Borough of Dún Laoghaire

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.

Borough of Dun Laoghaire Buirg Dhún Laoghaire
Borough
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	County Dublin
Established	1930
Abolished	1994
Named for	Dún Laoghaire
Government
• Local authority	Corporation of Dún Laoghaire
Borough of Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire Town Hall

The borough was formed under the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930 from the urban districts of Blackrock, Dalkey, Dún Laoghaire, and Killiney and Ballybrack.^[1]

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).^[2]

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.^[3] The powers of the Corporation of Dún Laoghaire were transferred to the new Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council.^[4] Whereas the VECs of other boroughs and urban districts were absorbed by the surrounding county's VEC in 1997,^[5] 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.^[6]

Population of Dún Laoghaire borough

Census	Population	Ref
1991	55,540	[7]
1986	54,715	[8]
1981	54,496	[9]
1979	54,244	[10]
1971	53,171	[11]
1966	51,772	[12]
1961	47,792	[13]
1956	47,563	[14]
1951	47,920	[15]
1946	44,674	[16]
1936	39,785	[17]

References

1. Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930, s. 3: Formation of the Borough of Dun Laoghaire (No. 27 of 1930, s. 3). Enacted on 17 July 1930. Act of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 2014-05-14. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 2016-08-05.
2. "Vocational Education Act 1930, Sections 2 and 6 and Schedule 1". Irish Statute Book. Archived from the original on 31 October 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
3. Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993, s. 9: Establishment and boundaries of administrative counties (No. 31 of 1993, s. 9). Enacted on 21 December 1993. Act of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 2019-05-30. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 11 May 2022.
4. Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993, s. 15: Dissolution of certain bodies (No. 31 of 1993, s. 15). Enacted on 21 December 1993. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 11 May 2022.
5. "SIs 1997 Nos. 88 to 92". Irish Statute Book. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.; Galway had been elevated to county borough status in 1986: S.I. No. 426 of 1985 Archived 2017-10-31 at the Wayback Machine.
6. "Education and Training Boards Act 2013, Sections 9 and 55 and Schedule 2". Irish Statute Book. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
7. "20. Alphabetical list of Towns with their population in 1991" (PDF). Population Classified by Area. Census 1991. Vol. 1. CSO. p. 167. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
8. "19. Alphabetical list of towns with their population in 1986" (PDF). Population. Census 1986. Vol. 1. CSO. p. 171. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
9. "20. Alphabetical list of Towns with their population in 1981" (PDF). Population. Census 1981. Vol. 1. CSO. p. 162. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
10. "15. Alphabetical list of Towns with legally defined boundaries." (PDF). Population. Census 1979. Vol. 1. CSO. p. 92. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
11. "19. Alphabetical list of towns, with populations" (PDF). Population. Census 1971. Vol. 1. CSO. p. 160. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
12. "19. Alphabetical list of towns, with populations" (PDF). Population. Census 1966. Vol. 1. CSO. p. 169. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
13. "15. Alphabetical list of Towns, with populations, 1961" (PDF). Population, area and valuation of each DED and each larger Unit of Area. Census 1961. Vol. 1. CSO. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
14. "14. Alphabetical list of towns, with populations, 1956." (PDF). Population. Census 1956. Vol. 1. CSO. p. 142. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
15. "14. Alphabetical list of towns with populations, 1951" (PDF). Population, area and valuation of each DED and each larger Unit of Area. Census 1951. Vol. 1. CSO. p. 145. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
16. "13. Alphabetical List of Towns, with Populations, 1946" (PDF). Population, area and valuation of each DED and each larger Unit of Area. Census 1946. Vol. 1. CSO. p. 135. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 November 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
17. "13. Alphabetical List of Towns, with Populations, 1936" (PDF). Population, Area and Valuation of each DED and each larger Unit of Area. Census 1936. Vol. 1. CSO. p. 139. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 November 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

External links

• Dun Laoghaire Borough History Society
• Dublin Historic Maps: Dublin Townships and Urban Districts, between 1847 and 1930
• Dún Laoghaire Vocational Education Committee