User:Jnestorius/Corporate towns in Ireland

Many settlements in Ireland have had some corporate status, either for local government purposes or to elect members of Parliament.

Table

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 * Notes:

Handlist index entries
Note missing from above table:
 * Bagnalstown, Carlow : Towns Improvement Act : for the adoption of, 1857, Dec. 19.
 * Ballyboy, King's County : Towns Improvement Act : for considering the, 1866, June 12.
 * Hollywood, Wicklow : adoption of the Towns Improvement Act in, 1848, Nov. 29.
 * Kells, County Kilkenny : adoption of the Towns Improvement Act in, 1855, Feb. 28, Apr. 1 1.
 * Moy, County Tyrone : . . » . r i- i . for holdinjf a meeting to carry mto execution the Act tor light- ing- and cleansing towns, etc., 1844, Dec. 10.
 * Ramelton: for the adoption of the Towns Improvement Act in, 1856, May 27.
 * Roscrea, Tipperary : adoption of the Towns Improvement Act in, 1855, Sept. 21

Also note Killiney and Ballybrack separate notices; and notices for boroughs Dublin Sligo Waterford.


 * Antrim : Towns Improvement Act :  adoption and enforcement, 1846, Feb. 12; 1855, Aug. 29,  Sept. 3, Oct. 17 ; 1869, July 24.
 * Ardee, Louth, Barony of: Towns Improvement Act :  adoption of the, 1855, Jan. 4.  extending the boundaries, 1858, Nov. 2.
 * Arklow, Wicklow : Towns Improvement Act : for convening a meeting- at, to consider adoption of, i860, Mar. 15.
 * Armagh, County of : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of, 1855 Apr. 1 7 ; 1859, Dec. 9.
 * Athlone, Roscommon : Towns Improvement Act : for putting into force, 1855, Jan. 5.
 * Athy, Kildare Towns Improvement Act : for the adoption of, 1856, Apr. 30, June 2.
 * Aug:hnacloy, Tyrone : Towns Improvement Act : putting into force, 1850, Dec. 24.
 * Bagnalstown, Carlow : Towns Improvement Act : for the adoption of, 1857, Dec. 19.
 * Balbriggan, Dublin : Towns Improvement Act : for the adoption of, i860, Mar. 29, May 4.
 * Ballina, Mayo : Towns Improvement Act : for the adoption and enforcement of, 1855, Oct. 12, Dec. ro.
 * Ballinasloe, Galway : Towns Improvement Act : adoption and enforcement, 1859, Dec. 9 ; i860, Jan. 25.
 * Ballyboy, King's County : Towns Improvement Act : for considering the, 1866, June 12.
 * Ballybrack, Dublin : Towns Improvement Act : for the adoption of, 1866, July 18.
 * Ballymena, Antrim : Towns Improvement Act : for putting into force the, 1852, Dec. 10 ; 1865, Mar. 20.
 * Ballymoney, Antrim : Lighting and Cleansing of Towns, etc.. Act : for carrying into execution the, 1845, I'eb. 6. / Towns Improvement Act : adoption and enforcement oi the, 1858, Apr. 14, May 20.
 * Ballyshannon, Doneg^al: Towns Improvement Act : for carrying into effect the, 1848, Mar. 28 ; 1857, July 31 ; 1859, Dec. 16 ; i860, F'eb. 2.
 * Banbridge, Down : Towns Improvement Act : for considering and adopting the, 1864, Apr. 12 ; 1865, June 14.
 * Bandon, Cork : Towns Improvement Act : for the adoption of, 1855, May 1 1.
 * Bangor, Mayo : Towns Improvement Act : for consideration and adoption of, 1864, Sept. 20, Nov. ii.
 * Belturbet, Cavan : Towns Improvement Act : for putting into force the, 1855, ^^'t. 15, Nov. 28.
 * Boyle, Roscommon : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, x866, Dec. 10 ; 1867, Jan. 18.
 * Bray, Wicklow : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of, 1857, Sept. 4, Oct. 9 ; 1865, Aug. 14.
 * Carlow : Towns Improvement Act : putting into force the, l855t J^"* 5*
 * Carrickmacross, Monaghan : Towns Improvement Act: adoption of, 1859, Jan. 18, Feb. 21.
 * Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary : Towns Improvement Act ; putting into force the, 1855, Jan. 5.
