Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown

Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown is bordered to the east by the Irish Sea, to the north by the city of Dublin, to the west by the county of South Dublin, and to the south by County Wicklow. With the city of Dublin, Fingal and South Dublin, it is one of four local government areas in the old County Dublin. Located to the south-east of the capital city of Dublin, the county town of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown is Dún Laoghaire. Since 2015, the county is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. University College Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology are located in the county.

{{see also|List of townlands of County Dublin}}

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• Ballinteer
• Ballybrack
• Ballyogan
• Blackrock
• Booterstown
• Belfield
• Cabinteely
• Carrickmines
• Cherrywood
• Churchtown
• Clonskeagh
• Dalkey
• Deansgrange
• Dundrum
• Dún Laoghaire
• Foxrock
• Goatstown
• Glasthule
• Glenageary
• Glencullen
• Johnstown
• Killiney
• Kilmacud
• Kilternan
• Leopardstown
• Loughlinstown
• Monkstown
• Mount Merrion
• Rathfarnham
• Sandyford
• Sandycove
• Sallynoggin
• Shankill
• Stepaside
• Stillorgan
• Ticknock

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In 1986, the administrative county of Dublin was divided into three "electoral counties": Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Dublin—Fingal, and Dublin—Belgard.{{cite ISB|year=1985|number=7|section=12|name=Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985|stitle=Establishment of Dublin Electoral Counties|access-date=21 December 2021|archive-date=21 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021081827/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1985/en/act/pub/0007/sec0012.html|url-status=live}} The city has been administered separately from County Dublin since 1548. An "area committee" for the electoral county was formed within Dublin County Council under the Local Government Act 1991,{{cite ISB|year=1991|number=11|section=18|name=Local Government Act 1991|stitle=Establishment of area committees|date=18 May 1991|access-date=21 December 2021|archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607121151/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1991/act/11/section/18/enacted/en/html|url-status=live}}

On 1 January 1994, County Dublin and the Borough of Dún Laoghaire were abolished and the three electoral counties became the administrative counties of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal, and South Dublin respectively.{{cite ISB|year=1993|number=31|section=9|name=Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993|stitle=Establishment and boundaries of administrative counties|access-date=21 December 2021|archive-date=24 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224122300/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1993/en/act/pub/0031/index.html|url-status=live}}; {{cite ISB|year=1993|type=si|number=400|name=Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993 Commencement Order 1993|access-date=21 December 2021|archive-date=24 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224122310/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1993/en/si/0400.html|url-status=live}} Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown comprises the former Borough of Dún Laoghaire and the south-eastern part of the former County Dublin. Additionally, the powers of the former Deansgrange Joint Burial Board were subsumed into the new authority. From 2002, all "administrative counties" in Ireland were redesignated as "counties".{{cite ISB|name=Local Government Act 2001|year=2001|number=37|schedno=2|stitle=Construction of Certain Terms in Other Enactments}} The three counties together with Dublin city constitute the traditional County Dublin.

The coastal town of Dún Laoghaire (called Dunleary until 1821 and then Kingstown until 1920) gave its name to the larger borough of Dún Laoghaire established in 1930. Rathdown was the south-easternmost barony in County Dublin, named after Rathdown Castle. When County Wicklow was created south of County Dublin in 1606, half of Rathdown was transferred to Wicklow, including Rathdown Castle, now a ruin. From the 1840s, the poor law union (PLU) of Rathdown covered all of the Wicklow barony and most of the Dublin barony, with part of Uppercross. From the Dublin and Wicklow sections of the PLU, the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 created rural districts respectively named Rathdown No. 1 and Rathdown No. 2, abolished in 1930 and 1925. Rathdown PLU survived as Rathdown Public Assistance District until 1960.{{cite ISB |name=Health Authorities Act 1960|section=15 |year=1960|number=9 |access-date=21 December 2019 |archive-date=30 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530062553/http://www.legislation.ie/eli/1960/act/9/section/15/enacted/en/html |url-status=live }} Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown was a Dáil constituency created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 coterminous with the former Rathdown No. 1 rural district.{{cite web |title=Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 1947—Second Stage |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1947-11-19/speech/65/ |website=Seanad Éireann (5th Seanad) debates |publisher=Oireachtas |access-date=30 May 2019 |language=en-ie |date=19 November 1947 |archive-date=22 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022104646/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1947-11-19/3/#para_140 |url-status=live }}{{cite ISB|year=1947|number=31|schedno=1|stitle=Constituencies|name=Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947|date=27 November 1947|access-date=19 November 2021}}

