Many settlements in Ireland have had some corporate status, either for local government purposes or to elect members of Parliament.
Name | County [c 1] |
Jur [c 2] |
Charters [c 3] |
Ir Parl [c 4] |
UK Parl 1800 [c 5] |
1828 [c 6] |
1840 [c 7] |
1854 [c 8] |
Local [c 9] |
1878 [c 10] |
UK Parl 1885 [c 11] |
1898 [c 12] |
1972 NI [c 13] |
2001 Rep [c 14] |
2014 Rep [c 15] |
2015 NI [c 16] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dublin | Dublin | Rep | 1172/3;
[1] 1728 [2] |
1264 | Two seats | Split in four [n 1] | County borough | City | ||||||||
Cork | Cork | Rep | 1264 | Two seats | Two seats | County borough | City | |||||||||
Limerick | Limerick | Rep | 1264 | One seat (Two seats from 1832) | One seat | County borough | City | |||||||||
Galway | Galway | Rep | 1264 | One seat (Two seats from 1832) | 1836 [3]; 1853 [4] | One seat | county borough (1986 [5]); borough (1937 [6]); UD | City | ||||||||
Waterford | Waterford | Rep | 1264 | One seat (Two seats from 1832) | One seat | County borough | City | |||||||||
Drogheda | Louth | Rep | 1264 | One seat | Abolished | Borough | Borough | |||||||||
Kilkenny | Kilkenny | Rep | 1264? | One seat | One seat | Borough | Borough | |||||||||
Wexford | Wexford | Rep | ? | One seat | Abolished | Borough | Borough | |||||||||
Sligo | Sligo | Rep | 1614 | One seat (disfranchised 1870 [7]) | Borough | Borough | ||||||||||
Clonmel | Tipperary (South) | Rep | ? | One seat | Abolished | Borough | Borough | |||||||||
Dundalk | Louth | Rep | 1264 | One seat | Abolished | UD | Town | |||||||||
Bray | Wicklow | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Navan | Meath | Rep | 1469 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Ennis | Clare | Rep | 1613 | One seat | Abolished | UD | Town | |||||||||
Tralee | Kerry | Rep | 1613 | One seat | Abolished | UD | Town | |||||||||
Carlow | Carlow | Rep | 1613 | One seat | Abolished | UD | Town | |||||||||
Naas | Kildare | Rep | 1570 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Athlone | Westmeath | Rep | 1607 | One seat | Abolished | UD | Town | |||||||||
Letterkenny | Donegal | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Tullamore | Offaly [n 2] | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Killarney | Kerry | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Arklow | Wicklow | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Cobh | Cork | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Castlebar | Mayo | Rep | 1614 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Midleton | Cork | Rep | 1671 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Mallow | Cork | Rep | 1613 | One seat | Abolished | UD | Town | |||||||||
Ballina | Mayo | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Enniscorthy | Wexford | Rep | 1613 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Wicklow | Wicklow | Rep | 1614 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Cavan | Cavan | Rep | 1611 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Athy | Kildare | Rep | 1614 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Longford | Longford | Rep | 1669 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Dungarvan | Waterford | Rep | 1610 | One seat | Abolished | UD | Town | |||||||||
Nenagh | Tipperary (North) | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Trim | Meath | Rep | 1572 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
New Ross | Wexford | Rep | ? | One seat | Abolished | UD | Town | |||||||||
Thurles | Tipperary (North) | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Youghal | Cork | Rep | ? | One seat | Abolished | UD | Town | |||||||||
Monaghan | Monaghan | Rep | 1613 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Buncrana | Donegal | Rep | January 1913 [8] | UD 14 March 1914 [8] | Town | |||||||||||
Ballinasloe | Galway | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Fermoy | Cork | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Westport | Mayo | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Carrick-on-Suir | Tipperary (South) | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Kells | Meath | Rep | 1561 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Birr | Offaly [n 2] | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Tipperary | Tipperary (South) | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Carrickmacross | Monaghan | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Kinsale | Cork | Rep | 1334? | One seat | Abolished | UD | Town | |||||||||
