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Tyrone County Council

Tyrone County Council

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Tyrone County Council was the authority responsible for local government in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

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History

Tyrone County Council was formed under orders issued in accordance with the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 which came into effect on 18 April 1899.[1] It was originally based at Omagh Courthouse[2] but moved to County Hall in Omagh in 1962.[3] It was abolished in accordance with the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 on 1 October 1973.[4]


References

  1. "Orders declaring the boundaries of administrative counties and defining county electoral divisions". 27th Report of the Local Government Board for Ireland (Cmd.9480). Dublin: HMSO. 1900. pp. 235–330.
  2. "No. 1436". The Belfast Gazette. 31 December 1948. p. 326.
  3. Rowan, Alistair (1979). North West Ulster: The Counties of Londonderry, Donegal, Fermanagh and Tyrone (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland). Yale University Press. p. 448. ISBN 978-0300096675.
  4. "Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

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