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In 1840 the majority of Irish boroughs were abolished by the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840, and the commissioners established by the 1828 act became the only local council. The town commissioners were recognised as successor to the borough, retaining corporate property and the municipal coat of arms .
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Derryloughan is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the southwest corner of Lough Neagh, 4 miles from Coalisland. It is situated in the historic barony of Dungannon Middle and the civil parish of Clonoe and covers an area of 1751 acres. [1] The name derives from the Irish: Doire Lochain (Oak wood of the little lough). [2]
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Civil parishes have not been formally abolished in either Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland, and are still used in some legal contexts. One example where the parish is still referenced in Republic of Ireland law is the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1988, which allows "any person resident in the parish in which the club premises are ...
Bellurgan (Irish: Baile na Lorgan) [1] is a townland in the northeast of County Louth, Ireland. Located approximately 6km from the town centre of Dundalk, as of the 2011 census the townland had a population of 665 people. [2] Bellurgan townland has an area of approximately 8.44 square kilometres (3.26 sq mi). [3]
A single townland, situated north of the river, is part of the barony of Castleknock. It was carved out of the parish of Saint James'. Longmeadows [4 2] which is the strip of land between the Park walls and the river from its narrowest pinch point to Islandbridge on the South Circular Road. View from the Liffey of the townland of Longmeadows
Tyrrelstown (Irish: Baile an Tirialaigh) is a townland in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland, in the civil parish of Mulhuddart. [1] It is located 13 km northwest of the city of Dublin, and is often considered as part of the greater Blanchardstown area. It is the site of a planned suburban development from the early 2000s.