Listowel | Kerry | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Clonakilty | Cork | Rep | 1613 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Cashel | Tipperary (South) | Rep | ? | One seat (disfranchised 1870 [7]) | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Macroom | Cork | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Castleblayney | Monaghan | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Kilrush | Clare | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Skibbereen | Cork | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Bundoran | Donegal | Rep | 1913/4 [9] | UD | Town | |||||||||||
Templemore | Tipperary (North) | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Clones | Monaghan | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Newbridge | Kildare | Rep | Comm | Town | ||||||||||||
Port Laoise | Laois [n 3] | Rep | 1571 [n 4] | Disfranchised | Comm | Town | ||||||||||
Mullingar | Westmeath | Rep | 1583 | Disfranchised | Comm | Town | ||||||||||
Balbriggan | Dublin ( Fingal) | Rep | Comm | Town | ||||||||||||
Greystones | Wicklow | Rep | Comm (1984 [10]) | |||||||||||||
Leixlip | Kildare | Rep | Comm (1988 [11]) | |||||||||||||
Tramore | Waterford | Rep | Comm (1948 [12]) | |||||||||||||
Shannon | Clare | Rep | Comm (1982 [13]) | |||||||||||||
Gorey | Wexford | Rep | 1620 | Disfranchised | Comm | Town | ||||||||||
Tuam | Galway | Rep | 1614 | Disfranchised | Comm | Town | ||||||||||
Edenderry | Offaly [n 2] | Rep | Comm | Town | ||||||||||||
Bandon | Cork | Rep | 1614 [n 5] | One seat | Abolished | Comm | Town | |||||||||
Passage West | Cork | Rep | UD (downgraded 19??); Comm [14] | Town | ||||||||||||
Loughrea | Galway | Rep | Comm | Town | ||||||||||||
Antrim | Antrim | NI | 1666 | Disfranchised | Comm (dissolved 1962) | |||||||||||
Ardee | Louth | Rep | 1378 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Ardfert | Kerry | Rep | 1639? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Armagh | Armagh | NI | 1613 | One seat | Abolished | UD | ||||||||||
Askeaton | Limerick | Rep | 1614 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Athboy | Meath | Rep | 1613 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Athenry | Galway | Rep | 1310? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Augher | Tyrone | NI | 1614 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Ballynakill | Laois [n 3] | Rep | 1613 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Ballyshannon | Donegal | Rep | 1613 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Baltimore | Cork | Rep | 1614 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Baltinglass | Wicklow | Rep | 1664 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Banagher | Offaly [n 2] | Rep | 1629 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Bangor | Down | NI | 1613 | Disfranchised | Borough | |||||||||||
Bannow | Wexford | Rep | ? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Belfast | Antrim | NI | 1613 | One seat (Two seats from 1832) | Split in four [n 6] | County borough | ||||||||||
Belturbet | Cavan | Rep | 1614 | Disfranchised | UD (downgraded 19??); Comm [14] | |||||||||||
Blessington | Wicklow | Rep | 1670 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Boyle | Roscommon | Rep | 1614 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Callan | Kilkenny | Rep | 1264 | Disfranchised | UD (Comm 1925; abolished 1994 [15]) | |||||||||||
Carlingford | Louth | Rep | 13?? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Carrick-on-Shannon | Leitrim | Rep | 1614 [n 7] | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Carrickfergus | Antrim [n 8] | NI | 1326 | One seat | Abolished | Borough | ||||||||||
Carysfort | Wicklow | Rep | 1629 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Castlemartyr | Cork | Rep | 1676 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Charlemont | Armagh | NI | 1613 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Charleville | Cork | Rep | 1673 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Clogher | Tyrone | NI | 1264 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Clonmines | Wexford | Rep | ? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Coleraine | Londonderry | NI | 16?? | One seat | Abolished | Borough | ||||||||||
Dingle | Kerry | Rep | 1607 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Donegal | Donegal | Rep | 1613 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Doneraile | Cork | Rep | 1640 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Downpatrick | Down | NI | 1586 | One seat | Abolished | UD (1924 [16]) Comm | ||||||||||
