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Pembroke is a former local government area within County Dublin that was adjoining the city of Dublin, Ireland. It was formed as a township for local government purposes by a local act of Parliament, the Pembroke Township Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. lxxii). The township took its name from the fact that most of the area was part of the estate of the Earl of Pembroke. It was governed by town commissioners until 1899 when it became an urban district. In 1930 Pembroke was absorbed by the City and County Borough of Dublin.
Pembroke
Peambróg or Pembróc | |
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| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Dublin |
| Established | 1863 |
| Abolished | 1930 |
| Named for | Earl of Pembroke |
| Government | |
| • Local authority |
|
 Pembroke | |
| Pembroke Township Act 1863 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for the Improvement of Pembroke Township, comprising Baggotrath, Donnybrook, Sandymount, Ringsend, and Irishtown, in the Barony of Dublin and County of Dublin. |
| Citation | 26 & 27 Vict. c. lxxii |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 22 June 1863 |
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The township consisted of a number of distinct areas: Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Sandymount, Irishtown and Ringsend. The areas varied in nature, with Ringsend being an old fishing village, Irishtown a working-class residential and industrial district, while the remainder of the township contained affluent residential areas. Seven-ninths of the township was part of the Pembroke Estate, and the agent of the estate was an ex officio commissioner, the remaining 14 being elected by property owners. The estate had a great deal of influence on the activities of the commissioners, and also made donations of land for the use of the township. This influence largely ended when a more democratically elected urban district council replaced the commissioners. In 1899, it became an urban district under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.[1][2]
Electoral history
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Pembroke Town Hall was built on Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, and opened in 1880. Previously the township offices had been in nearby Ballsbridge Terrace. The town hall later formed the administrative headquarters of the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee.[3]
Under the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930, Pembroke Urban District was dissolved and its area was added to the functional area of the city of Dublin.[4]
The library run by Dublin City Council in Ballsbridge is called Pembroke Library.[5] It is also the name of a local electoral area for elections to Dublin City Council.[6]
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