 * Cashel, Tipperary : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of, 1855, Jan. 15.
 * Castlebar, Mayo : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of, 1863, Sept. 9, Oct. 3 ; 1865, Oct. 16 ; 1866, July 31, .Aug. 28.
 * Castleblayney, Monaghan : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of, 185$, Sept. 11, Oct. 25.
 * Cavan : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, 1851, Mar. 31 ; 1855, J""^* 21, Juh^ 28.
 * Clonakilty, Cork : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, 1846, June 17; 1856, Sept. 16; 1869, Mar. 18, May 4.
 * Clones, Monaj^'han : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, 1856, June 20, Aujj. 5.
 * Clonmel, Tipperary : Towns Improvement Act : for the adoption of, 1855, Sept. 13, Oct. 15.
 * Coleiaine, Londonderry : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, 1859, Dec. 9 ; i860, Jan. 14.
 * Cookstown, Tyrone : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, 1851, Feb. 19 ; 1855, Mar. 10, Apr. 24.
 * Cootehill, Cavan : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, 1856, Nov. 19, Dec. i v
 * Dalkey, Dublin : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, 1863, July 2^, Aug. 26 ; 1865, Apr. 1 1, May 4.
 * Dublin : continued. "Towns Improvement .Act: for the adoption of the, 1857, Jnn^' -29.
 * Dundalk, Louth : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, 1854, Dec. 28; 1855, Feb. 16, Aujf. 27, Sept. 18.
 * Dung:aivan, Waterford : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, 1855, Jan. 5.
 * Ennis, Clare : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, 1855, Oct. 12 ; 1857, Oct. 29, Dec. 8.
 * Enniscorthv, Wexford : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, 1851, Jan. 31 ; 1855, Apr. 28, June 4.
 * Enniskillen, Fermanagh : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, 1846, Aug. 6, Sept. 2 ; 1863, Apr. 20.
 * Fermoy, Cork : Towns Improvement Act ; adoption of the, 1859, July 15, Aug. 13.
 * Gilford, Down : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, 1859, Oct. 8, Nov. 7.
 * Gorey, Wexford : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, 1859, Aug^. 5, Sept. 15.
 * Hollywood, Wicklow : adoption of the Towns Improvement Act in, 1848, Nov. 29.
 * Holywood, Down : adoption of Towns Improvement Act in, 1851, Dec. i ; 1852, Jan. 14; 1864, Dec. 6; 1865, Jan. 14.
 * Keady, Armagh : adoption of the Towns Improvement Act in, 1847, Nov. 16.
 * Kells, Kilkennv : adoption of the Towns Improvement Act in, 1855, Feb. 28, Apr. 1 1.
 * Killarney, Kerry : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, 1855, Nov. 29; 1859, Feb. 7, Mar. 9.
 * Killiney, Dublin : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, 1866, June 12, July 18.
 * Kilmainham, New, Dublin : Towns Improvement Act : for the adoption of the, 1867, May 3.
 * New Kilmainham, Dublin : for considering: adoption of the Towns improvement Act, 1867, May 3; approved, 1867, June 11.
 * Kingstown, Dublin : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, 1855, Jan. 11, Mar. 2.
 * Kinsale, Cork : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, 1856, Oct. 22, Dec. 3.
 * Lame, Antrim : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, 1850, Sept. 19; 1858, Feb. 15.
 * Letterkeiuiy, Donegal : Towns Improvement .\ct : adoption of the, 1856, May 14, June 10.
 * Long:ford, co. Longford : putting: «" force the Towns Improvement Act, 1855, Jan. v
 * Loughrea, Galway : putting in force the Towns Improvement Act, 1850, July 13.
 * Lurgan, Armag^h : putting into force the Towns Improvement Act. 1854, Dec 21
 * Mallow, Cork : adoption of the Towns Improvement Act, 1858, Feb. 23.