Duleek | Meath | Rep | 1727 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Dungannon | Tyrone | NI | 1613 | One seat | Abolished | UD | ||||||||||
Dunleer | Louth | Rep | 1679 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Enniskillen | Fermanagh | NI | 1613 | One seat | Abolished | Borough [n 9] | ||||||||||
Fethard | Tipperary (South) | Rep | 1608 | Disfranchised | UD (Comm 1925; abolished 1994 [15]) | |||||||||||
Fethard-on-Sea | Wexford | Rep | 1613 [n 10] | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Fore | Westmeath | Rep | ? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Gowran | Kilkenny | Rep | 1609 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Granard | Longford | Rep | 1679 | Disfranchised | UD (downgraded 19??); Comm [14] | |||||||||||
Harristown | Kildare | Rep | 1684 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Hillsborough | Down | NI | 1662 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Inistioge | Kilkenny | Rep | ? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Jamestown | Leitrim | Rep | 1622 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Kilbeggan | Westmeath | Rep | 1613 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Kildare | Kildare | Rep | 15?? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Killybegs | Donegal | Rep | 1616 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Killyleagh | Down | NI | 1613 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Kilmallock | Limerick | Rep | 15?? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Knocktopher | Kilkenny | Rep | 1665 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Lanesborough | Longford | Rep | 1642 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Lifford | Donegal | Rep | 1613 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Lisburn | Antrim | NI | 1661 | One seat | Abolished | Borough | ||||||||||
Lismore | Waterford | Rep | 1614 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Derry [n 11] | Londonderry | NI | 16?? [n 11] | One seat [n 11] | One seat | County borough | ||||||||||
Newcastle | Dublin (South) | Rep | c. 1613 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Newry | Down | NI | 1612 | One seat | One seat | UD | ||||||||||
Limavady | Londonderry | NI | 16?? [n 12] | Disfranchised | UD | |||||||||||
Newtownards | Down | NI | 1614 | Disfranchised | Borough | |||||||||||
Old Leighlin | Carlow | Rep | ? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Daingean | Offaly [n 2] | Rep | 1571 [n 13] | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Portarlington | Laois [n 3] | Rep | 1668 | One seat | Abolished | |||||||||||
Randalstown | Antrim | NI | 1683 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Rathcormack | Cork | Rep | c. 1611 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Ratoath | Meath | Rep | ? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Roscommon | Roscommon | Rep | ? | Disfranchised | UD (Comm 1925; abolished 1994 [15]) | |||||||||||
Irishtown | Kilkenny [n 14] | Rep | 1264? [n 15] | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
St Johnston | Donegal | Rep | 1618 [n 16] | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Ballinalee | Longford | Rep | 1628 [n 17] | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Strabane | Tyrone | NI | 1613 | Disfranchised | 187x [n 18] | UD | ||||||||||
Swords | Dublin ( Fingal) | Rep | ? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Taghmon | Wexford | Rep | bef. 1642 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Tallow | Waterford | Rep | ? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Thomastown | Kilkenny | Rep | 1541 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Tulsk | Roscommon | Rep | 1663 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Ballycastle | Antrim | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Ballyclare | Antrim | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Ballymena | Antrim | NI | Borough | |||||||||||||
Ballymoney | Antrim | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Larne | Antrim | NI | Borough | |||||||||||||
Portrush | Antrim | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Newtownabbey | Antrim | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Whitehead | Antrim | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Keady | Armagh | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Lurgan | Armagh | NI | Borough | |||||||||||||
Portadown | Armagh | NI | Borough | |||||||||||||
