User:Jnestorius/Corporate towns in Ireland 3

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

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Other sources

 * Municipal Government in Ireland: Mediaeval and Modern (Joseph Webb, 1918)
 * Municipal Government in Ireland: Mediaeval and Modern (Joseph Webb, 1918)
 * Municipal Government in Ireland: Mediaeval and Modern (Joseph Webb, 1918)

Parliamentary papers
Index of papers 1801-1852 s.v. "Towns":
 * Return of the names of cities and towns in Ireland which have made application to the Lord Lieutenant for permission to adopt the provisions of 9 Geo. 4, c. 82, intituled, "An Act to make provision for the lighting, watching, and cleansing of cities, towns corporate, and market towns in Ireland 1829 (140) XXII 315 (1829 index)
 * Towns which have adopted 9 Geo. 4, c. 82 ; Rate levied on each Town in which the Act is in operation 1836 (306) XLVII 627
 * Towns in Ireland in which the Act 9 Geo. 4, has been brought into operation, wholly or in part, with the Name of the Commissioners, &c. 1843 (632) L 373.
 * Cities and Towns in Ireland in which Meetings have been convened under 9 Geo. 4, for making Provision for Lighting, Cleansing, and Watching Cities, Towns Corporate, and Market Towns in Ireland 1843 (350) L 57
 * Number of Towns in Ireland in which Meetings have been convened under the Provisions of 9 Geo. 4, c. 82, specifying the Names of the Towns ; the Date of its adoption ; stating also the Expenses incurred in such adoption 1846 (613) XLII 335

Other/later:
 * HC 1846 xii (556) 1 Select Committee on Private Bills Report, with Minutes, Appendix, and Index
 * p.186 App.14 "RETURN [incomplete] of the Towns in Ireland in which the Act of 9 Geo, 4, c. 82, has been brought into Operation Wholly or in Part"
 * p.190 App.17 "RETURN of the Number of Towns in Ireland in which Meetings of the Inhabitants have been convened under the Provisions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 82, intituled, 'An Act to make Provision for Lighting, Cleansing, and Watching Cities, Towns Corporate, and Market Towns in Ireland;' specifying the Names of the Towns, the Date of Adoption, and whether in whole or In part, and if in part only, to state what part; stating also the Amount of Expenses incurred in such Adoption."
 * Return from each Corporation, Town Council, Town Commissions, or other Public Body in Ireland of Receipts and Payments, 1854 lists Corporations, Towns, and Harbour Commissioners
 * 1855 Return of Towns in Ireland that have elected Town Commissioners under Towns Improvement Act


 * 1876-8 Local Government and Taxation of Towns Inquiry Commission (Ireland) [these include dates of adoption of 1854 act for most applicable towns.]
 * 1876 Preliminary report Appendix has all towns and all types of local govt within them
 * 1877 Report Part I (EPPI scan only has coversheet)
 * 1877 Report Part II
 * 1877 Report Part III
 * 1877 Report Part III Supplement Same as Part IV?
 * 1877 Report Part IV
 * 1878 Report (EPPI scan only has coversheet)
 * Special report from W.P. O'Brien, Esq (transcript, no image scans)


 * 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
 * 1913-14 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
 * 1920-21 Ballycastle TC, Passage West TC
 * 1920 elections results summary, incl. number of UDs and Towns
 * Westport election: only 2 elected