 * Maryborough, Queen's County : Towns Improvement Act : for the adoption of the, 1857, Oct. r, 20.
 * Midleton, Cork : Towns Improvement Act : for adoption, 1857, May 15, June 2;^.
 * Mount Mellinck, Queen's County : for carrying: into execution the .Act for the liifhtiiiif and cleansing of towns, etc., 1844, Dec. 30. Towns Improvement Act : for the adoption of the, 1858, May 1 1, July 1.
 * Moy, Tyrone : . . » . r i- i . for holdinjf a meeting to carry mto execution the Act tor light- ing- and cleansing towns, etc., 1844, Dec. 10.
 * Mulling:ar, Westmeath : Towns Improvement Act : for adoption of the, 1856, Apr. 5, 28.
 * Naas, Kildare : Towns Improvement Act : putting: into force the, 1855, ^>h. 19; 1859, Jan. 5 ; 1865, Mav 13.
 * Navan, Meath : putting: into force the Towns Improvement Act, 1855. May 20.
 * Nenag"h, Tipperary : Towns Improvement Act : for the adoption of the, 1847, June 1,21; 1858, Oct. 29, Dec. 17.
 * Newbridg:e, Kildare : Towns Improvement Act : adoption of, 1865, Feb. 10.
 * New Ross, Wexford : Towns Improvement Act : for the adoption of the, 1855, Aug:. 4« Sept. 14.
 * Newry, Down : Towns Improvement Act : for the adoption of the, 1855, Aug-. 4.
 * Newtownards, Down : Towns Improvement Act : for the adoption of the, i860, Jan. 31 ; 1865, Mar. 6.
 * Newtown Limavady, Londonderry : for the adoption of the Towns Improvement Act, 1846, Jan. ;;; 1855, Mar. 5, Apr. 5, May 5.
 * Omagh, Tyrone : for carrying into execution the Act for the cleansing and lighting of towns, etc., 1845, Jan. 16.
 * Parsonstown, King's County : putting into force the Towns Improvement .\ct, 1852, Feb. 16.
 * Passage West, Cork : for the adoption of the Towns Improvement Act in, 1862, May 2.
 * Portadown, Armagh : adoption of the Towns Improvement Act in, 1845, Sept. 20, Oct. %\ i»58, Aug. 21. "^
 * Portarlington, Queens County : adoption of the Towns Improvement Act in, 1849, Sept. 8
 * Queenstown, Cork : adoption of the Towns Improvement Act in, 1840. Sent 20 • 1855. Jan- 31 ; 1859, Jan. 31. ^^' ^ ^ '
 * Rainelton : for the adoption of the Towns Improvement Act in, 1856, May 27.
 * Rat hfri land, Down : adoption of the Towns Improvement Act in, i8';i. Ian. 20 : 1856, Oct. 28 ; 1869, Oct. 6.
 * Rathkeale, Limerick : adoption of the Towns Improvement Act, 1856, Feb. 5, Mar. 20.
 * Roscommon, town of : adoption of the Towns Improvement Act in, 1854, Dec 28 •
 * Roscrea, Tipperary : adoption of the Towns Improvement Act in, 1855, Sept. 21
 * Skibbereen, Cork : Towns Improvement Act : for adoption of the, 1861, Feb. 11, Mar. 19, Sept. 23, Oct. 17.
 * Sligo : town of: adoption of the Towns Improvement Act in, 1855, Aug. 30 ; 1856, Jan. 10.
 * Tanragee : for the adoption of the Towns Improvement Act, 1863, Feb. 13; approved, 1863, Mar. 19.
 * Templemore, Mayo : for the adoption of the Towns Improvement Act, i860, June 20, July 24.
 * Thurles, Tipperary : Towns Improvement Act : for the adoption of,i85l,Feb. 10; i860, Sept. 18; 1861, Feb. ig. Mar. 19. I » ^,
 * Tipperary : town of : adoption of the Towns Improvement Act in, 1864, Mar. 10; 1866, Julys,
 * Trim, Meath : adoption of the Towns Improvement Act, 1855, Mar. 28, Apr. 24.
 * Tuam, Gal way : Towns Improvement Act : for the adoption of the, 1855, Sept. 18, Oct. 25.
 * Tullamore, King's County : for the adoption of the Towns Improvement Act, x86o, June 20, Aug. 23.
 * Warrenpoint, Down : adoption of the Towns Improvement Act, 1866, Dec. 7.
 * Waterford : Towns Improvement Act : for the adoption of, 1855, Mar. 16, Dec. 1 1.
 * W'estport, Mayo : Towns Improvement Act • adoption of the, 1856, Nov. ,,, Dec. ,0; 1859. Mar ,4. 1866, Dec. 28 ; 1867, Feb. i. ^^* "* '
 * Wicklow : town of: Towns Improvement Act : adoption of the, 1864, June 30, July 12.