Tandragee | Armagh | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Banbridge | Down | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Donaghdee | Down | NI | UD (1905) | |||||||||||||
Dromore | Down | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Holywood | Down | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Kilkeel | Down | NI | UD (1936 [18]) | |||||||||||||
Newcastle | Down | NI | UD (1905) | |||||||||||||
Warrenpoint | Down | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Portstewart | Londonderry | NI | 1914 appl. [9] | UD | ||||||||||||
Cookstown | Tyrone | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Omagh | Tyrone | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Newcastle West | Limerick | Rep | 1899–1900 [19] | UD (Comm 1925; abolished 1994 [15]) | ||||||||||||
Rathkeale | Limerick | Rep | UD (Comm 1925; abolished 1994 [15]) | |||||||||||||
Tullow | Carlow | Rep | UD (1902); [n 19] Comm (1925); abolished 1994 [15] | |||||||||||||
Blackrock | Dublin ( Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown) | Rep | UD (abolished 1930 [n 20]) | |||||||||||||
Clontarf | Dublin | Rep | [n 21] | UD (abolished 1900 [n 22]) | ||||||||||||
Dalkey | Dublin ( Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown) | Rep | UD (abolished 1930 [n 20]) | |||||||||||||
Drumcondra, Clonliffe & Glasnevin [n 23] | Dublin | Rep | UD (abolished 1900 [n 22]) | |||||||||||||
Killiney & Ballybrack [n 24] | Dublin ( Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown) | Rep | UD (abolished 1930 [n 20]) | |||||||||||||
Dún Laoghaire [n 25] | Dublin ( Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown) | Rep | Borough (1930 [n 20]–abolished 1994 [23] [24]); UD [n 20] | |||||||||||||
New Kilmainham | Dublin | Rep | UD (abolished 1900 [n 22]) | |||||||||||||
Pembroke | Dublin | Rep | [n 26] | UD (abolished 1930 [n 27]) | ||||||||||||
Rathmines & Rathgar [26] | Dublin | Rep | [n 28] | UD (abolished 1930 [n 27]) | ||||||||||||
Cootehill | Cavan | Rep | UD (downgraded 19??); Comm [14] | |||||||||||||
Howth | Dublin ( Fingal | Rep | UD (established 1918; [27] abolished 1942 [n 29]) | |||||||||||||
Aughnacloy | Tyrone | NI | Comm (dissolved 1959) | |||||||||||||
Gilford | Down | NI | Comm (dissolved 1959) | |||||||||||||
Kilkee | Clare | Rep | 1901 July 24 [30] |
Note missing from above table:
Also note Killiney and Ballybrack separate notices; and notices for boroughs Dublin Sligo Waterford.
HC Deb 21 March 1884 vol 286 c460
Newtown Pery, Limerick (Commissioners for the Improvement of St. Michael's Parish) [1]
1828 Act 9 G4 c82 references earlier acts:
I also note 19&20 G3 c15
Oulton's Index to the Statutes Dublin 1836 sv "Cities" p.96
MCI Report "9 geo iv c 82":
1837 Boundaries Report "9 geo iv c 82":
The reports go through each town, with the date of adoption of the relevant acts, without needing to go to the minutes of evidence on which they are based.
Name | Notes | EPPI | archive | |
---|---|---|---|---|
[352] 1876 Preliminary report | Appendix has all towns and all types of local govt within them | [1] | [2] | |
[357] 20 July 1877 | [3] | [4] | ||
C-1696 1877 Report Part I | (EPPI scan only has coversheet) | [5] | [6] | |
C-1755 1877 Report Part II | [7] | [8] | ||
C-1787 1877 Report Part III | page iii has list of which towns are in which Part, though not page numbers within appendix relating to each. Relevant dates will be one of the first questions asked for each. | [9] | [10] | |
C-1787-I 1877 Report Part III Supplement | Same as Part IV? | [11] | [12] | |
1877 Report Part IV | [13] | |||
C-1965 1878 Special report from W.P. O'Brien, Esq | EPPI transcript, no image scans | [14] | [15] | |
[262] 1878 Report | EPPI scan only has coversheet | [16] | [17] |
Summarised in Maltby, Arthur; Maltby, Jean (2013). Ireland in the Nineteenth Century: A Breviate of Official Publications. Elsevier. pp. 15–16. ISBN 9781483145525.
(Appendices I-IV list 11 boroughs, 72 1854 towns, 17 1828 towns, and 17 places with other Commissioners: Carrickfergus under 3&4 Vict.c.108 which merged county and borough; 16 under local acts (8 Dub townships [incl Bray in Wicklow], 4 Dub squares, Rutland-square hospital, Belfast water commissioners, Galway and Sligo [Sligo also had a borough])) Report lists changes eg Sligo 1866-8 switched from 1809 local act to new local act.
"alteration of local government areas" site:eppi.dippam.ac.uk
Many settlements in Ireland have had some corporate status, either for local government purposes or to elect members of Parliament.
