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Government
Leasehold Land Ownership Boundaries - The dataset contains the boundaries of each individual leasehold title to land. A Leasehold is the interest created by a lease. Currently only leases for more than 21 years can be registered.
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Government
Freehold Land Ownership Boundaries - The dataset contains the boundaries of each individual title to land. Freehold is when the tenure (title) of property has the capacity to last forever as distinct from leasehold which is for a fixed term of years.
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The Low Water Mark digital dataset is a historic dataset derived from relevant 6 inch and 25 inch Ordnance Maps. This dataset is provided by Tailte Éireann
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The High Water Mark digital dataset is derived from relevant 6 inch and 25 inch Ordnance Maps. The alterations are in accordance with the Boundary Survey Acts Ireland, approved by the Chief Boundary Surveyor and signed off in Privy Council Orders. The dataset also includes change
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Baronies were originally feudal jurisdictions dating from the 11th century, which in the course of time came to be used for administrative purposes. The re-organisation of local government in the late 19th century signalled the end of the barony as a meaningful territorial divisi
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Townlands are the smallest statutory boundary in the country and are based on Gaelic and later Norman and plantation divisions. In general, other territorial divisions are collections of townlands. The 6” survey of Ireland carried out under the 1825 Boundary Survey Act documented
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Government
Electoral Divisions (EDs) are the smallest legally defined administrative area in the state. In general, they were formed by aggregating townlands. EDs in turn are combined to create Local and National Constituencies. EDs originated as subdivisions of poor law unions (Poor Relief
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Civil parishes are based on ecclesiastical divisions which date back to the Synod of Kells in 1139. Their use as administrative and statistical areas declined following the 1898 Local Government Act. They are composed of collections of townlands and in turn they are amalgamated t
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Government
County councils and borough councils were created in Ireland under the 1898 Local Government Act. The 2001 Local Government Act renamed borough councils to city councils. The Local Government Reform Act 2014 provided for the creation of the City & County Councils of Limerick
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Government
Under local government legislation the minister with responsibility for local government is charged with dividing each County, City and City & County Council into Local Electoral Areas (LEAs) and assigning a number of seats for each based on census figures of population. A se
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Government
Municipal districts were created under the Local Government Reform Act of 2014 and are subdivisions of local authorities. Municipal districts are comprised of one or more Local Election Areas. Municipal districts are known as Borough Districts in Dundalk, Bray, Navan, Clonmel, We
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Rural districts were created under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 as subdivisions of county councils. They in turn were subdivided into district electoral divisions. Rural districts were abolished outside Co. Dublin by the Local Government Act 1925 and abolished in Co. D
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Government
Teorainneacha na Gaeltachta Neamhghinearálaithe. Shainigh Orduithe na Limistéar Gaeltachta, 1956, 1967, 1974 agus 1982 an Ghaeltacht mar 155 Toghroinn nó páirteanna de Thoghranna i gcontaetha. The Gaeltacht Areas Orders, 1956, 1967, 1974 and 1982 defined the Gaeltacht as comprisi
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Gaeltacht Language Planning Areas - National Administrative Boundaries - Ungeneralised - 2026NEWTailte ÉireannGovernment
Teorainneacha na Limistéar Pleanála Teanga Gaeltachta Neamhghinearálaithe. I gcomhréir le forálacha Acht na Gaeltachta 2012, tá 26 Limistéar Pleanála Teanga Gaeltachta sainaitheanta ag an Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta. Faoin Acht, athainmneofar an Ghaeltacht atá ann f
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The division of Ireland into counties was introduced gradually by Norman and English settlers between the 13th and 17th centuries, reflecting their use in the Kingdom of England as units of local government. Townlands, civil parishes and baronies are subdivisions of counties. The
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Government
For the purpose of elections to Dáil Éireann, the country is divided into Constituencies which, under Article 16.4 of the Constitution of Ireland, have to be revised at least once every twelve years with due regard to changes in the distribution of the population. The Constituenc
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A National Land Cover service for the Republic of Ireland indicating whatever is physically present on the Earth’s surface, whether this is natural vegetation, freshwater or non-living surfaces. The land cover of the Republic of Ireland is incredibly diverse, including forestry,
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RailNetworkSegments, have both a GDF1 and GDF2 representation. A GDF1 is required for all railways. GDF2 is required for Standard (mainline) railways only.Following European standards, a Network is derived from centreline data. A Network consists of a set of specified points, lin
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Government
A permanent roofed construction, currently or formerly intended for shelter. A building under construction is included as a building, if it is apparent that, on completion, it will meet the definition for a building. A structure that is identifiable as having once been a building
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Water Single Stream Line is used to represent a stream that is less than 2m wide. It is polyline geometry.
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