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/>patrick</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:70.075%;left:51.843%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Cashel"><img alt="Cashel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Yellow_ffff80_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_ffff80_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Yellow_ffff80_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_ffff80_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Yellow_ffff80_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_ffff80_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Cashel,_County_Tipperary" title="Cashel, County Tipperary">Cashel</a></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Island_of_Ireland_location_map.svg" title="File:Island of Ireland location 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/16px-Blue_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> Administrative unit termed a "city"</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/16px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> City within "city and county" administrative unit</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Orange_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/8px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/12px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/16px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> Ceremonial city within "county" administrative unit</li></ul> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yellow_ffff80_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Yellow_ffff80_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_ffff80_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Yellow_ffff80_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_ffff80_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Yellow_ffff80_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_ffff80_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> Former city (status lost before partition)</div></div></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>, <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">the term <i>city</i></a> has somewhat differing meanings in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a>. </p><p>Historically, <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">city status in the United Kingdom</a>, and before that in the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland" title="Kingdom of Ireland">Kingdom of Ireland</a>, was a ceremonial designation. It carried more prestige than the alternative municipal titles "<a href="/wiki/Borough" title="Borough">borough</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Town" title="Town">town</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Township" title="Township">township</a>", but gave no extra legal powers. This remains the case in Northern Ireland, which is still part of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. In the Republic of Ireland, "city" has an additional designation <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">in local government</a>. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Irish_cities">List of Irish cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of Irish cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This list includes places which have at some time had a legally recognised claim to the title "city". Informally the term may have been applied to other places or at other times. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current">Current</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Current"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cities in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> are denoted by a light blue background and "n/a" stands for not applicable. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th colspan="3">Under British rule </th> <th colspan="2">Independent Ireland </th> <th> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Granted <p>status </p> </th> <th>Method of granting </th> <th>Jurisdiction granting </th> <th>Recognised or granted status </th> <th>Act </th> <th>Present <p>jurisdiction </p> </th> <th>Province </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> </td> <td>1172<sup id="cite_ref-comm1835-dub2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm1835-dub2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_charter" title="Royal charter">royal charter</a><sup id="cite_ref-comm1835-dub2_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm1835-dub2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Ireland" title="Lordship of Ireland">Lordship of Ireland</a> </td> <td>1922<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>(1937<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </p> </td> <td>Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Limerick" title="Limerick">Limerick</a> </td> <td>1199<sup id="cite_ref-lim_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lim-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>royal charter<sup id="cite_ref-lim_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lim-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Ireland" title="Lordship of Ireland">Lordship of Ireland</a> </td> <td>1923<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Local Government (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waterford" title="Waterford">Waterford</a> </td> <td>1202<sup id="cite_ref-watfd_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-watfd-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>royal charter<sup id="cite_ref-watfd_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-watfd-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Ireland" title="Lordship of Ireland">Lordship of Ireland</a> </td> <td>1923<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Local Government (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cork_(city)" title="Cork (city)">Cork</a> </td> <td>1185<sup id="cite_ref-cork_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cork-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>royal charter<sup id="cite_ref-cork_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cork-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Ireland" title="Lordship of Ireland">Lordship of Ireland</a> </td> <td>1924<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>(1929<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>,1932,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2001<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </p> </td> <td>"City commissioner" appointed </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Galway" title="Galway">Galway</a> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>1985<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Local Government (Reorganisation) Act, 1985 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kilkenny" title="Kilkenny">Kilkenny</a> </td> <td>1383<sup id="cite_ref-comm1835-kk_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm1835-kk-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>royal charter<sup id="cite_ref-comm1835-kk_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm1835-kk-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Ireland" title="Lordship of Ireland">Lordship of Ireland</a> </td> <td>2014<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Local Government Reform Act 2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left; background:lightblue;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>t 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1604<sup id="cite_ref-derry1604_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-derry1604-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>royal charter<sup id="cite_ref-derry1604_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-derry1604-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland" title="Kingdom of Ireland">Kingdom of Ireland</a> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>n/a </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left; background:lightblue;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a> </td> <td>1888<sup id="cite_ref-beckett133_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beckett133-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Letters_patent" title="Letters patent">letters patent</a><sup id="cite_ref-beckett133_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beckett133-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland</a> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>n/a </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left; background:lightblue;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Armagh" title="Armagh">Armagh</a> </td> <td>1994<sup id="cite_ref-beckett134_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beckett134-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>letters patent<sup id="cite_ref-beckett134_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beckett134-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland">United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland</a> </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>n/a </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left; background:lightblue;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Newry" title="Newry">Newry</a> </td> <td>2002<sup id="cite_ref-beckett-175_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beckett-175-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>letters patent<sup id="cite_ref-beckett-175_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beckett-175-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>n/a </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left; background:lightblue;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Lisburn" title="Lisburn">Lisburn</a> </td> <td>2002<sup id="cite_ref-beckett-175_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beckett-175-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>letters patent<sup id="cite_ref-beckett-175_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beckett-175-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>n/a </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left; background:lightblue;"> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bangor,_County_Down" title="Bangor, County Down">Bangor</a></i> </td> <td><i>2022</i> </td> <td>letters patent </td> <td>United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>n/a </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a> </td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Officially Londonderry. See <a href="/wiki/Derry/Londonderry_name_dispute" title="Derry/Londonderry name dispute">Derry/Londonderry name dispute</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former">Former</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Former"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th colspan="4">Under British rule </th> <th colspan="2"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Gained <p>status </p> </th> <th>Method of granting </th> <th>Jurisdiction granting </th> <th>Lost status </th> <th>Present <p>jurisdiction </p> </th> <th>Province </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armagh" title="Armagh">Armagh</a> (1st time) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="1226" style="display:none;"></span> By 1226<sup id="cite_ref-beckett134_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beckett134-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Custom_(law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Custom (law)">prescription</a><sup id="cite_ref-beckett134_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beckett134-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Ireland" title="Lordship of Ireland">Lordship of Ireland</a> </td> <td>1840<sup id="cite_ref-census1871_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census1871-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>t 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Downpatrick" title="Downpatrick">Downpatrick</a> ("Down")<sup id="cite_ref-comm1835-downpatrick2_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm1835-downpatrick2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="1403" style="display:none;"></span> By 1403<sup id="cite_ref-comm1835-downpatrick2_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm1835-downpatrick2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Ireland" title="Lordship of Ireland">Lordship of Ireland</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="1661" style="display:none;"></span> By 1661<sup id="cite_ref-comm1835-downpatrick2_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm1835-downpatrick2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clogher" title="Clogher">Clogher</a><sup id="cite_ref-comm1835-Clogher_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm1835-Clogher-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Ireland" title="Lordship of Ireland">Lordship of Ireland</a> </td> <td>1801<sup id="cite_ref-comm1835-Clogher_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm1835-Clogher-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cashel,_County_Tipperary" title="Cashel, County Tipperary">Cashel</a> </td> <td>1638<sup id="cite_ref-comm1835-cashel_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm1835-cashel-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>royal charter<sup