Name | County [c 1] |
Jur [c 2] |
Charters [c 3] |
Ir Parl [c 4] |
UK Parl 1800 [c 5] |
1828 [c 6] |
1840 [c 7] |
1854 [c 8] |
Local [c 9] |
1878 [c 10] |
UK Parl 1885 [c 11] |
1898 [c 12] |
1972 NI [c 13] |
2001 Rep [c 14] |
2014 Rep [c 15] |
2015 NI [c 16] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dublin | Dublin | Rep | 1172/3;
[1] 1728 [2] |
1264 | Two seats | Split in four [n 1] | County borough | City | ||||||||
Cork | Cork | Rep | 1264 | Two seats | Two seats | County borough | City | |||||||||
Limerick | Limerick | Rep | 1264 | One seat (Two seats from 1832) | One seat | County borough | City | |||||||||
Galway | Galway | Rep | 1264 | One seat (Two seats from 1832) | 1836 [3]; 1853 [4] | One seat | county borough (1986 [5]); borough (1937 [6]); UD | City | ||||||||
Waterford | Waterford | Rep | 1264 | One seat (Two seats from 1832) | One seat | County borough | City | |||||||||
Drogheda | Louth | Rep | 1264 | One seat | Abolished | Borough | Borough | |||||||||
Kilkenny | Kilkenny | Rep | 1264? | One seat | One seat | Borough | Borough | |||||||||
Wexford | Wexford | Rep | ? | One seat | Abolished | Borough | Borough | |||||||||
Sligo | Sligo | Rep | 1614 | One seat (disfranchised 1870 [7]) | Borough | Borough | ||||||||||
Clonmel | Tipperary (South) | Rep | ? | One seat | Abolished | Borough | Borough | |||||||||
Dundalk | Louth | Rep | 1264 | One seat | Abolished | UD | Town | |||||||||
Bray | Wicklow | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Navan | Meath | Rep | 1469 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Ennis | Clare | Rep | 1613 | One seat | Abolished | UD | Town | |||||||||
Tralee | Kerry | Rep | 1613 | One seat | Abolished | UD | Town | |||||||||
Carlow | Carlow | Rep | 1613 | One seat | Abolished | UD | Town | |||||||||
Naas | Kildare | Rep | 1570 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Athlone | Westmeath | Rep | 1607 | One seat | Abolished | UD | Town | |||||||||
Letterkenny | Donegal | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Tullamore | Offaly [n 2] | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Killarney | Kerry | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Arklow | Wicklow | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Cobh | Cork | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Castlebar | Mayo | Rep | 1614 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Midleton | Cork | Rep | 1671 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Mallow | Cork | Rep | 1613 | One seat | Abolished | UD | Town | |||||||||
Ballina | Mayo | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Enniscorthy | Wexford | Rep | 1613 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Wicklow | Wicklow | Rep | 1614 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Cavan | Cavan | Rep | 1611 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Athy | Kildare | Rep | 1614 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Longford | Longford | Rep | 1669 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Dungarvan | Waterford | Rep | 1610 | One seat | Abolished | UD | Town | |||||||||
Nenagh | Tipperary (North) | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Trim | Meath | Rep | 1572 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
New Ross | Wexford | Rep | ? | One seat | Abolished | UD | Town | |||||||||
Thurles | Tipperary (North) | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Youghal | Cork | Rep | ? | One seat | Abolished | UD | Town | |||||||||
Monaghan | Monaghan | Rep | 1613 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Buncrana | Donegal | Rep | January 1913 [8] | UD 14 March 1914 [8] | Town | |||||||||||
Ballinasloe | Galway | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Fermoy | Cork | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Westport | Mayo | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Carrick-on-Suir | Tipperary (South) | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Kells | Meath | Rep | 1561 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Birr | Offaly [n 2] | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Tipperary | Tipperary (South) | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Carrickmacross | Monaghan | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Kinsale | Cork | Rep | 1334? | One seat | Abolished | UD | Town | |||||||||
