But nooootrality!
The 1898 Local Government Act saw certain towns/villages swap counties:
Kilculliheen/Ferrybank were moved from Waterford to Kilkenny.
Whitegate, Mountshannon and Holy Island were transferred from Galway to Clare.
Newry was officially moved from Armagh to Down (part of the modern townâs outskirts now stretch into Armagh again)
Bray was transferred from Dublin to Wicklow.
Parts of New Ross switched from Kilkenny to Wexford.
Part of Carlow Town from Queenâs County (Laois) to Carlow.
Ballaghadreen switched from Mayo to Roscommon.
Rural parts of Ballinasloe changed from Roscommon to Galway.
Parts of Athlone were transferred from Roscommon to Westmeath.
Parts of rural Sligo west of Ballina transferred to Mayo.
Carrick on Suir and rural parts of Clonmel switched from Waterford to South Tipperary.
Parts of Shrule parish transferred from Galway to Mayo.
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So that explains New Ross.
Could be a blueprint for a zelensky putin summit?
Thatâs interesting
Had people in newry seem themselves as Armagh people? Or was it only the gaa in later years that saw people assume these county identities? Was county identity a thing at all before the gaa?
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Rte /BBC are doing a drama based on the mr moonlight* case. Tom Vaughan lawlor i believe will be yer man.
tipp dj*
**disc jockey not grifter hurler
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When I see mention of that place I think of that mad bastard Brendan OâDonnell and the hysteria when he was on the loose back in 1994.
Keeping with the theme of the threadâŚ
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An unlikely looking fit. Wasnât Ryan a stout, blocky chapâŚ
Marty Morrissey would be better suited to it - shirt 3 buttons open and all.
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Would Tommy Fleming be available to play the perp?
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Thats an interesting question. Wed have to ask someone who predates it.
@Chancer , can you fill us in?
The county system was a gift of our British betters and we grabbed it with all our might.
Paul Rouse has written a bit on it.
From what I can remember county identity really only started to become a thing in the 1800s due to way power/administrative services began to be organised around the country and then when the GAA took and latched onto the idea of counties that really elevated it.
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The Brits have moved away from the county thing themselves; it is used to identify a geographical area alright but it doesnât really matter to them as a badge of identity the way it does here. Politically, their constituencies used to go along with county boundaries but that changed in the 1970s I think. The North is the same with their âUpper Bannâ and âLagan Valleyâ etc.
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My memory of it is sketchy truth be told. I was a mere child when counties adopted multi-coloured jerseys. I have no recollection of the assassination of Kevin OâHiggins either.
I donât know who was driving the Mayo bus that passed the removal eitherâŚ.
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Did you hve a pet dinosaur when you were a young buck?
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Smartarse⌠Hard to see whoâll bate Manor in the championship.
Big Barry, Kelly, McBride and others make ye warm favourites.
Although the âshiringâ of land into counties was a way of consolidating power by the British authorities, the land that was being shired was nearly always based on existing Gaelic chiefdom territories.
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Itâs the first thing that comes to my mind as well. I was only 10 when it happened but remember being absolutely shocked at how anyone could do that to a woman and her child. Murders are ten a penny these days but that kind of thing was rare back in the early 90s.
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Its Fenaghs to lose.
Murder rate was higher that year than last year
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