Rathmines and Rathgar is a former second-tier local government area within
County Dublin
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. It was created as the Township of Rathmines in 1847. In 1862, its area was expanded and it became the Township of Rathmines and Rathgar. In 1899, it became an urban district. It was abolished in 1930, and its area absorbed into the city of
Dublin
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.
Area
The Township of Rathmines was created in 1847, including the districts of Rathmines, Mount Pleasant, Ranelagh, Cullenswood, Rathgar, and Harold's Cross. In 1862, it was extended further into Rathgar and took in the
townland
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of Sallymount, and in 1880 took in the townland of Milltown. In 1899, it became an
urban district
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* District
* Urban area
* Quarter (urban subdivision)
* Neighbourhood
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under the
Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898
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.
In 1930, the urban district of Rathmines and Rathgar and the
urban district of Pembroke were abolished and the area added to the city of
Dublin
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.
Politics
At the
1920 Rathmines and Rathgar Urban District Council election, the
Irish Unionist Alliance
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retained a majority on the council.
The urban district was at the core of the
Dublin Rathmines constituency, created by the
Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918. It was in use only once, at the
1918 general election, at which
Maurice Dockrell Maurice Dockrell may refer to:
* Maurice Dockrell (Unionist politician)
Sir Maurice Edward Dockrell (21 December 1850 – 5 August 1929) was an Irish businessman and politician from Dublin.
At the 1918 general election, he was elected ...
was elected on a majority. Dockrell was the only Unionist elected in a geographical constituency outside Ulster.
The area was part of the
Dáil constituency of
Dublin County from 1921 to 1937. After the abolition of the district, it was used with Pembroke as the basis of the
Dublin Townships constituency, defined as "The area referred to in the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930, as the added urban districts and also so much of the land described in Part III of the First Schedule to the said Act as is contiguous to the said area and also the townland of Clonskeagh."
From 1948, that area was part of
Dublin South-East.
References
Further reading
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Notes
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External links
Dublin Historic Maps: Dublin Townships and Urban Districts, between 1847 and 1930*
ttps://www.townlands.ie/dublin/ Townlands in Co. Dublin
History of County Dublin
Local government in County Dublin
Former local authorities in the Republic of Ireland