Listowel | Kerry | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Clonakilty | Cork | Rep | 1613 | Disfranchised | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Cashel | Tipperary (South) | Rep | ? | One seat (disfranchised 1870 [7]) | UD | Town | ||||||||||
Macroom | Cork | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Castleblayney | Monaghan | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Kilrush | Clare | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Skibbereen | Cork | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Bundoran | Donegal | Rep | 1913/4 [9] | UD | Town | |||||||||||
Templemore | Tipperary (North) | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Clones | Monaghan | Rep | UD | Town | ||||||||||||
Newbridge | Kildare | Rep | Comm | Town | ||||||||||||
Port Laoise | Laois [n 3] | Rep | 1571 [n 4] | Disfranchised | Comm | Town | ||||||||||
Mullingar | Westmeath | Rep | 1583 | Disfranchised | Comm | Town | ||||||||||
Balbriggan | Dublin ( Fingal) | Rep | Comm | Town | ||||||||||||
Greystones | Wicklow | Rep | Comm (1984 [10]) | |||||||||||||
Leixlip | Kildare | Rep | Comm (1988 [11]) | |||||||||||||
Tramore | Waterford | Rep | Comm (1948 [12]) | |||||||||||||
Shannon | Clare | Rep | Comm (1982 [13]) | |||||||||||||
Gorey | Wexford | Rep | 1620 | Disfranchised | Comm | Town | ||||||||||
Tuam | Galway | Rep | 1614 | Disfranchised | Comm | Town | ||||||||||
Edenderry | Offaly [n 2] | Rep | Comm | Town | ||||||||||||
Bandon | Cork | Rep | 1614 [n 5] | One seat | Abolished | Comm | Town | |||||||||
Passage West | Cork | Rep | UD (downgraded 19??); Comm [14] | Town | ||||||||||||
Loughrea | Galway | Rep | Comm | Town | ||||||||||||
Antrim | Antrim | NI | 1666 | Disfranchised | Comm (dissolved 1962) | |||||||||||
Ardee | Louth | Rep | 1378 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Ardfert | Kerry | Rep | 1639? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Armagh | Armagh | NI | 1613 | One seat | Abolished | UD | ||||||||||
Askeaton | Limerick | Rep | 1614 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Athboy | Meath | Rep | 1613 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Athenry | Galway | Rep | 1310? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Augher | Tyrone | NI | 1614 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Ballynakill | Laois [n 3] | Rep | 1613 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Ballyshannon | Donegal | Rep | 1613 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Baltimore | Cork | Rep | 1614 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Baltinglass | Wicklow | Rep | 1664 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Banagher | Offaly [n 2] | Rep | 1629 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Bangor | Down | NI | 1613 | Disfranchised | Borough | |||||||||||
Bannow | Wexford | Rep | ? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Belfast | Antrim | NI | 1613 | One seat (Two seats from 1832) | Split in four [n 6] | County borough | ||||||||||
Belturbet | Cavan | Rep | 1614 | Disfranchised | UD (downgraded 19??); Comm [14] | |||||||||||
Blessington | Wicklow | Rep | 1670 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Boyle | Roscommon | Rep | 1614 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Callan | Kilkenny | Rep | 1264 | Disfranchised | UD (Comm 1925; abolished 1994 [15]) | |||||||||||
Carlingford | Louth | Rep | 13?? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Carrick-on-Shannon | Leitrim | Rep | 1614 [n 7] | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Carrickfergus | Antrim [n 8] | NI | 1326 | One seat | Abolished | Borough | ||||||||||
Carysfort | Wicklow | Rep | 1629 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Castlemartyr | Cork | Rep | 1676 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Charlemont | Armagh | NI | 1613 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Charleville | Cork | Rep | 1673 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Clogher | Tyrone | NI | 1264 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Clonmines | Wexford | Rep | ? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Coleraine | Londonderry | NI | 16?? | One seat | Abolished | Borough | ||||||||||
Dingle | Kerry | Rep | 1607 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Donegal | Donegal | Rep | 1613 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Doneraile | Cork | Rep | 1640 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Downpatrick | Down | NI | 1586 | One seat | Abolished | UD (1924 [16]) Comm | ||||||||||
