borough of Dún Laoghaire
{{Short description|Former local government area in County Dublin, Ireland (1930–1994)}}
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The Borough of Dún Laoghaire was a borough on the southern coast of County Dublin, Ireland from 1930 to 1994. Its local authority was the Corporation of Dún Laoghaire.
The borough was formed under the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930 from the urban districts of Blackrock, Dalkey, Dún Laoghaire, and Killiney and Ballybrack.{{cite Irish legislation|year=1930|number=27|section=3|stitle=Formation of the Borough of Dun Laoghaire|name=Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930|date=17 July 1930|access-date=2016-08-05|archive-date=2014-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514125843/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1930/en/act/pub/0027/sec0003.html }}
Whereas most Irish boroughs had the limited autonomy of an urban district, Dún Laoghaire had greater powers and was for many purposes practically a county borough independent of Dublin County Council.
The corporation headquarters was in Dún Laoghaire Town Hall. Dún Laoghaire was one of seven (non-county) boroughs and urban districts with its own Vocational Education Committee (VEC).{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1930/act/29/schedule/1/enacted/en/html|title=Vocational Education Act 1930, Sections 2 and 6 and Schedule 1|work=Irish Statute Book|access-date=6 July 2017|archive-date=31 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031000603/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1930/act/29/schedule/1/enacted/en/html|url-status=live}}
On 1 January 1994, under the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993, County Dublin ceased to exist, and was succeeded by three new counties: Fingal, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown and South Dublin. Under the same provisions, the borough of Dún Laoghaire also ceased to exist.{{cite Irish legislation |year=1993|number=31|section=9 |name=Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993 |stitle=Establishment and boundaries of administrative counties |date=21 December 1993 |access-date=11 May 2022 |archive-date=2019-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530062609/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1993/act/31/section/9/enacted/en/html }} The powers of the Corporation of Dún Laoghaire were transferred to the new Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council.{{cite Irish legislation |year=1993|number=31|section=15 |name=Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993 |stitle=Dissolution of certain bodies |date=21 December 1993 |access-date=11 May 2022 }} Whereas the VECs of other boroughs and urban districts were absorbed by the surrounding county's VEC in 1997,{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1997/si|title=SIs 1997 Nos. 88 to 92|work=Irish Statute Book|access-date=6 July 2017|archive-date=25 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525052805/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1997/si|url-status=live}}; Galway had been elevated to county borough status in 1986: [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1985/si/426/made/en/print S.I. No. 426 of 1985] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031190942/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1985/si/426/made/en/print |date=2017-10-31 }}. Dún Laoghaire VEC remained in existence until VECs were abolished in 2013, whereupon its functions were transferred to Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2013/act/11/schedule/2/enacted/en/html|title=Education and Training Boards Act 2013, Sections 9 and 55 and Schedule 2|work=Irish Statute Book|access-date=6 July 2017|archive-date=30 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030193834/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2013/act/11/schedule/2/enacted/en/html#sched2|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.dunlaoghairehistorical.com/ Dun Laoghaire Borough History Society]
- [https://www.dublinhistoricmaps.ie/boundaries/dublin-townships/index.html Dublin Historic Maps: Dublin Townships and Urban Districts, between 1847 and 1930]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060621153424/http://www.dlvec.ie/ Dún Laoghaire Vocational Education Committee]
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Category:Former local authorities in the Republic of Ireland
Category:Local government in County Dublin