Armagh County Council
{{short description|Local authority of County Armagh, Northern Ireland, 1899–1973}}
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{{nowrap|Craigavon Borough Council}}
{{nowrap|Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council}}
{{nowrap|Newry and Mourne District Council}}
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Armagh County Council was the authority responsible for local government in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
History
Armagh County Council was formed by orders issued under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 which came into effect on 1 April 1899.{{cite web |title=Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 (c. 37) |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/61-62/37/pdfs/ukpga_18980037_en.pdf |website=legislation.gov.uk |publisher=The National Archives}}{{Cite ISB|title=Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898|year=1898|number=37|section=1|stitle=Establishment of county councils|date=12 August 1898|parl=uk|regy=61 & 62 Vict.}}{{Cite ISB|title=Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898|year=1898|number=37|section=124|stitle=Commencement of Act|date=12 August 1898|parl=uk|regy=61 & 62 Vict.}} It was the authority of for the administrative county of County Armagh, which included the former judicial county of Armagh, except for the part in the town of Newry, which became part of the administrative county of Down.{{cite book |title=27th Report of the Local Government Board for Ireland (Cmd. 9480)| chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/op1253906-1001/page/238/mode/2up |chapter=Orders declaring the boundaries of administrative counties and defining county electoral divisions: County of Armagh |year=1900 |publisher=Local Government Board for Ireland |location=Dublin |pages=238–240 }}
The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 introduced proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for the 1920 Armagh County Council election.{{cite web |title=Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 (c. 19) |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/9-10/19/pdfs/ukpga_19190019_en.pdf |website=legislation.gov.uk |publisher=The National Archives}} PR-STV was abolished in Northern Ireland under the Local Government Act 1922, with a reversion to first-past-the-post for the 1924 Northern Ireland local elections, the first local elections held in the new jurisdiction.{{cite web |title=Act abolishes Proportional Representation |url=https://centenariestimeline.com/1922_LGA.html |website=Decade of Centenaries |access-date=17 June 2023 |archive-date=17 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617163111/https://centenariestimeline.com/1922_LGA.html |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |last1=Buckland |first1=Patrick |title=Who Governed Northern Ireland? The Royal Assent and the Local Government Bill 1922 |journal=Irish Jurist |date=1980 |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=326–340 |jstor=44013911}}
It was originally based at the Armagh Courthouse{{cite web|url=http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/1913PhoneList7.htm|title=Belfast - Dublin - Cork Telephone Directory|year=1913|accessdate=23 November 2019}} but moved to Charlemont Place in 1945.{{London Gazette|city=b|issue=1239|page=69|date=23 March 1945}} It was abolished on 1 October 1973 under the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/9/contents|title=Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972|publisher=Legislation.gov.uk|accessdate=29 November 2019|archive-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030152505/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/9/contents|url-status=live}}