Ballinasloe Town Council is the municipal authority for the town of
BallinasloeBallinasloe is a town in the eastern extremity of County Galway in Ireland.The town developed as a crossing point on the River Suck, a tributary of the Shannon. The Irish placename — meaning the mouth of the ford of the crowds — reflects this purpose. The latter part of the name...
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Its origins lie in the Ballinasloe Town Commissioners, which came into being on February 22, 1841 by order of the
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. The first meeting was held at Craig's Hotel. Rear-Admiral
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was in the chair and the members included Father Laurence Dillon, P.P.; Rev. Mr. Travers Jones, and representatives of the professional and business interests in the town.
Their first responsibility was the public lighting and a gasworks was immediately erected at a cost of £1421.
On March 16, 1880, Ballinasloe was constituted an urban sanitary district and in 1897, this body became the Ballinasloe Urban Council.
In 2001, Ballinasloe UDC was renamed Ballinasloe Town Council.
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Ballinasloe Town Council is the municipal authority for the town of
BallinasloeBallinasloe is a town in the eastern extremity of County Galway in Ireland.The town developed as a crossing point on the River Suck, a tributary of the Shannon. The Irish placename — meaning the mouth of the ford of the crowds — reflects this purpose. The latter part of the name...
,
County GalwayCounty Galway is one of the traditional Counties of Ireland. It is located in the province of Connacht. It was named after the city of Galway...
,
IrelandIreland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...
.
Its origins lie in the Ballinasloe Town Commissioners, which came into being on February 22, 1841 by order of the
Lord Lieutenant of IrelandThe Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , also known as the Judiciar in the early mediaeval period and as the Lord Deputy as late as the 17th century, was the King's representative and head of the Irish executive during the Lordship of Ireland , the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great...
. The first meeting was held at Craig's Hotel. Rear-Admiral
William Le Poer TrenchColonel William Le Poer Trench CVO, JP was an Anglo-Irish politician and British army officer.He was the son of William Thomas Le Poer Trench, 3rd Earl of Clancarty and Lady Sarah Juliana Butler....
was in the chair and the members included Father Laurence Dillon, P.P.; Rev. Mr. Travers Jones, and representatives of the professional and business interests in the town.
Their first responsibility was the public lighting and a gasworks was immediately erected at a cost of £1421.
On March 16, 1880, Ballinasloe was constituted an urban sanitary district and in 1897, this body became the Ballinasloe Urban Council.
In 2001, Ballinasloe UDC was renamed Ballinasloe Town Council.
Source
P. K. Egan,
Ballinasloe: A Historical Sketch, Ballinasloe (Ballinasloe
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Council), 1953.