id="cite_ref-comm1835-cashel_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm1835-cashel-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland" title="Kingdom of Ireland">Kingdom of Ireland</a> </td> <td>1840<sup id="cite_ref-census1871_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census1871-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>t 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_up_to_1920">History up to 1920</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: History up to 1920"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_Ireland" title="Partition of Ireland">Partition of Ireland</a> in 1920–22, the island formed a single jurisdiction in which "city" had a common history. </p><p>The first edition of the <i><a href="/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary" title="Oxford English Dictionary">Oxford English Dictionary</a></i> s.v. <i>city</i> (published 1893), explains that in England, from the time of <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a>, the word was applied to towns with <a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_the_United_Kingdom#Church_of_England" title="List of cathedrals in the United Kingdom">Church of England cathedrals</a>. It goes on to say: </p> <blockquote><p>The history of the word in Ireland is somewhat parallel. Probably all or most of the places having bishops have been styled on some occasion <i>civitas</i>; but some of these are mere hamlets, and the term 'city' is currently applied only to a few of them which are ancient and important boroughs. <a href="/wiki/Thom%27s_Directory" class="mw-redirect" title="Thom's Directory">Thom's Directory</a> applies it to <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cork_(city)" title="Cork (city)">Cork</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Limerick" title="Limerick">Limerick</a> ('City of <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Limerick" title="Treaty of Limerick">the violated treaty</a>'), <a href="/wiki/Kilkenny" title="Kilkenny">Kilkenny</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Waterford" title="Waterford">Waterford</a>; also to <a href="/wiki/Armagh" title="Armagh">Armagh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cashel,_County_Tipperary" title="Cashel, County Tipperary">Cashel</a>, but not to <a href="/wiki/Tuam" title="Tuam">Tuam</a> or <a href="/wiki/Galway" title="Galway">Galway</a> (though the latter is often called 'the City of <a href="/wiki/Tribes_of_Galway" title="Tribes of Galway">the Tribes</a>'). <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a> was, in 1888, created a 'city' by Royal Letters Patent.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cathair"><i>Cathair</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cathair"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In most European languages, there is no distinction between "city" and "town", with the same word translating both English words; for example, <i>ville</i> in French, or <i>Stadt</i> in German. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Modern_Irish" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern Irish">Modern Irish</a>, "city" is translated <i>cathair</i><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "town" is translated <i>baile</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, this is a recent convention; previously <i>baile</i> was applied to any settlement,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while <i>cathair</i> meant a walled or stone <a href="/wiki/Fortress" class="mw-redirect" title="Fortress">fortress</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">monastery</a>, or city; the term was derived from <a href="/wiki/Proto-Celtic" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Celtic">Proto-Celtic</a> *<i>katrixs</i> ("fortification").<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, Dublin, long the metropolis of the island, has been called <i>Baile Átha Cliath</i> since the fifteenth century,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while its earliest city charter is from 1172.<sup id="cite_ref-comm1835-dub2_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm1835-dub2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Irish text of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">Constitution of Ireland</a> translates "city of Dublin" as <i>cathair Bhaile Átha Chliath</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Cearúil_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cearúil-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> combining the modern sense of <i>cathair</i> with the historic sense of <i>Baile</i>. Conversely, the original Irish names of such smaller settlements as <a href="/wiki/Cahir" title="Cahir">Cahir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cahirciveen" class="mw-redirect" title="Cahirciveen">Cahirciveen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caherdaniel" title="Caherdaniel">Caherdaniel</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Westport,_County_Mayo" title="Westport, County Mayo">Westport</a> (<i>Cathair na Mart</i>) use <i>cathair</i> in the older sense. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civitas"><i>Civitas</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Civitas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_Ireland" title="List of cathedrals in Ireland">List of cathedrals in Ireland</a></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a>, the Latin <i><a href="/wiki/Civitas" title="Civitas">civitas</a></i> referred originally to the jurisdiction of a capital town, typically the territory of a single conquered tribe.<sup id="cite_ref-Galinie_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Galinie-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later it came to mean the capital town itself.<sup id="cite_ref-Galinie_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Galinie-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When <a href="/wiki/Gallo-Roman_culture#Christianity" title="Gallo-Roman culture">Christianity was organised in Gaul</a>, each <a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">diocese</a> was the territory of a tribe, and each bishop resided in the <i>civitas</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Galinie_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Galinie-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus <i>civitas</i> came to mean the site of a cathedral.<sup id="cite_ref-Galinie_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Galinie-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This usage carried over generally to <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Norman_language" title="Anglo-Norman language">Anglo-Norman</a> <i>cité</i> and English <i>city</i> in England. <a href="/wiki/William_Blackstone" title="William Blackstone">William Blackstone</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Commentaries_on_the_Laws_of_England" title="Commentaries on the Laws of England">Commentaries on the Laws of England</a></i> of 1765<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> cites <a href="/wiki/Edward_Coke" title="Edward Coke">Edward Coke</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Institutes_of_the_Lawes_of_England" title="Institutes of the Lawes of England">Institutes of the Lawes of England</a></i> of 1634:<sup id="cite_ref-CokeLittleton1853_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CokeLittleton1853-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><p>A city is a town incorporated, which is or hath been the see of a bishop; and though the bishoprick be dissolved, <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Westminster_(Church_of_England)" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Westminster (Church of England)">as at Westminster</a>, yet still it remaineth a city.</p></blockquote> <p>Subsequent legal authorities disputed this assertion; pointing out that the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster" title="City of Westminster">City of Westminster</a> gained its status not implicitly from <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">its (former) cathedral</a> but explicitly from <a href="/wiki/Letters_patent" title="Letters patent">letters patent</a> issued by <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a> shortly after the Diocese was established.<sup id="cite_ref-CokeLittleton1853_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CokeLittleton1853-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In any case it was moot whether the association of <i>city</i> with dioceses applied to Ireland. A 1331 writ of <a href="/wiki/Edward_III_of_England" title="Edward III of England">Edward III</a> is addressed, among others, to "Civibus civitatis Dublin, —de Droghda, – de Waterford, de Cork, – de Limrik" implying <i>civitas</i> status for <a href="/wiki/Drogheda" title="Drogheda">Drogheda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some credence to the episcopal connection was given by the 1835 Report of the Commissioners into Municipal Corporations in Ireland<sup id="cite_ref-Armagh-burgesses_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Armagh-burgesses-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tuam-burgesses_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tuam-burgesses-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the 1846 <i>Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland</i> (see <a href="#ParlGazz">below</a>). </p><p>Whereas the Normans moved many English sees from a rural location to a regional hub, the cathedrals of the established <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Ireland" title="Church of Ireland">Church of Ireland</a> remained at the often rural sites agreed at the twelfth-century <a href="/wiki/Synod_of_Rathbreasail" class="mw-redirect" title="Synod of Rathbreasail">Synod of Rathbreasail</a> and <a href="/wiki/Synod_of_Kells" title="Synod of Kells">Synod of Kells</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Ireland" title="Catholic Church in Ireland">Roman Catholic church in Ireland</a> had no cathedrals during the <a href="/wiki/Protestant_Ascendancy" title="Protestant Ascendancy">Protestant Ascendancy</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Downpatrick" title="Downpatrick">Downpatrick</a> is noted as "the City of Down" in a 1403 record, although no granting instrument is known.<sup id="cite_ref-comm1835-downpatrick2_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm1835-downpatrick2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The corporation was defunct by 1661, when <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">Charles II</a> initiated plans to revive it, which were not completed.<sup id="cite_ref-comm1835-downpatrick2_22-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm1835-downpatrick2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the charter of <a href="/wiki/Clogher" title="Clogher">Clogher</a> did not describe it as a city, the <a href="/wiki/Borough_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough constituency">borough constituency</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Irish_House_of_Commons" title="Irish House of Commons">Irish House of Commons</a> was officially called "<a href="/wiki/Clogher_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)" title="Clogher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)">City of Clogher</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-comm1835-Clogher_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm1835-Clogher-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a <a href="/wiki/Pocket_borough" class="mw-redirect" title="Pocket borough">pocket borough</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Clogher" title="Bishop of Clogher">Bishop of Clogher</a>, disestablished by the <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1800" title="Acts of Union 1800">Acts of Union 1800</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-comm1835-Clogher_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm1835-Clogher-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>John Caillard Erck records of <a href="/wiki/Old_Leighlin" title="Old Leighlin">Old Leighlin</a>, "So flourishing indeed was this town in subsequent times, that it received the appellation of the city of Leighlin, and was inhabited by eighty-six burgesses during the prelacy of Richard Rocomb, who died in 1420."<sup id="cite_ref-Erck1827_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Erck1827-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_charters">Royal charters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Royal charters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For seven settlements in Ireland (listed <a href="#List">below</a>), the title "city" was historically conferred by the awarding of a <a href="/wiki/Royal_charter" title="Royal charter">royal charter</a> which used the word "city" in the name of the <a href="/wiki/Body_corporate" class="mw-redirect" title="Body corporate">body corporate</a> charged with governing the settlement. (In fact, charters were for centuries written in Latin, with <i>civitas</i> denoting "city" and <i>villa</i> "town".) <a href="/wiki/Armagh" title="Armagh">Armagh</a> had no charter recognising it as a city but claimed the title by <a href="/wiki/Custom_(law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Custom (law)">prescription</a>; acts of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Ireland" title="Parliament of Ireland">Parliament of Ireland</a> in 1773 and 1791 refer to the "city of Armagh".