The name "Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown" was given to the electoral county created in 1985. Before its establishment as an administrative county, possible alternative names before deciding to retain "Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown".{{cite web |title=Private Members' Business — Local Government (Dublin) Bill, 1993; Report Stage: (Resumed) |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1993-12-07/23/ |website=Dáil Éireann (27th Dáil) debates |publisher=Oireachtas |access-date=30 May 2019 |language=en-ie |date=7 December 1993 |archive-date=30 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530062552/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1993-12-07/23/ |url-status=live }} The Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993 named it "Dun Laoghaire–Rathdown" in English, omitting the {{lang|ga|síneadh fada}} on the "u" of "Dun", and {{lang|ga|Dún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin}} in Irish. The 1993 act empowered Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council (DLRCC) to apply to change the county's name, but this was not invoked.{{efn|Section 9 of the 1993 act was repealed by the Local Government Act 2001 without having been invoked.{{cite web |title=Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993 [Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act] |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/isbc/1993_31.html |website=Irish Statute Book |access-date=30 May 2019 |date=15 May 2019 |archive-date=30 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530062551/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/isbc/1993_31.html |url-status=live }} Since then the default provisions for placename changes apply, requiring a plebiscite of voters rather than a resolution of councillors.}}

The spelling in English as "Dun Laoghaire–Rathdown", without the {{lang|ga|síneadh fada}}, is used in the list of counties in the Local Government Act 2001{{cite ISB |name=Local Government Act 2001|year=2001|number=37|schedno=5|access-date=30 May 2019 |archive-date=30 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530062555/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2001/act/37/schedule/5/enacted/en/html |url-status=live }} (and as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014{{cite web |title=Local Government Act 2001, Schedule 5 Part 1 [as amended] |url=http://revisedacts.lawreform.ie/eli/2001/act/37/schedule/5/revised/en/html |website=Revised Acts |publisher=Law Reform Commission |access-date=30 May 2019 |date=16 April 2019 |archive-date=30 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530062554/http://revisedacts.lawreform.ie/eli/2001/act/37/schedule/5/revised/en/html |url-status=live }}). However, in the Placenames Database of Ireland and the ministerial order under the Official Languages Act 2003, the name of the county in English is "Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown". This is followed by the County Council, with the {{lang|ga|síneadh fada}} used in English.{{efn|See for example [https://www.dlrcoco.ie/en/council-democracy/governance/annual-reports Annual Reports since 2007]}}

The placenames order also distinguishes between the use of "County" as a prefix for the traditional counties, but not in the case of "Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown" and other counties listed as "administrative counties".{{cite ISB|name=Placenames (Provinces and Counties) Order 2003 |year=2003|date=30 October 2003|type=si|number=519|lang=ga |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-date=18 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118214710/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2003/si/519/made/ga/print |url-status=live }}

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Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council is the local authority for the county. There are six local electoral areas (LEAs) for the county which return a total of 40 councillors as follows: Blackrock (6), Dundrum (7), Dún Laoghaire (7), Glencullen–Sandyford (7), Killiney–Shankill (7), and Stillorgan (6).{{cite ISB|year=2018|type=si|number=615|name=County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Local Electoral Areas Order 2018|date=19 December 2018|access-date=9 February 2019|archive-date=10 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510105418/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/si/615/made/en/print|url-status=live}}

For elections to Dáil Éireann, the county is split between the Dáil constituencies of Dún Laoghaire (4 TDs) and Dublin Rathdown (3 TDs), with the division generally running along the N11.{{cite ISB|year=2017|number=39|schedule=y|name=Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017|date=23 December 2017|access-date=8 August 2021}} These constituencies currently have three Fine Gael TDs, two Green Party TDs, one Fianna Fáil TD and one People Before Profit–Solidarity TD.

It is part of the 4-seat Dublin constituency in European Parliament elections.{{cite ISB|year=2019|number=7|section=7|stitle=Substitution of Third Schedule to Principal Act|name=European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2019|date=12 March 2019|access-date=21 December 2021}}

The motto on the insignia of the County Council reads, {{lang|ga|Ó Chuan go Sliabh}}, Irish for "From Harbour to Mountain". The crown in the device is that of Lóegaire mac Néill, a legendary 5th-century High King of Ireland and the eponymous Laoghaire of "Dún Laoghaire".

The Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) system runs through the eastern coast of the county and connects to Dublin city centre to the north as well as other points north and south on the Iarnród Éireann railway system, with connections to Intercity and commuter trains. The Luas Green Line runs through the centre of the county.

There is a medium-sized harbour at Dún Laoghaire, with now discontinued ferry crossings to and from Holyhead in North Wales; this was a popular route for tourists travelling across the Irish Sea from Britain. This service was suspended indefinitely in September 2014.

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• [http://www.dlrcoco.ie/ Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council]
• [http://www.dlrceb.ie/ Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Enterprise Board]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120225180039/http://www.dlrtourism.com/ Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Tourism]

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