Other
HC Deb 21 March 1884 vol 286 c460
 * Q "Why the Local Government Board Order for an election of Town Commissioners for Ennis has not been sent down, although the local preliminary requirements have been completed?"
 * A "the Local Government Board, in compliance with the application made to them for carrying out the Towns Improvement Act, made the usual Order on the subject, which was duly published in The Dublin Gazette of last Tuesday"

Pre-1828 statutes
Newtown Pery, Limerick (Commissioners for the Improvement of St. Michael's Parish)
 * Newtown Act of 1807 created
 * Limerick Improvement Act of 1853 merged into Corporation

1828 Act 9 G4 c82 references earlier acts:
 * WHEREAS by 5 G3 c15 ss11,22 certain Provisions were made with respect to the lighting and cleansing of Cities, for the lighting and cleansing of which no particular Provision was made by any Acts of Parliament then in force
 * s11 explains wrt cities 1 G3 c17 s20, which broadened 33 G2 c18, and was prolonged by 25 G3 c54 s3 to 1806
 * 1 G3 c17 s20 refers to [6 G1 c18] (amended by [8 G1 c16], [3 G2 c22], and [15 G2 c11]) applying to Dublin Cork Limerick, and expiring; says Dublin will prolong whereas Cork and Limerick will revert to 33 G2 c18 instead
 * 33 G2 c18 prolongs [6 G1 c18], [8 G1 c16], [3 G2 c22], [11 G2 c19] (s24 p.784) for Dublin lights [and adds more]; and extends to other towns (s27 p.785) by meeting [called by "chief magistrate" if corporate, otherwise 2 JPs of county] of heads of households worth £5 annual rent
 * s22 sets expiry to 1773, but was prolonged by 19&20 G3 c14 s10 to 1787 and by 25 G3 c54 s2 to 1806 (& 1827 by 47 G3 st1 c42)
 * And Whereas the said Provisions were amended by 13&14 G3 c20 ss1,7
 * And Whereas the said recited [5 G3 c15], so far as the same relates to the lighting and cleansing of the said Cities, was further amended and continued by 25 G3 c54 s3
 * And Whereas by 36 G3 c51 the Regulations and Powers of the said hereinbefore recited Acts were extended to Towns Corporate and Market Towns, not being Cities
 * And Whereas by 47 G3 st1 c42 so much and such Parts of the said hereinbefore recited Acts as relate to the lighting, cleansing, and watching of any Cities, Towns Corporate, or Market Towns, in Ireland, for the lighting, cleansing, and watching of which no particular Provision is made by any Act of Parliament in force in Ireland, were continued for Twenty-one Years;
 * and by [9 G4 c7 — Act summary or Bill full] so much and such Parts as aforesaid of the said several recited Acts are continued for One Year, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, unless Provision shall in the meantime be made by Parliament for the Repeal of the said Acts, or of any of them
 * Bill mentions 5, 13&14, 25, 36, and 47 G3 above; Act summary omits 47.
 * And Whereas the Provisions so made have not answered the good Purposes thereby intended, and it would greatly tend to the Improvement, good Order, and Security, and much promote the Trade and Prosperity, of the several Cities, Towns Corporate, Boroughs, Market Towns, and other Towns throughout Ireland, if effectual Provisions were established for the Purposes aforesaid, in lieu of the Provisions contained in the said recited Acts, and also for the Purpose of paving such Cities, Towns Corporate, Boroughs, and Market Towns, and for such Purposes as are hereinafter mentioned
 * Be it therefore enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act so much and such Parts of the said several hereinbefore recited Acts, or any of them, as relate to the lighting, cleansing, and watching of any Cities, Towns Corporate, or Market Towns, in Ireland, for the lighting, cleansing, and watching of which no particular Provision is made by any Act of Parliament in force in Ireland, shall be and the same are hereby repealed

I also note 19&20 G3 c15
 * An act for continuing several temporary statutes,
 * and for amending an act passed in the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of bis present Majesty, 11&12 G3 c13 for the better paving, cleansing, lighting, altering, and improving Sackville-street and Marlborough-street in the city of Dublin, and the lanes and avenues leading unto the same respectively;
 * and for enabling the corporations for badging the poor within the county of Waterford and the county of the city of Waterford to unite and become one corporation;
 * and also for establishing a body corporate within the town and parish of Lisburn in the county of Antrim for the better support and government of the poor within the said town and parish.
 * 11&12 G3 c30 made "corporations for badging the poor" for each county incl corporate counties; in new act s5 merges corps for Waterford co and city, and s8 adds corp for Lisburn]

Oulton's Index to the Statutes Dublin 1836 sv "Cities" p.96
 * 27 G. 3. c. 46. Market juries in cities.
 * 28 G. 3. c. 42. Extended to counties of towns and towns corporate.
 * 29 G. 3. c. 42. Commissioners for watercourses of towns corporate and episcopal sees
 * 34 G. 3. c. 9. Amends 29 G. 3. c. 42.