<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is one reference in <a href="/wiki/James_VI_and_I" title="James VI and I">James I</a>'s 1609 charter for <a href="/wiki/Wexford" title="Wexford">Wexford</a> to "our said city of Wexford", but the rest of the charter describes it as a town or borough.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The label "city" carried prestige but was purely ceremonial and did not in practice affect the municipal government. However, a few acts of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Ireland" title="Parliament of Ireland">Parliament of Ireland</a> were stated to apply to "cities". A section of the <a href="/wiki/Newtown_Act" title="Newtown Act">Newtown Act</a> of 1748<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> allowed for members of a Corporation to be non-resident of its municipality in the case of "any town corporate or borough, not being a city".<sup id="cite_ref-comm-1747_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm-1747-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was enacted because there were too few Protestants in smaller towns to make up the numbers.<sup id="cite_ref-comm-1747_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm-1747-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1835 Report of the Commissioners on Municipal Corporations in Ireland questioned whether it was applicable in the case of <a href="/wiki/Armagh" title="Armagh">Armagh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tuam" title="Tuam">Tuam</a>, both being episcopal sees and hence "cities" in Blackstone's definition. In fact, non-residents had served on both corporations.<sup id="cite_ref-Armagh-burgesses_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Armagh-burgesses-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tuam-burgesses_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tuam-burgesses-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The provisions of a 1785 Act for "the lighting and cleaning of cities" were extended by a 1796 act to "other towns, not being cities".<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1613 <a href="/wiki/Irish_House_of_Commons" title="Irish House of Commons">Irish House of Commons</a>, members from a <a href="/wiki/Borough_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough constituency">borough constituency</a> were paid 50% more if it was a city.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="After_the_Union">After the Union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: After the Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1800" title="Acts of Union 1800">Acts of Union 1800</a>, Ireland was part of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland</a>, and British law governed the award and removal of the title "city". </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Corporations_(Ireland)_Act_1840" title="Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840">Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840</a> abolished both those corporations which were already <i>de facto</i> defunct and those which were most egregiously unrepresentative. The latter category included Armagh and Cashel. It was moot whether these <i>ipso facto</i> were no longer cities; some later sources continued to describe them as such. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Parliamentary_Gazetteer_of_Ireland">The <i>Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="ParlGazz"></span> The 1846 <i>Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland</i> uses the label "city" in a variety of ways. For <a href="/wiki/Cork_(city)" title="Cork (city)">Cork</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kilkenny" title="Kilkenny">Kilkenny</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Limerick" title="Limerick">Limerick</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Waterford" title="Waterford">Waterford</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the definition at the start of the relevant article includes "a city". <a href="/wiki/Armagh" title="Armagh">Armagh</a> is defined as "[a] post, market, and ancient town, a <a href="/wiki/Royal_borough" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal borough">royal borough</a>, the capital of a county, and the <a href="/wiki/Metropolis_(religious_jurisdiction)" title="Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)">ecclesiastical metropolis</a> of Ireland"; however it is called a "city" throughout its article.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Cashel,_County_Tipperary" title="Cashel, County Tipperary">Cashel</a> is treated similarly to Armagh.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For other episcopal seats, "city" is not used, or used in hedged descriptions like "episcopal city",<sup id="cite_ref-pg-Clogher_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pg-Clogher-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pg-Cloyne_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pg-Cloyne-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "ancient city",<sup id="cite_ref-pg-Clogher_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pg-Clogher-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pg-Cloyne_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pg-Cloyne-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or "nominal city".<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of <a href="/wiki/Kilfenora" title="Kilfenora">Kilfenora</a> it says, "It belongs to the same category as <a href="/wiki/Emly" title="Emly">Emly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clonfert" title="Clonfert">Clonfert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kilmacduagh" title="Kilmacduagh">Kilmacduagh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ardfert" title="Ardfert">Ardfert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connor,_County_Antrim" class="mw-redirect" title="Connor, County Antrim">Connor</a>, Clogher, <a href="/wiki/Kilmore,_County_Cavan" title="Kilmore, County Cavan">Kilmore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ferns,_County_Wexford" title="Ferns, County Wexford">Ferns</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Achonry" title="Achonry">Achonry</a>, in exhibiting a shrunk and ghastly caricature upon the practical notion of a 'city;' and nothing but its episcopal name and historical associations prevent it from being regarded as a mean and shabby hamlet."<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of <a href="/wiki/Elphin,_County_Roscommon" title="Elphin, County Roscommon">Elphin</a> it says "the general tone of at once masonry, manners, and business, is a hideous satire upon the idea of 'a city.'"<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of <a href="/wiki/Downpatrick" title="Downpatrick">Downpatrick</a> it says "it displays a striking, and almost outré combination of unique and common place character, of ancient piles and modern edifices curiously mingling the features of city and village, of political grandeur and social littleness."<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are passing references in other articles to "the city of <a href="/wiki/Tuam" title="Tuam">Tuam</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "the city of <a href="/wiki/Killaloe,_County_Clare" title="Killaloe, County Clare">Killaloe</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Belfast">Belfast</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Belfast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Belfast in 1887 applied to be granted city status on the occasion of <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Golden_Jubilee" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Jubilee">Golden Jubilee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-beckett44_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beckett44-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a> objected to setting a precedent for granting city status to towns not episcopal sees.<sup id="cite_ref-beckett45_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beckett45-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sexton_(Irish_politician)" title="Thomas Sexton (Irish politician)">Thomas Sexton</a> asked in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><p>with regard to the granting of the City Charter to Belfast. A Question was lately put in the House upon the subject, and ... [ <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Smith_(1825%E2%80%931891)" title="William Henry Smith (1825–1891)">W. H. Smith</a>] replied ... that the Government did not intend to recommend any such grant in connection with Her Majesty's Jubilee. ... I will ask him for a reply upon the point ... I do not know that there is much difference between a town and a city; but some people prefer the title of city, and if there is any advantage in a place being called a city, I think the people of Belfast are entitled to have their choice. There are eight cities in Ireland, and Belfast is next to Dublin in point of importance; according to Thom's information, it is the first town of manufacturing importance. I believe there is a strong desire that the title of city should be given to the place. ... It seems absurd that Belfast should be shut out from any City Charter, while Armagh, with 10,000 of a population, is a city; and when Cashell, with a population of 4,000, enjoys the distinction also. Perhaps the right hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be able to say that, in consideration of the importance of the town, the Government will recommend the Crown to grant to it the title of city. Like civility, a Charter of this kind costs nothing; and, therefore, I think that this Charter might be promptly and gracefully conceded to the town.</p></blockquote> <p>In 1888, the request was granted by <a href="/wiki/Letters_patent" title="Letters patent">letters patent</a>, setting a precedent for non-episcopal cities which was soon emulated by <a href="/wiki/Dundee" title="Dundee">Dundee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeckett200545–50_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeckett200545–50-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="County_corporate_and_county_borough">County corporate and county borough</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: County corporate and county borough"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_(Ireland)_Act_1898" title="Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898">Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898</a>, eight Irish municipalities were <a href="/wiki/County_corporate" title="County corporate">counties corporate</a>. This was distinct from being a city. Five of the counties corporate were "County of the City", the other three being "County of the Town". The other cities —<a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a>, and until 1840 Cashel and Armagh— were not governed separately from their surrounding counties; however, the official name of <a href="/wiki/County_Londonderry" title="County Londonderry">County Londonderry</a> was for long "the City and County of Londonderry". The 1898 act abolished the corporate counties of the city of <a href="/wiki/Kilkenny" title="Kilkenny">Kilkenny</a> and the towns of Galway, <a href="/wiki/Drogheda" title="Drogheda">Drogheda</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Carrickfergus" title="Carrickfergus">Carrickfergus</a>, and converted the other four corporate counties into <a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">county boroughs</a>, a new class which also included the cities of Derry and Belfast. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Lord_Mayor"_and_"Right_Honourable""><span id=".22Lord_Mayor.22_and_.22Right_Honourable.22"></span>"Lord Mayor" and "Right Honourable"</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: "Lord Mayor" and "Right Honourable""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_lord_mayoralties_and_lord_provostships_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of lord mayoralties and lord provostships in the United Kingdom">List of lord mayoralties and lord provostships in the United Kingdom</a></div> <p>The title <a href="/wiki/Lord_mayor" title="Lord mayor">lord mayor</a> is given to the mayor of a privileged subset of UK cities. In some cases, a lord mayor additionally has the <a href="/wiki/Style_(manner_of_address)" class="mw-redirect" title="Style (manner of address)">style</a> "<a href="/wiki/Right_Honourable" class="mw-redirect" title="Right Honourable">Right Honourable</a>". The <a href="/wiki/Lord_Mayor_of_Dublin" title="Lord Mayor of Dublin">Mayor of Dublin</a> gained the title "lord" by a charter of 1641,<sup id="cite_ref-comm1835-1676_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comm1835-1676-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dcc-mayor_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dcc-mayor-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Confederate_Wars" title="Irish Confederate Wars">Confederate Wars</a> and their aftermath meant the form "lord mayor" was not used until 1665.