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Dublin City, largest city on the island, capital and cultural and economic centre of the Republic of Ireland. Christ Church Cathedral, seat of Anglican Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin [2] Chester Beatty Library [2] Croke Park, one of Europe's largest stadiums, with the Museum of the Gaelic Athletic Association
Map of Ireland. This is a list of places in Republic of Ireland which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world). In the Republic of Ireland, this association is formalised by local government.
Ballymena is described by some observers as being at the heart of Northern Ireland's equivalent of the Bible Belt. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] It has a Protestant majority. In the early 1990s the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)-dominated town council banned a performance by the ELO Part II in the township, saying they would attract "the four Ds Drink, Drugs ...
Map of Europe. This is a list of twin towns and sister cities in the continent of Europe – that is, ... Ballymena, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom;
The following table and map show the areas in Ireland, previously designated as Cities, Boroughs, or Towns in the Local Government Act 2001. Under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, Ireland had a two-tier system of local authorities. The first tier consisted of administrative counties and county boroughs.
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The urban and rural districts of Northern Ireland were created in 1899 when the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 came into effect. They were based on the system of district councils introduced in England and Wales four years earlier. (See List of Irish local government areas 1898–1921 for a historical list of districts in all of Ireland.)
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council replaced Ballymena Borough Council, Carrickfergus Borough Council and Larne Borough Council.The first election for the new district council was originally due to take place in May 2009, but in April 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until 2011. [4]