Ecclesiastical Commissioners of Ireland

The Board of Ecclesiastical Commissioners was an agency of the Dublin Castle administration which oversaw the funding, building and repairs to churches and glebe houses of the Church of Ireland.[1] It was established by the Church Temporalities Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 37) to supersede the Board of First Fruits as part of a reform and rationalisation of the Church's structure.[2][3] Under the Irish Church Act 1869 it was superseded by the Church Temporalities Commission, to prepare for the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland in 1871 and deal with subsequent changes in property ownership.[4] Historic monuments were transferred in 1874 to the Board of Public Works.[5] The Irish Church Act Amendment Act, 1881 dissolved the Church Temporalities Commission and transferred its remaining functions to by the Irish Land Commission.[6]

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  4. ^ McDowell, R. B. (1989). "Administration and the public services, 1870–1921". Ireland Under the Union 1870–1921. A New History of Ireland. Vol. VI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 574. ISBN 978-0-19-958374-4.
  5. ^ "Topics: The Office of Public Works". pp. 4.2 National Monuments. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Irish Church Act Amendment Act, 1881". Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 2 December 2014.