Other notes
MCI Report "9 geo iv c 82":
 * Armagh s.38 explains why proposal rejected, but likely to pass soon
 * Drogheda s.138 "desired" to replace local acts.
 * Castlebar s.14 attempt failed
 * Dundalk s.25, Coleraine s.51, Youghal s.47 introduced parts

1837 Boundaries Report "9 geo iv c 82":
 * Limavady did for one year but stopped
 * Armagh, Dungannon have

Other sources

 * [lists some town with and without commissioners]
 * [lists some town with and without commissioners]
 * [lists some town with and without commissioners]


 * lists 185 "Order[s] convening a meeting for carrying the Lighting of Towns Act [1828 (9 Geo. 4) c. 82] into force in [various towns]" between August 30, 1828 [Newry] and February 15, 1854 [Clones]. There are multiple entries for some towns, and no proof that any particular meeting was held or that steps were taken consequently. One order is DG no. 13318 p. 975:
 * DUBLIN CASTLE,
 * December 28, 1841.
 * Gentlemen,
 * WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Ninth Year of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, entitled “ An Act to make provision for the lighting, cleansing, and watching of Cities, Towns Corporate, and Market Towns in Ireland, in certain- cases,” it is amongst other things enacted, that from and after the passing of the said Act, upon the application of Twenty-one or more Householders residing in any City, Town Corporate, Borough, Market Town, or other Town, in Ireland, the lighting, watching, cleansing or paving of which is not provided for by or under any Act of Parliament, each of such Householders occupying a Dwelling House or other Tenement, of the annual Value of Twenty Pounds or more, it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, to authorize the carrying the said Act into execution, and for that purpose to order and direct that the Mayor, or other Chief Magistrate of any such City, Town Corporate, or Borough, or any Two or more Justices of the Peace, resident within Ten Miles of any such Borough or Market Town, or other Town, not being a Town Corporate, shall convene a Meeting for the purpose of carrying the said Act into execution, and shall preside thereat; such Orders and Directions to be signified by the Chief Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, or, in his absence, by the Under Secretary:
 * And whereas ?n application has been received by the Lord Lieutenant, from Twenty-eight Householders of the Town of Ennis, and each occupying a House of the annual Value of Twenty Pounds or more, by which Memorial it is prayed, that His Excellency will be pleased to authorize the carrying the said Act into execution within the said Town of Ennis:
 * I am commanded by the Lord Lieutenant to signify His Excellency’s Orders and Directions to you, that you will convene a Meeting for the purpose of carrying the said Act into execution within the said Town of Ennis, and that you will preside thereat accordingly.
 * I have the honor to be,
 * Gentlemen,
 * Your most obedient humble Servant,
 * E. LUCAS.
 * To James O'Dwyer, Esq., J.P., and Charles A. De Ruvynes, Esq., J.P., Ennis
 * Names of the Householders whose Signatures are attached to the Application [list of
 * Names of the Householders whose Signatures are attached to the Application [list of


 * [individual towns may discuss local govt]


 * Censuses [also lists towns pop > 2000 with no local government]:
 * 1891 General Report Tables 71–76 pp.327–329
 * 1901 General Report Tables 53-58 pp.178–181
 * 1911 General Report Tables 53–58 pp.71–73

EPPI command papers

 * 1829 Return of Towns in Ireland which have adopted Act for Lighting, Watching and Cleansing Towns in Ireland, 1828 has portions adopted
 * 1843 Vol.L
 * (No. 350) p.57 Returns of Cities and Towns in Ireland in which, since 15 February 1836, Meetings have been convened under Act 9 GEo. IV., c. 82, for making Provision for lighting cleansing and watching Cities, Towns Corporate, and Market Towns, in Ireland — paragraph for each town, including those where meeting voted against, or commissioners not appointed for some other reason.
 * (No. 632) p.169 A RETURN of the Names of those Towns in Ireland in which the Act of 9 Geo. 4, c. 82, has been brought into Operation, wholly or in part, the Date thereof, the Names of the Commissioners, their Trades or Professions, if any with rates and valuation
 * 1845 RETURN of the Towns in Ireland in which the Act of 9 Geo, 4, c. 82, has been brought into Operation Wholly or in Part. and to what extent "return is incomplete".
 * 1846 Return of Towns in Ireland making provision for Lighting, Cleansing and Watching includes date of adoption and portions adopted
 * Thom's 1851 p.193 date adopted
 * 1853 Return of names of towns in Ireland for which town commissioners are appointed and number of commissioners; notes
 * Clonakilty has too few ratepayers eligible to be Commissioners
 * Castleblayneny only adopted last April
 * Parsonstown no rate yet struck
 * 1854 Return from each Corporation, Town Council, Town Commissions, or other Public Body in Ireland of Receipts and Payments lists Corporations, Towns, and Harbour Commissioners
 * 1855 Return of Towns in Ireland that have elected Town Commissioners under Towns Improvement Act 1854 has names of Commissioners
 * Thom's 1864 p.64 list of 1828 and 1864 towns