<sup id="cite_ref-dcc-mayor_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dcc-mayor-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The style "Right Honourable" was originally a consequence of the lord mayor's <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Ex_officio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex officio">ex officio</a></i></span> membership of the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_Ireland" title="Privy Council of Ireland">Privy Council of Ireland</a>; it was later explicitly granted by the 1840 Act. The <a href="/wiki/Lord_Mayor_of_Belfast" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Mayor of Belfast">Lord Mayor of Belfast</a> gained the title in 1892 —based on the precedent of <a href="/wiki/Dundee" title="Dundee">Dundee</a><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>— and the style "Right Honourable" in 1923, in recognition of Belfast's status as capital of the newly created <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Lord_Mayor_of_Cork" title="Lord Mayor of Cork">Lord Mayor of Cork</a> gained the title in 1900, to mark <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a>'s visit to Ireland;<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the style "Right Honourable" has never applied. Armagh gained a lord mayor in 2012 for the <a href="/wiki/Diamond_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II">Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc17364651_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc17364651-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The title of Right Honourable in the cities of Cork and Dublin was abolished by the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_2001" title="Local Government Act 2001">Local Government Act 2001</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Northern_Ireland">Northern Ireland</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Northern Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">City status in the United Kingdom</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Armagh">Armagh</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Armagh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the area which in 1921 became Northern Ireland, after <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a> received its charter in 1888, no further towns applied for city status until 1953, when <a href="/wiki/Armagh" title="Armagh">Armagh</a> began to argue for the restoration of the status lost in 1840.<sup id="cite_ref-beckett133_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beckett133-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its justification was that the <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Armagh" title="Archbishop of Armagh">Archbishop of Armagh</a> was <a href="/wiki/Primate_of_All_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Primate of All Ireland">Primate of All Ireland</a>. The council used the appellation "city" unofficially; when Milford Everton F.C. moved from <a href="/wiki/Milford,_County_Armagh" title="Milford, County Armagh">Milford</a> to Armagh in 1988 it took the name <a href="/wiki/Armagh_City_F.C." title="Armagh City F.C.">Armagh City F.C.</a> In 1994, <a href="/wiki/Charles,_Prince_of_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles, Prince of Wales">Charles, Prince of Wales</a> announced that city status had been granted to mark the 1,550th anniversary of the traditional date of Armagh's foundation by <a href="/wiki/Saint_Patrick" title="Saint Patrick">Saint Patrick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-beckett134_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beckett134-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lisburn_and_Newry">Lisburn and Newry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Lisburn and Newry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Lisburn" title="Lisburn">Lisburn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ballymena" title="Ballymena">Ballymena</a> entered a UK-wide competition for city status held to mark the millennium in 2000; neither was selected, being below the unofficial 200,000 population threshold.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeckett2005[httpsarchiveorgdetailscitystatusinbrit0000beckpage141_141]–163_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeckett2005[httpsarchiveorgdetailscitystatusinbrit0000beckpage141_141]–163-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Controversy surrounded the decision-making process for the competition, and as a result the rules changed for a 2002 competition for the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II">Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> guaranteed one new city.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This encouraged more applicants, with Lisburn and Ballymena being joined by <a href="/wiki/Carrickfergus" title="Carrickfergus">Carrickfergus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Craigavon,_County_Armagh" class="mw-redirect" title="Craigavon, County Armagh">Craigavon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coleraine" title="Coleraine">Coleraine</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Newry" title="Newry">Newry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeckett2005170_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeckett2005170-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Surprisingly, Lisburn and Newry were both successful, prompting allegations of political expediency, since Lisburn is strongly <a href="/wiki/Protestantism_in_Ireland" title="Protestantism in Ireland">Protestant</a> and Newry strongly <a href="/wiki/Catholicism_in_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism in Ireland">Catholic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeckett2005174_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeckett2005174-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ballymena representatives were aggrieved, and there were claims that Lisburn, as a suburb of Belfast, ought to be ineligible.<sup id="cite_ref-beckett-175_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beckett-175-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> members of <a href="/wiki/Newry_and_Mourne_District_Council" title="Newry and Mourne District Council">Newry and Mourne District Council</a> were opposed to Newry's city status because of the connection to the <a href="/wiki/British_monarchy" class="mw-redirect" title="British monarchy">British monarchy</a>; other councillors welcomed the award.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2004 Newry Town F.C. renamed to <a href="/wiki/Newry_City_F.C." title="Newry City F.C.">Newry City F.C.</a> Despite the failure of Craigavon's bid, <a href="/wiki/Craigavon_City_F.C." title="Craigavon City F.C.">Craigavon City F.C.</a> has used City in its name since its 2007 foundation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bangor">Bangor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Bangor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Coleraine and Craigavon were again among the 26 applicants for city status at the 2012 <a href="/wiki/Diamond_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II">Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but neither was among the three successful.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc17364651_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc17364651-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ballymena, <a href="/wiki/Bangor,_County_Down" title="Bangor, County Down">Bangor</a>, and Coleraine were among the 39 towns applying for city status as part of the <a href="/wiki/Platinum_Jubilee_Civic_Honours" title="Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours">Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Bangor among the eight winners announced on 20 May 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Bangor <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_Northern_Ireland" title="Green Party Northern Ireland">Green Party</a> member of <a href="/wiki/Ards_and_North_Down_Borough_Council" title="Ards and North Down Borough Council">Ards and North Down Borough Council</a> suggested the £10,000 to update Bangor's four <a href="/wiki/Welcome_sign" title="Welcome sign">welcome signs</a> should not be spent during <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%93present_United_Kingdom_cost_of_living_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis">the UK cost-of-living crisis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kenwood2022_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kenwood2022-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The production by the <a href="/wiki/Crown_Office_in_Chancery" title="Crown Office in Chancery">Crown Office</a> of the letters patent formally granting city status was delayed by the <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Elizabeth_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of Elizabeth II">death of Elizabeth II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The revised document was issued on 22 November by the <a href="/wiki/Clerk_of_the_Crown" title="Clerk of the Crown">Clerk of the Crown</a> for Northern Ireland under the <a href="/wiki/Royal_sign_manual" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal sign manual">royal sign manual</a> of the new king, <a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc20221202_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc20221202-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was formally presented at <a href="/wiki/Bangor_Castle" title="Bangor Castle">Bangor Castle</a> on 2 December by <a href="/wiki/Anne,_Princess_Royal" title="Anne, Princess Royal">Anne, Princess Royal</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Vice_Lord_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Lord Lieutenant">Vice Lord Lieutenant</a> of <a href="/wiki/County_Down" title="County Down">County Down</a>, Catherine Champion, and the Mayor of Ards and North Down, Karen Douglas.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc20221202_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc20221202-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_list">Current list</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Current list"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thus the recognised cities in Northern Ireland as of 16 November 2022<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> number five (<a href="/wiki/Armagh" title="Armagh">Armagh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lisburn" title="Lisburn">Lisburn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newry" title="Newry">Newry</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-beckett-185_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beckett-185-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-doeni2015_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doeni2015-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> plus one announced for later in 2022 (<a href="/wiki/Bangor,_County_Down" title="Bangor, County Down">Bangor</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Northern Ireland">local government districts</a> named after two of the new cities were granted a corresponding change of name: from "Armagh District" to "<a href="/wiki/Armagh_City_and_District_Council" title="Armagh City and District Council">Armagh City and District</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and from "Lisburn Borough" to "<a href="/wiki/Lisburn_City_Council" title="Lisburn City Council">Lisburn City</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> just as the older cities had <a href="/wiki/Belfast_City_Council" title="Belfast City Council">Belfast City Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/Derry_City_Council" title="Derry City Council">Derry City Council</a>. <a href="/wiki/Newry_and_Mourne_District_Council" title="Newry and Mourne District Council">Newry and Mourne district</a>'s name did not use the word "city". In 2014–2015, the number of districts was <a href="/wiki/Reform_of_local_government_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Reform of local government in Northern Ireland">reduced from 26 to 11</a> by merging all except Belfast with neighbouring ones. The successor districts inherited city status where applicable: those linked to a charter (Belfast, Derry, Lisburn) by request of its council, and those not linked to a charter (Armagh, Newry) automatically.<sup id="cite_ref-doeni2015_88-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doeni2015-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is reflected in the names of <a href="/wiki/Derry_City_and_Strabane_District_Council" title="Derry City and Strabane District Council">Derry City and Strabane District Council</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lisburn_and_Castlereagh_City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council">Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/Armagh,_Banbridge_and_Craigavon_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council">Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council</a>, but not in that of <a href="/wiki/Newry,_Mourne_and_Down_District_Council" title="Newry, Mourne and Down District Council">Newry, Mourne and Down District Council</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Republic_of_Ireland">Republic of Ireland</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Republic of Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">Local government in the Republic of Ireland</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dublin_City_North_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Dublin_City_North_2009.jpg/220px-Dublin_City_North_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Dublin_City_North_2009.jpg/330px-Dublin_City_North_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Dublin_City_North_2009.jpg/440px-Dublin_City_North_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, Capital of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cork_City_Hall,_February_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Cork_City_Hall%2C_February_2018.jpg/220px-Cork_City_Hall%2C_February_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Cork_City_Hall%2C_February_2018.jpg/330px-Cork_City_Hall%2C_February_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Cork_City_Hall%2C_February_2018.jpg/440px-Cork_City_Hall%2C_February_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cork_(city)" title="Cork (city)">Cork</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LimerickCity_Riverpoint.