the official policy on this matter. — O'Dea ( talk) 10:27, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
Part 17 of the Local Government Act, 2001, section (2) (a) states, "Qualified electors of a town having a population of at least 7,500 as ascertained at the last preceding census or such other figure as the Minister may from time to time prescribe by regulations, and not having a town council, may make a proposal in accordance with paragraph (b) for the establishment of such a council."
Here we see that towns with populations of at least 7,500 may establish a town council. The Act does not say, however, that a settlement of fewer than 7,500 is not a town, nor that a town without a council is not a town, either. Indeed, the Central Statistics Office refers to as many as 664 towns in the state, meaning an average of almost 26 towns per county.
The distinction between towns and villages is not always clear, as indicated by the opening of the Wikipedia town article: 'A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size definition for what constitutes a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many "small towns" in the United States would be regarded as villages in the United Kingdom, while many British "small towns" would qualify as cities in the United States.'
I have consulted the places defined as "towns and cities" in County Cork by the Central Statistics Office to avoid being "willy-nilly", and they are as follows: Bandon, Bantry, Blarney, Carrigaline, Carrigtwohill, Charleville, Clonakilty, Cloyne, Cobh, Cork, Crosshaven, Dunmanway, Fermoy, Kanturk, Kinsale, Macroom, Mallow, Midleton, Millstreet, Mitchelstown, Passage West, Rathcormac, Skibbereen, Tower, and Youghal. I have adjusted the template accordingly. — O'Dea ( talk) 16:29, 3 October 2012 (UTC)