Duleek | Meath | Rep | 1727 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Dungannon | Tyrone | NI | 1613 | One seat | Abolished | UD | ||||||||||
Dunleer | Louth | Rep | 1679 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Enniskillen | Fermanagh | NI | 1613 | One seat | Abolished | Borough [n 9] | ||||||||||
Fethard | Tipperary (South) | Rep | 1608 | Disfranchised | UD (Comm 1925; abolished 1994 [15]) | |||||||||||
Fethard-on-Sea | Wexford | Rep | 1613 [n 10] | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Fore | Westmeath | Rep | ? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Gowran | Kilkenny | Rep | 1609 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Granard | Longford | Rep | 1679 | Disfranchised | UD (downgraded 19??); Comm [14] | |||||||||||
Harristown | Kildare | Rep | 1684 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Hillsborough | Down | NI | 1662 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Inistioge | Kilkenny | Rep | ? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Jamestown | Leitrim | Rep | 1622 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Kilbeggan | Westmeath | Rep | 1613 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Kildare | Kildare | Rep | 15?? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Killybegs | Donegal | Rep | 1616 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Killyleagh | Down | NI | 1613 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Kilmallock | Limerick | Rep | 15?? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Knocktopher | Kilkenny | Rep | 1665 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Lanesborough | Longford | Rep | 1642 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Lifford | Donegal | Rep | 1613 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Lisburn | Antrim | NI | 1661 | One seat | Abolished | Borough | ||||||||||
Lismore | Waterford | Rep | 1614 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Derry [n 11] | Londonderry | NI | 16?? [n 11] | One seat [n 11] | One seat | County borough | ||||||||||
Newcastle | Dublin (South) | Rep | c. 1613 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Newry | Down | NI | 1612 | One seat | One seat | UD | ||||||||||
Limavady | Londonderry | NI | 16?? [n 12] | Disfranchised | UD | |||||||||||
Newtownards | Down | NI | 1614 | Disfranchised | Borough | |||||||||||
Old Leighlin | Carlow | Rep | ? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Daingean | Offaly [n 2] | Rep | 1571 [n 13] | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Portarlington | Laois [n 3] | Rep | 1668 | One seat | Abolished | |||||||||||
Randalstown | Antrim | NI | 1683 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Rathcormack | Cork | Rep | c. 1611 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Ratoath | Meath | Rep | ? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Roscommon | Roscommon | Rep | ? | Disfranchised | UD (Comm 1925; abolished 1994 [15]) | |||||||||||
Irishtown | Kilkenny [n 14] | Rep | 1264? [n 15] | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
St Johnston | Donegal | Rep | 1618 [n 16] | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Ballinalee | Longford | Rep | 1628 [n 17] | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Strabane | Tyrone | NI | 1613 | Disfranchised | 187x [n 18] | UD | ||||||||||
Swords | Dublin ( Fingal) | Rep | ? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Taghmon | Wexford | Rep | bef. 1642 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Tallow | Waterford | Rep | ? | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Thomastown | Kilkenny | Rep | 1541 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Tulsk | Roscommon | Rep | 1663 | Disfranchised | ||||||||||||
Ballycastle | Antrim | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Ballyclare | Antrim | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Ballymena | Antrim | NI | Borough | |||||||||||||
Ballymoney | Antrim | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Larne | Antrim | NI | Borough | |||||||||||||
Portrush | Antrim | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Newtownabbey | Antrim | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Whitehead | Antrim | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Keady | Armagh | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Lurgan | Armagh | NI | Borough | |||||||||||||