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/LimerickCity_Riverpoint.jpg/220px-LimerickCity_Riverpoint.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/LimerickCity_Riverpoint.jpg/330px-LimerickCity_Riverpoint.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/LimerickCity_Riverpoint.jpg/440px-LimerickCity_Riverpoint.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Limerick" title="Limerick">Limerick</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a> in 1922 (<a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a> from 1937), there were four <a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">county boroughs</a> within its jurisdiction: Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Waterford. Galway was made a fifth county borough in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-galway-1985_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-galway-1985-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_2001" title="Local Government Act 2001">Local Government Act 2001</a> redesignated the five county boroughs as cities.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These cities, like the county boroughs before them, are almost identical in power and function to the <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Ireland" title="Counties of Ireland">administrative counties</a>. The five administrative cities were <a href="/wiki/Cork_(city)" title="Cork (city)">Cork</a>, Dublin, <a href="/wiki/Galway" title="Galway">Galway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Limerick" title="Limerick">Limerick</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Waterford" title="Waterford">Waterford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Reform_Act_2014" title="Local Government Reform Act 2014">Local Government Reform Act 2014</a> amalgamated the cities of Limerick and Waterford with their respective counties, creating local government areas under the category of Cities and Counties.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dublin">Dublin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Dublin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">Constitution of Ireland</a> adopted in 1937 prescribes that the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a> must meet, and the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">President</a> must reside, "in or near the City of Dublin"; the only occurrences of "city" in the Constitution.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In fact <a href="/wiki/Leinster_House" title="Leinster House">Leinster House</a> and <a href="/wiki/%C3%81ras_an_Uachtar%C3%A1in" title="Áras an Uachtaráin">Áras an Uachtaráin</a> are within the municipal limits of the city. The formula "in or near the City of Dublin" had occurred in earlier statutes, including <a href="/wiki/James_Butler,_1st_Duke_of_Ormonde" class="mw-redirect" title="James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde">Ormonde</a>'s Articles of Peace of 1649<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Irish_Free_State" title="Constitution of the Irish Free State">1922 Constitution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cork">Cork</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Cork"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/2019_Cork_boundary_change" title="2019 Cork boundary change">2015 review</a> proposed a merger of Cork city and county by 2019, but was not implemented after objections from the city.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead, the <a href="/wiki/2019_Cork_boundary_change" title="2019 Cork boundary change">boundary of the city of Cork was extended</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Limerick_and_Waterford">Limerick and Waterford</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Limerick and Waterford"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Reform_Act_2014" title="Local Government Reform Act 2014">Local Government Reform Act 2014</a> amalgamated the local government areas of the county of Limerick and the city of Limerick to form a single local government area named as Limerick City and County, and amalgamated the local government areas of the county of Waterford and the city of Waterford to form a single local government area named as Waterford City and County, with the first elections held to the new <a href="/wiki/Limerick_City_and_County_Council" title="Limerick City and County Council">Limerick City and County Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/Waterford_City_and_County_Council" title="Waterford City and County Council">Waterford City and County Council</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2014_Irish_local_elections" title="2014 Irish local elections">2014 local elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each of the two merged local government areas is termed a "city and county".<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The changes are "without prejudice to the continued use of the description city in relation to Limerick and to Waterford".<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within each "city and county", the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_district_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal district (Ireland)">municipal district</a> which contains the city is styled a "metropolitan district" (<span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Ceantar Cathrach</i></span> in Irish).<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Waterford, Ireland's oldest city is believed to have been established by the Viking Ragnall (the grandson of Ivar the Boneless) in 914 AD. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Galway">Galway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Galway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Old-Galway.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Old-Galway.jpg/220px-Old-Galway.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Old-Galway.jpg/330px-Old-Galway.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Old-Galway.jpg/440px-Old-Galway.jpg 2x" data-file-width="947" data-file-height="668" /></a><figcaption>Clanricarde's map of Galway, 1651 (North is to the left).</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Galway" title="Galway">Galway</a>'s status as a city was for long debatable.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its nickname was "the city of the Tribes" due to the fact that there were 14 main tribes there Athy, Blake, Bodkin, Browne, Darcy, Deane, French, Font, Joyce, Kirwan, Lynch, Martin, Morris, and Skerrett, families, but in British times it was legally a town, and its <a href="/wiki/County_corporate" title="County corporate">county corporate</a> was the "county of the town of Galway".<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its 1484 charter grants <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Galway" title="Mayor of Galway">its corporation's head</a> the title of Mayor,<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but so did the charters of <a href="/wiki/Clonmel" title="Clonmel">Clonmel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Drogheda" title="Drogheda">Drogheda</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the charters extinguished in 1840 of <a href="/wiki/Carrickfergus" title="Carrickfergus">Carrickfergus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coleraine" title="Coleraine">Coleraine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wexford" title="Wexford">Wexford</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Youghal" title="Youghal">Youghal</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> none of which claimed the title of "city". Under Irish self Rule however, there has never been any debate about the city's status </p><p>Galway was nevertheless intermittently described as a city; <a href="/wiki/John_Speed" title="John Speed">John Speed</a>'s 1610 map of "<a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connaugh</a>" includes a plan of "the Citie of Galway".<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <i><a href="/wiki/Hardiman%27s_History_of_Galway" title="Hardiman's History of Galway">The history of the town and county of the town of Galway</a></i> (1820), <a href="/wiki/James_Hardiman" title="James Hardiman">James Hardiman</a> generally describes it as a town. However, his account of the 1651 map commissioned by <a href="/wiki/Ulick_Burke,_1st_Marquess_of_Clanricarde" title="Ulick Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde">Clanricarde</a> concludes that at the time Galway "was universally acknowledged to be the most perfect city in the kingdom".<sup id="cite_ref-Hardiman1820_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hardiman1820-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wilson_Lynd" title="Robert Wilson Lynd">Robert Wilson Lynd</a> in 1912 referred to "Galway city – technically, it is only Galway town —".<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Local Government (Galway) Act 1937, describes it as the "Town of Galway" and created a municipal government called the "Borough of Galway".<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the other hand, the Aran Islands (Transport) Act 1936, regulates steamships travelling "between the City of Galway and the <a href="/wiki/Aran_Islands" title="Aran Islands">Aran Islands</a>";<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and legislators debating the passage of the 1937 Act frequently referred to Galway as a "city".<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1986, the Borough of Galway became the County Borough of Galway and ceased to part of County Galway.<sup id="cite_ref-galway-1985_93-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-galway-1985-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Borough Council became the "City Council" and it acquired its own "<a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_(Irish_local_government)" title="Chief executive (Irish local government)">City Manager</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-galway-1985_93-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-galway-1985-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was not presented as the acquiring of city status; <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Housing,_Local_Government_and_Heritage" title="Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage">Minister for the Environment</a> <a href="/wiki/Liam_Kavanagh" title="Liam Kavanagh">Liam Kavanagh</a> said it was "the extension of the Galway City boundary and for upgrading of that city to the status of county borough".<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Galway only officially became a city in 2001 under the Local Government Act of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A proposal to merge Galway city and county was put on hold in 2018 after Seanad opposition, and has now been completely abandoned by <a href="/wiki/32nd_Government_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="32nd Government of Ireland">the government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kilkenny">Kilkenny</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Kilkenny"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The only city in the Republic which was not a county borough was <a href="/wiki/Kilkenny" title="Kilkenny">Kilkenny</a>. The Local Government Bill 2000, as initiated, would have reclassified as "towns" all "boroughs" which were not county boroughs, including Kilkenny.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This drew objections from Kilkenny's borough councillors, and from <a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">TDs</a> <a href="/wiki/Phil_Hogan" title="Phil Hogan">Phil Hogan</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_McGuinness_(politician)" title="John McGuinness (politician)">John McGuinness</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Accordingly, a clause was added to the bill:<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>This section is without prejudice to the continued use of the description city in relation to Kilkenny, to the extent that that description was used before the establishment day and is not otherwise inconsistent with this Act.</p></blockquote> <p>The Act also states:<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Subject to this Act, royal charters and letters patent relating to local authorities shall continue to apply for ceremonial and related purposes in accordance with local civic tradition but shall otherwise cease to have effect.