Drumcondra, Clonliffe and Glasnevin is a former second-tier local government area within County Dublin. It was created as a township in 1878. In 1899, it briefly became an urban district, before being abolished in 1900, with its area absorbed into the city of Dublin.
Area edit
The Township of Drumcondra, Clonliffe and Glasnevin, governed by town commissioners, was created by the Drumcondra, Clonliffe and Glasnevin Township Act 1878, including the districts of Drumcondra, Clonliffe and Glasnevin, in the barony of Coolock and county of Dublin.[1] In 1899, it became an urban district under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.[2]
In 1900, the urban district was abolished and the area was transferred from the county into the jurisdiction of the city of Dublin.[3]
References edit
Further reading edit
- Maitiú, Séamas Ó (2003). Dublin's Suburban Towns 1834–1930. Four Courts Press. ISBN 9781851827237.
Notes edit
- ^ "Drumcondra, Clonliffe and Glasnevin Township Act 1878, [41 & 42 Vict., Ch. clvii.]". vlex. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ Clancy, John Joseph (1899). A handbook of local government in Ireland: containing an explanatory introduction to the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898: together with the text of the act, the orders in Council, and the rules made thereunder relating to county council, rural district council, and guardian's elections: with an index. Dublin: Sealy, Bryers and Walker. p. 427.
- ^ Dublin Corporation Act 1900, [63 & 64 Vict., Ch. cclxiv.]
External links edit
- Drumcondra, Clonliffe and Glasnevin Township layer on OpenStreetMap
- Dublin Historic Maps: Dublin Townships and Urban Districts, between 1847 and 1930
- Dublin Historic Maps: Dublin City historical limits, Between 1840 and 1953.
- Townlands in Co. Dublin
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