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Former local government area in County Dublin
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
Township of Drumcondra, Clonliffe and Glasnevin
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
Further reading
Maitiú, Séamas Ó (2003). Dublin's Suburban Towns 1834–1930 . Four Courts Press.
ISBN
9781851827237 .
Notes
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"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.]
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