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_(Ireland)" title="Minister of State (Ireland)">Minister of State</a> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Kitt_(politician)" title="Tom Kitt (politician)">Tom Kitt</a> explained these provisions as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>New provisions to recognise the term "city" to describe Kilkenny in line with long-established historical and municipal practice were brought in. Kilkenny was reconstituted as a borough corporation under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1840, as were Clonmel, Drogheda and Sligo. Section 2 of the 1840 Act specifically provided that Kilkenny is a borough which is still the current legal position in local government law. Traditionally, however, Kilkenny had been referred to as a city and this has its roots in local usage, deriving from a 17th-century charter. It has not been a city in terms of local government law for at least 160 years. </p><p>As I have indicated, the Bill as published specifically provides that local charters can continue for ceremonial or related purposes, thereby safeguarding local tradition and practice. There was, therefore, no difficulty in Kilkenny continuing with this long-established tradition. However, Kilkenny Corporation indicated that it was concerned that the existing provisions in the Bill would not maintain the status quo in addition to concerns with the other boroughs that the term "town" was some form of diminution of status. In view of these concerns, the Minister [ <a href="/wiki/Noel_Dempsey" title="Noel Dempsey">Noel Dempsey</a> ] indicated that he would include a provision in the Bill to specifically recognise the traditional usage of the term "city" to describe Kilkenny. For the first time ever in the Local Government Act, the unique position of Kilkenny is being recognised in local government law. </p><p> The Minister honoured in full his commitment on Kilkenny and delivered on what the deputation from Kilkenny sought. It was never intended that Kilkenny would be a city such as Dublin or Cork. All Kilkenny wanted was to be allowed to continue to use the term "city" in recognition of its ancient tradition. The deputation expressed its satisfaction to the Minister on his proposal.</p></blockquote> <p>In 2002, Phil Hogan (a <a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> TD) asked for "full city status" for Kilkenny;<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 2009 he said "Kilkenny has lost its City status courtesy of <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Reform_Act_2014" title="Local Government Reform Act 2014">Local Government Reform Act 2014</a>, which had been proposed by Phil Hogan as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Housing,_Local_Government_and_Heritage" title="Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage">Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government</a>, dissolved all boroughs and towns, including Kilkenny, and established municipal districts in all counties outside Dublin. Whereas the municipal district encompassing other boroughs are styled "the Borough District of Sligo [or Drogheda/Wexford/Clonmel]", that encompassing Kilkenny is styled "the Municipal District of Kilkenny City".<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Spatial_Strategy">National Spatial Strategy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: National Spatial Strategy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Spatial_Strategy" title="National Spatial Strategy">National Spatial Strategy</a></div> <p>The National Spatial Strategy (NSS) for 2002–2020 planned to manage <a href="/wiki/Urban_sprawl" title="Urban sprawl">urban sprawl</a> by identifying certain urban centres outside Dublin as areas for concentrated growth. The NSS report calls the regional centres "gateways" and the sub-regional centres "hubs".<sup id="cite_ref-nss-38_131-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nss-38-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It does not call them "cities", but among the features it lists for "Gateways" are "City level range of theatres, arts and sports centres and public spaces/parks." and "City-scale water and waste management services."<sup id="cite_ref-nss-40_132-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nss-40-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also gives a target population for a gateway of over 100,000, including the suburban hinterland.<sup id="cite_ref-nss-40_132-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nss-40-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The report describes Cork, Limerick/<a href="/wiki/Shannon,_County_Clare" title="Shannon, County Clare">Shannon</a>, Galway and Waterford, as "existing gateways" and identifies four "new national level gateways": <a href="/wiki/Dundalk" title="Dundalk">Dundalk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sligo" title="Sligo">Sligo</a>, and two "linked" gateways <a href="/wiki/Letterkenny" title="Letterkenny">Letterkenny</a>/(<a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Athlone" title="Athlone">Athlone</a>/<a href="/wiki/Tullamore" title="Tullamore">Tullamore</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mullingar" title="Mullingar">Mullingar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nss-38_131-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nss-38-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The campaigns of Sligo and Dundalk for city status have referenced their status as regional gateways. The "<a href="/wiki/Midland_Region,_Ireland" title="Midland Region, Ireland">Midlands</a> Gateway", a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polycentric" class="extiw" title="wikt:polycentric">polycentric</a> zone based on Tullamore, Athlone, and Mullingar, has occasionally been described as constituting a new or future city.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2008 study by <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Institute_of_Technology" title="Dublin Institute of Technology">Dublin Institute of Technology</a> concluded that the growth in population of the designated gateways was far less than had been planned.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proposed_cities">Proposed cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Proposed cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_urban_areas_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland">List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland</a></div> <p>Local councillors and <a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">TDs</a> from several towns have raised the possibility of gaining city status. Prior to the 2001 Act, these suggestions were a matter of simple prestige. Since the 2001 Act, the suggestions sometimes relate to the administrative functions of county-equivalent cities and sometimes to the ceremonial title. The <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Housing,_Local_Government_and_Heritage" title="Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage">Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage</a> has not entertained these suggestions,<sup id="cite_ref-odowd_136-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odowd-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-coc_137-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coc-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has said "A modernised legal framework and structures at both regional and local level are now in place ... I have no proposals for amending legislation, which would be necessary to establish new city councils."<sup id="cite_ref-noonan_138-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noonan-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Drogheda">Drogheda</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Drogheda"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The possibility of <a href="/wiki/Drogheda" title="Drogheda">Drogheda</a> gaining city status was raised in Dáil questions by <a href="/wiki/Gay_Mitchell" title="Gay Mitchell">Gay Mitchell</a> in 2005,<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Noonan_(Fine_Gael_politician)" title="Michael Noonan (Fine Gael politician)">Michael Noonan</a> in 2007<sup id="cite_ref-noonan_138-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noonan-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and by <a href="/wiki/Fergus_O%27Dowd" title="Fergus O'Dowd">Fergus O'Dowd</a> in 2007<sup id="cite_ref-odowd_136-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odowd-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Borough Council's draft development plan for 2011–17 does not mention city status,<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the manager's summary of public submissions reported backing for city status for the greater Drogheda area, incorporating adjacent areas in Counties <a href="/wiki/County_Louth" title="County Louth">Louth</a> and <a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">Meath</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, a "Drogheda City Status Campaign" was launched,<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in March 2012, Drogheda Borough Council passed a resolution, "That the members of Drogheda Borough Council from this day forward give their consent and approval to the people of Drogheda referring to Drogheda as the City of Drogheda".<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Dún_Laoghaire"><span id="D.C3.BAn_Laoghaire"></span>Dún Laoghaire</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Dún Laoghaire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A 1991 official report recommended that the <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_D%C3%BAn_Laoghaire" title="Borough of Dún Laoghaire">borough of Dún Laoghaire</a> should be "upgraded to city [i.e. county borough] status" with an extended boundary;<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> instead the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_(Dublin)_Act_1993" title="Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993">Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993</a> used a similar boundary to delimit a new administrative county, subsuming the old borough, named <a href="/wiki/D%C3%BAn_Laoghaire%E2%80%93Rathdown" title="Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown">Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Dundalk">Dundalk</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Dundalk"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Dundalk" title="Dundalk">Dundalk</a>'s development plan for 2003–09 stated "Dundalk, in order to fulfil its potential as a regional growth centre, should, in the near future achieve City Status, to acknowledge its present role and to enable its future growth as a regional gateway."<sup id="cite_ref-dundalk-plan-2003_148-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dundalk-plan-2003-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michael Noonan asked a question in the Dáil in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-noonan_138-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noonan-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dundalk's draft development plan for 2009–15 seeks to develop the "Newry–Dundalk Twin City Region" with <a href="/wiki/Newry" title="Newry">Newry</a>, which is nearby across <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_%E2%80%93_United_Kingdom_border" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Ireland – United Kingdom border">the border</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dundalk-plan-2009_149-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dundalk-plan-2009-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_(Irish_local_government)" title="Chief executive (Irish local government)">county manager</a> of <a href="/wiki/County_Louth" title="County Louth">County Louth</a> made a summary of public submissions on the plan, which predicted <a href="/wiki/Dundalk_Institute_of_Technology" title="Dundalk Institute of Technology">Dundalk Institute of Technology</a> being upgraded to university status would help to win city status.<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sligo">Sligo</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Sligo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/John_Perry_(Irish_politician)" title="John Perry (Irish politician)">John Perry</a> raised an <a href="/wiki/Adjournment_debate" title="Adjournment debate">adjournment debate</a> in 1999 calling for <a href="/wiki/Sligo" title="Sligo">Sligo</a> to be declared a "millennium city", stating:<sup id="cite_ref-sligo1999_151-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sligo1999-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>While the Government will probably say Sligo can call itself a city, an official declaration by the Government to declare Sligo the millennium city will confer an official status on it. The word 'city' has a certain meaning for investors. ... The requirement for a town to be called a city is that it be a seat of government or a cathedral town. Sligo is sometimes called a town and sometimes a city. This leads to confusion and the region falls between both stools. An official declaration of Sligo as a millennium city would have major significance for the entire area. The word city has a certain meaning for investors. It presumes a certain level of services and a status towards which the world reacts very favourably. The Fitzpatrick report established Sligo as a future growth centre. Even officials of Sligo Corporation are confused because in certain instances Sligo is called a town and in others a city.