Ballinasloe Town Council
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Ballinasloe Town Council (formerly known as Ballinasloe Urban District Council) is the municipal authority for the town of Ballinasloe, County Galway
, Ireland
.
Its origins lie in the Ballinasloe Town Commissioners, which came into being on February 22, 1841 by order of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
. The first meeting was held at Craig's Hotel. Rear-Admiral William Le Poer Trench
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.
County Galway
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, Ireland
Ireland
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Its origins lie in the Ballinasloe Town Commissioners, which came into being on February 22, 1841 by order of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was the British King's representative and head of the Irish executive during the Lordship of Ireland , the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
. The first meeting was held at Craig's Hotel. Rear-Admiral William Le Poer Trench
William Le Poer Trench
Colonel The Hon. 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 Tóstal Council), 1953.