Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898

Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act for amending the Law relating to Local Government in Ireland, and for other purposes connected therewith.
Citation61 & 62 Vict. c. 37
Introduced byGerald Balfour
Territorial extent Ireland
Dates
Royal assent12 August 1898
Commencement1 April 1899[1]
Status
Republic of IrelandAmended[2]
Northern IrelandAmended
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 37) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that established a system of local government in Ireland similar to that already created for England, Wales and Scotland by legislation in 1888 and 1889. The Act effectively ended landlord control of local government in Ireland.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ LGIA § 124(1); provisions relating to rural districts and poor law unions commenced 25 March 1899. The dates for some other provisions were varied by order.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference bps1898 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Beckett, J C (1966). The Making of Modern Ireland 1603 – 1923. London: Faber & Faber. p. 406. ISBN 0-571-09267-5.
  4. ^ Gailey 1984 [page needed]
  5. ^ Shannon, Catherine B (March 1973). "The Ulster Liberal Unionists and Local Government Reform, 1885–98". Irish Historic Studies. 18 (71): 407–423. doi:10.1017/S0021121400025876. JSTOR 30005423. S2CID 159924754.