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Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898
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Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898

The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 a piece of legislation passed as an Act of Parliament by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1898, to establish a system of local government in Ireland on lines similar that existing already on Great Britain.

This Act brought in a mixed system of government, with county boroughs independent of county administratation, and elsewhere a two tier system with county councils, along with borough, urban district and rural district councils.

In Northern Ireland, the provisions of the Act were replaced in the 1970s with a pattern of unitary authorities. The Act remains in force, amended by Acts of the Oireachtas, in the Republic of Ireland.