In Ireland, a town council was the second (or lower) tier of local government from 2002 to 2014. Operating in smaller towns and cities, they exercised...
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Killarney (redirect from Killarney Town Council)
and the Northern Ireland Amenity Council. In 2011, it was named Ireland's tidiest town and the cleanest town in the country by Irish Business Against...
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Athlone (redirect from Athlone Town Council)
(/æθˈloʊn/; Irish: Baile Átha Luain, meaning 'The town of Luan's ford') is a town on the border of County Roscommon and County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located...
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A town council, city council or municipal council is a form of local government for small municipalities. Usage of the term varies under different jurisdictions...
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municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural council, village council, or board of aldermen. Because of...
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Sligo (redirect from Sligo Town Council)
(/ˈslaɪɡoʊ/ SLY-goh; Irish: Sligeach [ˈʃl̠ʲɪɟəx], meaning 'abounding in shells') is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo, Ireland, within the...
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County Donegal (redirect from County Donegal, Ireland)
DON-; Irish: Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of...
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Ireland, previously designated as Cities, Boroughs, or Towns in the Local Government Act 2001. Under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, Ireland...
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Drogheda (redirect from Drogheda, Ireland)
Irish: Droichead Átha [ˈd̪ˠɾˠɛhəd̪ˠ ˈaːhə], meaning "bridge at the ford") is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland...
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Bray, County Wicklow (redirect from Bray Town Council)
Bray (Irish: Bré [bʲɾʲeː]) is a coastal town in north County Wicklow, Ireland. It is situated about 20 km (12 mi) south of Dublin city centre on the east...
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The counties of Ireland (Irish: Contaetha na hÉireann) are historic administrative divisions of the island. They began as Norman structures, and as the...
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Cavan (redirect from Cavan, Ireland)
Cavan (/ˈkævən/ KAV-ən; Irish: An Cabhán, meaning 'the hollow') is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border...
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Portlaoise (redirect from Portlaoise Town Council)
(/pɔːrtˈliːʃ/ port-LEESH), or Port Laoise (Irish: [ˌpˠɔɾˠt̪ˠˈl̪ˠiːʃə]), is the county town of County Laois, Ireland. It is located in the South Midlands in...
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Carrickfergus (redirect from Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland)
Carrickfergus (from Irish Carraig Fhearghais [ˌkaːɾˠəɟ ˈaɾˠɣəʃ], meaning "Fergus' rock") is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It sits on the...
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the Kingdom of Ireland, was a ceremonial designation. It carried more prestige than the alternative municipal titles "borough", "town" and "township"...
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Antrim, County Antrim (redirect from Antrim Town)
Antrim (Irish: Aontroim [ˈeːnˠt̪ˠɾˠɪmʲ], meaning 'lone ridge') is a town and civil parish in County Antrim in the northeast of Northern Ireland, on the...
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Greystones (redirect from Greystones Town Council)
Greystones (Irish: Na Clocha Liatha) is a coastal town and seaside resort in County Wicklow, Ireland. It lies on Ireland's east coast, 3.5 km (2.2 mi)...
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Wexford (redirect from Wexford, Ireland)
Wexford (Irish: Loch Garman) is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River...
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Carlow (redirect from Carlow Town Council)
Carlow (/ˈkɑːrloʊ/ KAR-loh; Irish: Ceatharlach) is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Ireland, 84 km (52 mi) from Dublin. At the 2022...
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in the Republic of Ireland are mostly exercised by thirty-one local authorities, termed County, City, or City and County Councils. The principal decision-making...
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Kilkenny (redirect from Kilkenny Town Council)
Norman invasion of Ireland, Kilkenny Castle and a series of walls were built to protect the burghers of what became a Norman merchant town. William Marshall...
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County Roscommon (redirect from County Roscommon, Ireland)
the 11th largest Irish county by area and 26th most populous. Its county town and largest town is Roscommon. Roscommon County Council is the local authority...
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Borough Council. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2020. "Twinning". clarecoco.ie. Clare County Council. Retrieved 9 October 2023. "Northern Ireland"....
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Birr, County Offaly (redirect from Birr Town Council)
Birr (/ˈbɜːr/; Irish: Biorra, meaning "plain of water") is a town in County Offaly, Ireland. Between 1620 and 1899 it was called Parsonstown, after the...
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West Cork (redirect from West Cork, Ireland)
West Cork falls within the administrative area of Cork County Council, and includes the towns of Bantry, Castletownbere, Clonakilty, Dunmanway, Schull and...
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County Tipperary (redirect from County Tipperary, Ireland)
(Irish: Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of...
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Dungarvan (redirect from Dungarvan Urban District Council)
County Waterford. Waterford City and County Council retains administrative offices in the town. The town's Irish name means "Garbhann's fort", referring to...
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Heritage Council organizes the annual Heritage Week in Ireland. It also has a grants scheme. In 2005, the Heritage Council formed the Irish Walled Towns Network...
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Galway City Council (Irish: Comhairle Cathrach na Gaillimhe) is the local authority of the city of Galway, Ireland. As a city council, it is governed...
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Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland, commonly called the Privy Council of Ireland, Irish Privy Council, or in earlier centuries the Irish Council, was the institution...
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