S.I. No. 125/1985 - Borough of Galway (Local Electoral Areas) Order, 1985.

1. This Order may be cited as the Borough of Galway (Local Electoral Areas) Order, 1985.

2. The Borough of Galway Local Electoral Areas Order, 1979 (

S.I. No. 45 of 1979

) is hereby revoked.

3. In this Order, "the Borough" means the Borough of Galway as existing on the commencement of

section 19

of the

Local Government (Reorganisation) Act, 1985

for the purpose of the local elections next occurring after such commencement.

4. The Borough shall be divided into the local electoral areas set out in the first column of the Schedule to this Order.

5. Each such local electoral area shall consist of the area described in the second column of the Schedule to this Order opposite the name of such local electoral area.

6. The number of members of the Council of the Borough to be elected for each such local electoral area shall be the number set out in the third column of the Schedule to this Order opposite the name of such local electoral area.

7. The number of the said members to be elected for each such local electoral area who are to be aldermen shall be the number set out in the fourth column of the Schedule to this Order opposite the name of such local electoral area.

8. In the Schedule to this Order—

(

a

) every reference to a ward shall be costrued as referring to such ward as existing at the date of this Order; and

(

b

) a reference to a townland, part of which was in the Borough of Galway as it existed immediately before the commencement of

section 19

of the

Local Government (Reorganisation) Act, 1985

shall be construed as referring only to the part of such townland which was detached from the County Health District of Galway and added to the Borough of Galway by virtue of section 19(1) of the said Act.

SCHEDULE

Name of Local Electoral Area

Description of Local Electoral Area

Number of members

Number of those members who are to be Aldermen

Number one

The East Ward and the North Ward, and

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The townlands of:—

Coolagh, Curragrean, Doughiska, in the district electoral division of Ballintemple;

Ballindooly in the district electoral division of Carrowbrowne; and

Ballybaan Beg, Ballybaan More, Ballybrit, Castlegar, Coolagh, Glenanail, Menlough, Merlinpark, Murroogh, Parkmore, Rahylin Glebe, Roscam in the district electoral division of Galway Rural.

Number Two

The West Ward, and

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the townlands of:—

Ballyburke, Ballymoneen East, Ballymoneen West, Ballynahown East, Barna, Cappagh, Cloonagower, Clybaun, Keeraun, Kimmeenmore, Lenabower, Mincloon, Shanballyduff, Shangort in the district electoral division of Barna; and

Ballyagh, Barnacranny, Bushypark, Dangan Lower, Letteragh, Rahoon, in the district electoral division of Galway Rural.

Number Three

The South Ward, and the townlands of Acres Derryloney, Gortnalecka, Knocknacarragh, Pollnarooma West, Rusheen in the district electoral division of Barna.

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment this

7th day of May, 1985.

LIAM KAVANAGH,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to divide the Borough of Galway into three electoral areas for the purposes of local elections and to fix the number of members of the Council of the Borough to be elected for each area and the number of those members who are to be aldermen.

S.I. No. 125 of 1985.

BOROUGH OF GALWAY (LOCAL ELECTORAL AREAS) ORDER, 1985.

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

sections 35

of the

Local Government Act, 1941

(No. 23 of 1941) as amended by sections 3 and 87 of and the First Schedule to the

Electoral Act, 1963

(No. 19 of 1963) and

section 20

of the

Local Government (Reorganisation) Act, 1985

(No. 7 of 1985), hereby orders as follows:—