Portadown | Armagh | NI | Borough | |||||||||||||
Tandragee | Armagh | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Banbridge | Down | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Donaghdee | Down | NI | UD (1905) | |||||||||||||
Dromore | Down | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Holywood | Down | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Kilkeel | Down | NI | UD (1936 [18]) | |||||||||||||
Newcastle | Down | NI | UD (1905) | |||||||||||||
Warrenpoint | Down | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Portstewart | Londonderry | NI | 1914 appl. [9] | UD | ||||||||||||
Cookstown | Tyrone | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Omagh | Tyrone | NI | UD | |||||||||||||
Newcastle West | Limerick | Rep | 1899–1900 [19] | UD (Comm 1925; abolished 1994 [15]) | ||||||||||||
Rathkeale | Limerick | Rep | UD (Comm 1925; abolished 1994 [15]) | |||||||||||||
Tullow | Carlow | Rep | UD (1902); [n 19] Comm (1925); abolished 1994 [15] | |||||||||||||
Blackrock | Dublin ( Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown) | Rep | UD (abolished 1930 [n 20]) | |||||||||||||
Clontarf | Dublin | Rep | [n 21] | UD (abolished 1900 [n 22]) | ||||||||||||
Dalkey | Dublin ( Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown) | Rep | UD (abolished 1930 [n 20]) | |||||||||||||
Drumcondra, Clonliffe & Glasnevin [n 23] | Dublin | Rep | UD (abolished 1900 [n 22]) | |||||||||||||
Killiney & Ballybrack [n 24] | Dublin ( Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown) | Rep | UD (abolished 1930 [n 20]) | |||||||||||||
Dún Laoghaire [n 25] | Dublin ( Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown) | Rep | Borough (1930 [n 20]–abolished 1994 [23] [24]); UD [n 20] | |||||||||||||
New Kilmainham | Dublin | Rep | UD (abolished 1900 [n 22]) | |||||||||||||
Pembroke | Dublin | Rep | [n 26] | UD (abolished 1930 [n 27]) | ||||||||||||
Rathmines & Rathgar [26] | Dublin | Rep | [n 28] | UD (abolished 1930 [n 27]) | ||||||||||||
Cootehill | Cavan | Rep | UD (downgraded 19??); Comm [14] | |||||||||||||
Howth | Dublin ( Fingal | Rep | UD (established 1918; [27] abolished 1942 [n 29]) | |||||||||||||
Aughnacloy | Tyrone | NI | Comm (dissolved 1959) | |||||||||||||
Gilford | Down | NI | Comm (dissolved 1959) | |||||||||||||
Kilkee | Clare | Rep | 1901 July 24 [30] |
Note missing from above table:
Also note Killiney and Ballybrack separate notices; and notices for boroughs Dublin Sligo Waterford.
HC Deb 21 March 1884 vol 286 c460
Newtown Pery, Limerick (Commissioners for the Improvement of St. Michael's Parish) [1]
1828 Act 9 G4 c82 references earlier acts:
I also note 19&20 G3 c15
Oulton's Index to the Statutes Dublin 1836 sv "Cities" p.96
MCI Report "9 geo iv c 82":
1837 Boundaries Report "9 geo iv c 82":
The reports go through each town, with the date of adoption of the relevant acts, without needing to go to the minutes of evidence on which they are based.
Name | Notes | EPPI | archive | |
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[352] 1876 Preliminary report | Appendix has all towns and all types of local govt within them | [1] | [2] | |
[357] 20 July 1877 | [3] | [4] | ||
C-1696 1877 Report Part I | (EPPI scan only has coversheet) | [5] | [6] | |
C-1755 1877 Report Part II | [7] | [8] | ||
C-1787 1877 Report Part III | page iii has list of which towns are in which Part, though not page numbers within appendix relating to each. Relevant dates will be one of the first questions asked for each. | [9] | [10] | |
C-1787-I 1877 Report Part III Supplement | Same as Part IV? | [11] | [12] | |
1877 Report Part IV | [13] | |||
C-1965 1878 Special report from W.P. O'Brien, Esq | EPPI transcript, no image scans | [14] | [15] | |
[262] 1878 Report | EPPI scan only has coversheet | [16] | [17] |
Summarised in Maltby, Arthur; Maltby, Jean (2013). Ireland in the Nineteenth Century: A Breviate of Official Publications. Elsevier. pp. 15–16. ISBN 9781483145525.
(Appendices I-IV list 11 boroughs, 72 1854 towns, 17 1828 towns, and 17 places with other Commissioners: Carrickfergus under 3&4 Vict.c.108 which merged county and borough; 16 under local acts (8 Dub townships [incl Bray in Wicklow], 4 Dub squares, Rutland-square hospital, Belfast water commissioners, Galway and Sligo [Sligo also had a borough])) Report lists changes eg Sligo 1866-8 switched from 1809 local act to new local act.
"alteration of local government areas" site:eppi.dippam.ac.uk