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="/wiki/Declan_Bree" title="Declan Bree">Declan Bree</a>, mayor of the town in 2005, advocated "Sligo gaining city status similar to Limerick, Galway and Waterford."<sup id="cite_ref-bree2005_152-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bree2005-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town council and county council held meetings to plan an expansion of the borough boundaries with a view to enhancing the prospects for such a change.<sup id="cite_ref-bree2005_152-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bree2005-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main building of Sligo Borough Council is called "City Hall".<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However Sligo is still not officially recognised as a City </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Swords">Swords</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Swords"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Michael_Kennedy_(Dublin_politician)" title="Michael Kennedy (Dublin politician)">Michael Kennedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">TD</a> for <a href="/wiki/Dublin_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin North (Dáil constituency)">Dublin North</a>, stated in 2007 that "<a href="/wiki/Fingal_County_Council" title="Fingal County Council">Fingal County Council</a> is planning to confer city status on our county town of <a href="/wiki/Swords,_County_Dublin" class="mw-redirect" title="Swords, County Dublin">Swords</a> in the next 15 to 20 years as its population grows to 100,000."<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2008, the Council published "Your Swords, an Emerging City, Strategic Vision 2035", with a vision of Swords as "an emerging green city of 100,000 people."<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tallaght">Tallaght</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Tallaght"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A campaign to have <a href="/wiki/Tallaght" title="Tallaght">Tallaght</a> given city status was launched in 2003 by Eamonn Maloney, a member of <a href="/wiki/South_Dublin_County_Council" title="South Dublin County Council">South Dublin County Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-times-tallaght_156-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-tallaght-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is supported by the Tallaght Area Committee, comprising 10 of the 26 county councillors.<sup id="cite_ref-times-tallaght_156-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-tallaght-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Advantages envisaged by the campaign's website include having a dedicated <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Development_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrial Development Authority">Industrial Development Authority</a> branch office for attracting investment, and facilitating the upgrade of <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Technology,_Tallaght" title="Institute of Technology, Tallaght">Institute of Technology, Tallaght</a> to university status.<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When <a href="/wiki/Charlie_O%27Connor" title="Charlie O'Connor">Charlie O'Connor</a> asked about city status for "Tallaght, <a href="/wiki/Dublin_24" class="mw-redirect" title="Dublin 24">Dublin 24</a>" in 2007, the minister had "no plans to re-designate <a href="/wiki/South_Dublin" title="South Dublin">South Dublin</a> County Council as a city council, or to establish Tallaght as a separate city authority".<sup id="cite_ref-coc_137-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coc-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Connor said later "The only problem I can see is our close proximity to Dublin".<sup id="cite_ref-times-tallaght_156-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-tallaght-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The head of the local <a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_commerce" title="Chamber of commerce">chamber of commerce</a> said in 2010, "If Tallaght was anywhere else in the country, it would have been a city years ago. We already have the population, <a href="/wiki/Tallaght_University_Hospital" title="Tallaght University Hospital">the hospital</a> and the third-level institution. If we're missing something, someone needs to tell us, clarify what the criteria [are], and we'll get it."<sup id="cite_ref-times-tallaght_156-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-tallaght-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Ireland" title="List of places in Ireland">List of places in Ireland</a></li> <li><i><b><small><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/COL-city_icon.png/28px-COL-city_icon.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/COL-city_icon.png/42px-COL-city_icon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/COL-city_icon.png/56px-COL-city_icon.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Cities" title="Portal:Cities">Cities portal</a></small></b></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-census1871-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-census1871_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-census1871_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The 1871 census' summary report includes "Armagh City" and "Cashel City" among the subdivisions.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_status_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-comm1835-dub2-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-comm1835-dub2_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-comm1835-dub2_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-comm1835-dub2_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">1835 Rep Comm Mun Corp Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YdVbAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA2">Vol 9 Pt 1 p.2</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 October</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.irishstatutebook.ie&rft.atitle=electronic+Irish+Statute+Book+%28eISB%29&rft.aulast=Book+%28eISB%29&rft.aufirst=electronic+Irish+Statute&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishstatutebook.ie%2Feli%2F1985%2Fact%2F7%2Fenacted%2Fen%2Fprint.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACity+status+in+Ireland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-comm1835-kk-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-comm1835-kk_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-comm1835-kk_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">1835 Rep Comm Mun Corp Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=lksSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA534">p.534</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBook_(eISB)" class="citation web cs1">Book (eISB), electronic Irish Statute. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2014/act/1/enacted/en/html">"electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB)"</a>. <i>www.irishstatutebook.ie</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Council+of+Ireland+and+its+Proclamations&rft.btitle=Bibliography+of+royal+proclamations+of+the+Tudor+and+Stuart+sovereigns+and+of+others+published+under+authority%2C+1485%E2%80%931714%3B+Vol.+I&rft.place=Oxford&rft.series=Bibliotheca+Lindesiana&rft.pages=cxxviii&rft.pub=Clarendon+Press&rft.date=1910&rft.aulast=Steele&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdigital.nls.uk%2Fbibliotheca-lindesiana-catalogues%2Farchive%2F106225486&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACity+status+in+Ireland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1846 Parl Gaz Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9rblf03SdkYC&pg=PA519">Vol.1 p.519 "Cork"</a> "A sea-port, a parliamentary borough, a city, the assize-town of the county of Cork, the capital of Munster, and the second town of Ireland"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1846 Parl Gaz Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4iK5_B7W1xIC&pg=PA108">Vol.2 p.108 "Dublin"</a> "The metropolis of Ireland, the second city of the British empire, and the seventh city of Europe"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1846 Parl Gaz Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4iK5_B7W1xIC&pg=PA431">Vol.2 p.431 "Kilkenny"</a> "A post and market town, a municipal and parliamentary borough, a city, the capital of the county of Kilkenny, and the seat of the diocese of Ossory"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1846 Parl Gaz Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4iK5_B7W1xIC&pg=PA632">Vol.2 p.632 "Limerick"</a> "A post, market, and sea-port town and borough, a city, and the capital of Western Munster"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1846 Parl Gaz Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4iK5_B7W1xIC&pg=PA672">Vol.2 p.672 "Londonderry"</a> "A post, market, and sea-port town, a borough, a city, the county town of Londonderry, and the capital of the extreme north of Ulster"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1846 Parl Gaz Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1HMuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA488">Vol.3 p.488 "Waterford"</a> "A post and market town, a sea-port, a borough, a city, and the capital of the county of Waterford"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1846 Parl Gaz Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9rblf03SdkYC&pg=PA78">Vol.1 p.78 "Armagh"</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1846 Parl Gaz Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9rblf03SdkYC&pg=PA342">Vol.1 p.342 "Cashel"</a> "A post and market town, a borough, an episcopal city, and the ecclesiastical metropolis of the southern province of Ireland"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pg-Clogher-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pg-Clogher_53-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pg-Clogher_53-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">1846 Parl Gaz Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9rblf03SdkYC&pg=PA418">Vol.1 p.418 "Clogher"</a> "An ancient episcopal city and incorporated town, but at present a mere village"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pg-Cloyne-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pg-Cloyne_54-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pg-Cloyne_54-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">1846 Parl Gaz Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9rblf03SdkYC&pg=PA470">Vol.1 p.470 "Cloyne"</a> "A market and post town, and an ancient Episcopal city"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1846 Parl Gaz Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9rblf03SdkYC&pg=PA56">Vol.1 p.56 "Ardfert"</a> "This ancient and once important city is now a poor and declining village"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1846 Parl Gaz Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4iK5_B7W1xIC&pg=PA176">Vol.2 p.176 "Emly"</a> "Though now a mere village, it is noticed by some ancient historians as in their day a large and flourishing city."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1846 Parl Gaz Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9rblf03SdkYC&pg=PA493">Vol.1 p.493 "Connor"</a> "the farce of nominal city character"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1846 Parl Gaz Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4iK5_B7W1xIC&pg=PA77">Vol.2 p.77 "Dromore"</a> "Though nominally a city, it is really but a small and common-place market-town."