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List of cities, boroughs and towns in the Republic of Ireland

List of cities, boroughs and towns in the Republic of Ireland

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The following table and map show the areas in Ireland, previously designated as Cities, Boroughs, or Towns in the Local Government Act 2001.

Under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, Ireland had a two-tier system of local authorities. The first tier consisted of administrative counties and county boroughs. The county boroughs were in the major municipal population centres. The second tier consisted of urban districts, governed by urban district councils; some of the urban district retained a higher status of borough with a corporation. Below that were towns with town commissioners, administered under the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act 1854.

Under the Local Government Act 2001, administrative counties and county boroughs were redesignated as counties and cities respectively. The lower tier consisted of boroughs and towns (including both former urban districts and towns administered by town commissioners).

Under the Local Government Reform Act 2014, only Dublin, Cork and Galway retain separate city councils. Limerick and Waterford were merged into the corresponding county councils and all borough and town councils were abolished. Municipal districts were created from local electoral areas with councillors being those elected to the county councils. In the case of Limerick and Waterford, these are called Metropolitan Districts; in the case of Drogheda, Wexford, Sligo and Clonmel, these are called Borough Districts; and in the case of Kilkenny, it is called the Municipal District of Kilkenny City.[1]

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Cities, boroughs and towns up to 2014

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 City ·  Borough ·  Town

See also

Notes

  1. [n 1]
    Kilkenny was governed by Borough Council until 2014, but retained the right to the description "City" for ceremonial purposes.[3] Since 2014, it has been governed by the Municipal District of Kilkenny City within Kilkenny County Council.
  2. [n 2]
    City boundary extended after the 2006 census and before the 2009 election.[15]
  3. [n 3]
    Borough boundary extended after the 2006 census and before the 2009 election.[16]
  4. [n 4]
    Town boundary extended after the 2006 census and before the 2009 election.[17]
  5. [n 5]
    Droichead Nua (Newbridge) Urban electoral division
  6. [n 6]
    Portlaoighise (Maryborough) Urban electoral division
  7. [n 7]
    Mullingar North Urban electoral division plus Mullingar South Urban electoral division
  8. [n 8]
    Town boundary extended after the 2006 census and before the 2009 election.[18]
  9. [n 9]
    Revised area is old area (Balbiggan Urban electoral division, area 2.2 km2[10]) plus added area (432 hectares[19])
  10. [N 10]
    Greystones electoral division
  11. [N 11]
    Leixlip electoral division
  12. [N 12]
    Tramore electoral division
  13. [N 13]
    Town boundary extended after the 2006 census and before the 2009 election.[20]
  14. [N 14]
    Gorey Urban electoral division
  15. [N 15]
    Tuam Urban electoral division
  16. [N 16]
    Edenderry Urban electoral division
  17. [N 17]
    Bandon electoral division
  18. [N 18]
    Monkstown Urban electoral division
  19. [N 19]
    Loughrea Urban electoral division
  20. [N 20]
    Ardee Urban electoral division
  21. [N 21]
    Mountmellick Urban electoral division
  22. [N 22]
    Bantry Urban electoral division
  23. [N 23]
    Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) Urban electoral division
  24. [N 24]
    Boyle Urban electoral division
  25. [N 25]
    Ballyshannon Urban electoral division
  26. [N 26]
    Cootehill Urban electoral division
  27. [N 27]
    Ballybay Urban electoral division
  28. [N 28]
    Belturbet Urban electoral division
  29. [N 29]
    Lismore electoral division
  30. [N 30]
    Kilkee electoral division
  31. [N 31]
    Granard Urban electoral division

References

  1. [1]
    Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014). Enacted on 27 January 2014. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 30 January 2019.
  2. [2]
    Census 2011 Population Classified by Area Table 12 "Alphabetical list of towns with their population, 2006 and 2011"
  3. [3]
    Local Government Act 2001, section 10 Irish Statute Book
  4. [4]
    Census 2011 Population Classified by Area Appendix 2 "Towns with Legally Defined Boundaries"
  5. [5]
    Local Government Act 2001, Schedule 5 Part 2, and Schedule 6 Irish Statute Book
  6. [6]
    Census 2011 Population Classified by Area Table 5 "Population of towns ordered by county and size, 2006 and 2011"
  7. [7]
    Census 2011 Population Classified by Area Appendix 4 "Population of Towns or Environs/Suburbs which are located in more than one County"
  8. [8]
    Census 2011 Population Classified by Area Table 7 "Population of each town with 1,500 population and over, distinguishing those within legally defined boundaries and in the surrounding suburbs or environs, 2006 and 2011" (Interactive table)
  9. [9]
    Census 2011 Population Classified by Area Appendix 3 "Extensions to Legal Towns and Boroughs since 1926"
  10. [10]
    Census 2011 Population Classified by Area Table 6 "Population of each province, county, city, urban area, rural area and electoral division, 2006 and 2011"
    • For City, Borough, and former UD towns, there is an explicit summary row in Table 6 for the town.
    • For former commissioner towns, the area is that of one or more electoral divisions in a rural area of the relevant county. These divisions are noted.
  11. [11]
    Local Government Act 1994 (Irish Statute Book)
  12. [12]
    "The Local Government Commission and Boundaries". Stronger Local Democracy- Options for Change. Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government. April 2008. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012. Those towns which had their boundaries extended, for electoral purposes only, in 1994, represent an anomaly, as residents of the environs of a town may help elect the town council but do not fall within the functional area of the council. A number of these towns' boundaries have been altered since 1994, however in the majority of cases the anomaly continues to exist. The correction of this anomaly would appear to be in order.
  13. [13]
    Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (2010). Local Elections 2009: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics. Dublin: Stationery Office. ISBN 978-1-4064-2510-9.
  14. [14]
    Census 2011 Population Classified by Area Appendix 1 "Census Geographic Definitions"
  15. [15]
    Limerick City Boundary Alteration Order 2008 (S.I. No. 53 of 2008). Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
  16. [16]
    Wexford Borough Boundary Alteration Order 2007 (S.I. No. 818 of 2007). Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
  17. [17]
    Navan Town Boundary Alteration Order 2009 (S.I. No. 136 of 2009). Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
  18. [18]
    Balbriggan Town Boundary Alteration Order 2009 (S.I. No. 17 of 2009). Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
  19. [19]
    "Report on revision of administrative and electoral boundary of Balbriggan Town Council area". Fingal County Council. 13 October 2008. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  20. [20]
    Shannon town Boundary Alteration Order 2008 (S.I. No. 557 of 2008). Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.

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