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.
 * 1876-8 Local Government and Taxation of Towns Inquiry Commission (Ireland) [these include dates of adoption of 1854 act for most applicable towns.]

Summarised in
 * Municipal boundary commissioners report
 * 1880 Report Part I Dublin Rathmines etc
 * 1881 Report Part II Dublin, Rathmines, Pembroke, Kilmainham, Drumcondra, Clontarf, and also Kingstown, Blackrock and Dalkey
 * 1881 Report Part III Report, minutes of evidence, with appendices relating to towns under the Towns Improvement Act, Ireland (1854); towns under the 9th George IV, C. 82, and town of Carrickfergus; towns under special acts of Parli
 * 1881 Report Part III Supplement maps of all the towns referred to in part III
 * 1881 Report Part IV Cork and Belfast

(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.
 * Returns of local taxation in Ireland.
 * 1865
 * 1866-68
 * 1869
 * 1871
 * 1874


 * Local Govt Board Reports (years ending 31st March)
 * 2nd Strabane TC (Monaghan stalled)
 * 3rd Strabane (TC28>54), Lisburn (ditto), Killarney (TC28 abeyance>54), and Magherafelt (no: pop <1500); Castlebar added cleansing; Westport failed to add lighting
 * 4th Tipperary (TC28 abeyance>54), Arklow (proposed)
 * 5th Arklow (TC agreed but not elected); Balbriggan and Midleton (extend TC54 provs)
 * 6th Strandtown (TC except water supply)
 * 7th Cashel, Holywood, Enniscorthy, Kells, Youghal, Templemore, Wicklow all made USDs; petitions for USDs from Bangor, Killarney, Parsonstown, Thurles (in progress) Ballina, Banbridge (rejected); Arklow TC
 * 10th Letterkenny USD; Mallow TC54
 * 30th 1902 Macroom (1901-05-22 order uncontested, auto applied after 3 mths per LDIA 1898 s.42(1)) and Mallow (contested, 1902 confirmed by Local Government Board (Ireland) Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 1) Act 1902)
 * 1913-14
 * "The proceedings for the constitution of the town of Buncrana, County Donegal, as an urban district were completed during the year. Bundoran, in the same County, has been made a town under the Towns Improvement Act, 1854, while in another seaside resort, Portstewart, County Londonderry, the necessary steps to effect this object are in course of completion."
 * Tullow: We referred in our last report to the difficulty which had occurred in carrying on the administration of the municipal affairs of the town of Tullow, owing to the absence of a sufficient number of persons qualified to act as Commissioners. Acting on the representations made by us, the Carlow County Council appointed five members to fill up the vacancies, thus restoring the body of the Commissioners to its full membership. These members, however, resigned office in December after certain liabilities of the Commissioners had been discharged, and a dead¬lock was again created. No nominations for the vacancies were forthcoming at the elections required to be held in January last, and, accordingly, there is still no body of persons qualified to act as Commissioners. In the absence of further steps being taken by the Carlow County Council, the administration of the affairs of the town cannot be carried on, and there is no machinery provided by law by which the town of Tullow can be re-absorbed for all purposes into the rural district in which it is situated.
 * 1914-15 Portstewart TC, Bundoran UD, Buncrana UD (prev yr)
 * 1915-16 Portstewart UD
 * 1916-17 Howth 1st October, 1917, survived challenge from Nth Dub Rur Dist Council
 * 1917-18 "The proceedings for the constitution of the town of Howth and adjoining districts in County Dublin as a town under the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854, were brought to a conclusion during the year by the holding of the first election of Town Commissioners. Steps for the constitution of the Town as an Urban Sanitary District were in progress at the end of the year."
 * 1920-21 Ballycastle TC, Passage West TC
 * 1920 elections results summary, incl. number of UDs and Towns
 * Westport election: only 2 elected