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1846 Parl Gaz Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4iK5_B7W1xIC&pg=PA409">Vol.2 p.409</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1846 Parl Gaz Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4iK5_B7W1xIC&pg=PA174">Vol.2 p.174</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1846 Parl Gaz Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4iK5_B7W1xIC&pg=PA60">Vol.2 p.60</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1846 Parl Gaz Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1HMuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA398">Vol.3 p.398 "Tuam" [parish]</a> "The Clare and the <a href="/wiki/Dunmore_(barony)" title="Dunmore (barony)">Dunmore</a> sections contain the city of Tuam"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1846 Parl Gaz Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4iK5_B7W1xIC&pg=PA552">Vol.2 p.552 "Kincora"</a> "1 mile north-northwest of the city of Killaloe"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1846 Parl Gaz Irl <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1HMuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA251">Vol.3 p.251 "Slieve Bernagh"</a> "it soars gradually up in the western vicinity of the city of Killaloe"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-beckett44-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-beckett44_65-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Beckett 2005, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/citystatusinbrit0000beck/page/44">p.44</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-beckett45-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-beckett45_66-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Beckett 2005, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/citystatusinbrit0000beck/page/45">p.45</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-67">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book 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history">Timeline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Ireland" title="Prehistoric Ireland">Prehistory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protohistory_of_Ireland" title="Protohistory of Ireland">Protohistory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(400%E2%80%93800)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Ireland (400–800)">Early history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Ireland" title="Gaelic Ireland">Gaelic Ireland</a> / <a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Ireland" title="Lordship of Ireland">Lordship of Ireland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(800%E2%80%931169)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Ireland (800–1169)">800–1169</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(1169%E2%80%931536)" title="History of Ireland (1169–1536)">1169–1536</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland" title="Kingdom of Ireland">Kingdom of Ireland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(1536%E2%80%931691)" title="History of Ireland (1536–1691)">1536–1691</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(1691%E2%80%931800)" title="History of Ireland (1691–1800)">1691–1800</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(1801%E2%80%931923)" title="History of Ireland (1801–1923)">1801–1923</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Republic" title="Irish Republic">Irish Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Ireland_(1921%E2%80%931922)" title="Southern Ireland (1921–1922)">Southern Ireland (1921–1922)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> (1921–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland</a> <ul><li><a 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Ireland">Bruce campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Death" title="Black Death">Black Death</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tudor_conquest_of_Ireland" title="Tudor conquest of Ireland">Tudor conquest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desmond_Rebellions" title="Desmond Rebellions">Desmond Rebellions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Armada_in_Ireland" title="Spanish Armada in Ireland">Spanish Armada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Years%27_War_(Ireland)" title="Nine Years' War (Ireland)">Tyrone's Rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flight_of_the_Earls" title="Flight of the Earls">Flight of the Earls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster" title="Plantation of Ulster">Plantation of Ulster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Rebellion_of_1641" title="Irish Rebellion of 1641">1641 Rebellion</a> / <a href="/wiki/Irish_Confederate_Wars" title="Irish Confederate Wars">Confederate War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cromwellian_conquest_of_Ireland" title="Cromwellian conquest of Ireland">Cromwellian conquest</a> / <a href="/wiki/Act_for_the_Settlement_of_Ireland_1652" title="Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652">Settlement of 1652</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamite_War_in_Ireland" title="Williamite War in Ireland">Williamite War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penal_laws_(Ireland)" title="Penal laws (Ireland)">Penal Laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Famine_(1740%E2%80%931741)" title="Irish Famine (1740–1741)">First Great Famine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Rebellion_of_1798" title="Irish Rebellion of 1798">1798 Rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1800" title="Acts of Union 1800">Act of Union (1800)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_rebellion_of_1803" title="Irish rebellion of 1803">1803 Rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tithe_War" title="Tithe War">Tithe War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)" title="Great Famine (Ireland)">Second Great Famine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_War" title="Land War">Land War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenian_Rising" title="Fenian Rising">Fenian Rising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dublin_lock-out" title="Dublin lock-out">Dublin lock-out</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland_Act_1914" title="Government of Ireland Act 1914">Home Rule crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Rising" title="Easter Rising">Easter Rising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_War_of_Independence" title="Irish War of Independence">War of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Irish_Treaty" title="Anglo-Irish Treaty">Anglo-Irish Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Civil_War" title="Irish Civil War">Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Emergency_(Ireland)" title="The Emergency (Ireland)">The Emergency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_campaign_(Irish_Republican_Army)" title="Northern campaign (Irish Republican Army)">IRA Northern Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_campaign_(Irish_Republican_Army)" title="Border campaign (Irish Republican Army)">IRA Border Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_peace_process" title="Northern Ireland peace process">Peace process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Economy of the Republic of Ireland">Economy of the Republic of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Tiger" title="Celtic Tiger">Celtic Tiger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-2008_Irish_economic_downturn" title="Post-2008 Irish economic downturn">Post-2008 Irish economic downturn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-2008_Irish_banking_crisis" title="Post-2008 Irish banking crisis">Post-2008 Irish banking crisis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Other topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_Ireland" title="List of conflicts in Ireland">List of conflicts in Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Celtic_peoples_and_tribes#Goidels_/_Gaels_/_Hibernians" title="List of ancient Celtic peoples and tribes">List of Irish tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_kingdoms" title="List of Irish kingdoms">List of Irish kingdoms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_High_Kings_of_Ireland" title="List of High Kings of Ireland">List of High Kings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Ireland#Dress" title="Gaelic Ireland">Gaelic clothing and fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the Republic of Ireland">List of World Heritage Sites in the Republic of Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Geography" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Ireland" title="Geography of Ireland">Geography</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Natural</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Ireland" title="Climate of Ireland">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Climate change in the Republic of Ireland">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastal_landforms_of_Ireland" title="Coastal landforms of Ireland">Coastline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Ireland" title="Extreme points of Ireland">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Ireland" title="Fauna of Ireland">Fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Ireland" title="List of islands of Ireland">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_loughs_of_Ireland" title="List of loughs of Ireland">Loughs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_mountains_in_Ireland" title="Lists of mountains in Ireland">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivers_of_Ireland" title="Rivers of Ireland">Rivers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Ireland" title="List of rivers of Ireland">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="List of national parks of the Republic of Ireland">List of national parks of the Republic of Ireland</a> / <a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_the_United_Kingdom#National_parks_in_Northern_Ireland" title="National parks of the United Kingdom">in Northern Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Human</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Ireland" title="Architecture of Ireland">Architecture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_buildings_in_Ireland" title="List of buildings in Ireland">Notable buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_Ireland" title="List of tallest structures in Ireland">Tallest buildings and structures</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Ireland" title="Counties of Ireland">Counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Demographics of the Republic of Ireland">Demographics of the Republic of Ireland</a> / <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Demographics of Northern Ireland">of Northern Ireland</a></li> 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0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Politics" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Politics of the Republic of Ireland">Politics</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Ideologies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_nationalism" title="Irish nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_republicanism" title="Irish republicanism">Republicanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_loyalism" title="Ulster loyalism">Ulster loyalism</a></li> <li><a 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title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">local</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Law of the Republic of Ireland">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the Republic of Ireland">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas"><i>Oireachtas</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">parliament</span></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann"><i>Dáil Éireann</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(lower house)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann"><i>Seanad Éireann</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(upper house)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">President</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Taxation in the Republic of Ireland">Taxation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Politics of Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Assembly</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D%27Hondt_method" title="D'Hondt method">D'Hondt method</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Economy of Northern Ireland">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Education in Northern Ireland">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Local government in Northern Ireland">local</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Northern_Ireland" title="LGBT rights in Northern Ireland">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_peace_process" title="Northern Ireland peace process">Peace process</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Culture" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Ireland" title="Culture of Ireland">Culture</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Irish_cuisine" title="Irish cuisine">Cuisine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Food</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_dishes" title="List of Irish dishes">List of dishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barmbrack" title="Barmbrack">Barmbrack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bacon_and_cabbage" title="Bacon and cabbage">Bacon and cabbage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boxty" title="Boxty">Boxty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champ_(food)" title="Champ (food)">Champ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coddle" title="Coddle">Coddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colcannon" title="Colcannon">Colcannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drisheen" title="Drisheen">Drisheen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Full_breakfast#Ireland" title="Full breakfast">Irish fry</a></li> 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title="Irish breakfast tea">Tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_whiskey" title="Irish whiskey">Whiskey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Irish_dance" title="Irish dance">Dance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jig" title="Jig">Jig</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sean-n%C3%B3s_dance" title="Sean-nós dance">Sean-nós</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_set_dancing" title="Irish set dancing">Set dancing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_stepdance" title="Irish stepdance">Stepdance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Festivals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Imbolc" title="Imbolc">Imbolc</a></li> <li><a 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