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    An election to Galway County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 30 councillors were elected from five local...
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    Galway County Council (Irish: Comhairle Chontae na Gaillimhe) is the local authority of County Galway, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by...
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    Galway, remaining part of County Galway. The borough council had 12 members. It increased to 15 members at the 1985 election, in anticipation of its conversion...
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    An election for all 15 seats on Galway Borough Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 1985 Irish local elections. This was an increase of three...
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    City Council in the urban area and Galway County Council in the rest of the county. The first inhabitants in the Galway area arrived around the 5th millennium...
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  • (Reorganisation) Act 1985: the borough of Galway (which previously had a 12-member borough council) ceased to be part of County Galway and became a county borough...
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    2014. For general elections, Roscommon is mostly within the three-seat Dáil constituency of Roscommon–Galway, with a portion of the county in the Sligo–Leitrim...
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  • one of the 32 county boards in Ireland; they are responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway, and for the Galway county teams. Galway is one of the...
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  • greater power to the council members, and the Local Government Act 1985, which provided for the council–manager system in Galway City once detached for...
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    An election to Galway County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 30 councillors were elected from five local...
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    (PDF). galway.ie. Retrieved 14 April 2024. "Live results from the 2024 Local Elections and European Elections - Conamara South - Galway County Council". rte...
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    1985, Galway became a county borough. County Dublin was abolished as an administrative county in 1994 and divided into three administrative counties:...
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    'mouth of the ford of the crowds') is a town in the easternmost part of County Galway in Connacht. Located at an ancient crossing point on the River Suck...
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    municipality; Harvey Ward, Galway Ward and Cavendish Ward. The three wards are based on traditional geographic boundaries and for election purposes there is still...
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  • Paul Connaughton Snr (category Members of Galway County Council)
    1979, when he became a member of Galway County Council. He served on that authority on two occasions between 1979 and 1985, and again from 1991 to 2003....
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    a noble house and clan descending from Uí Mháine in modern-day County Galway and County Offaly in Ireland. This is reflected in the patronymic naming system:...
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  • chairperson of the City and County Council. In May 2019 a plebiscite was held with the 2019 Limerick City and County Council election in which voters approved...
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    judicial county of County Galway. Originally meetings of Clare County Council were held at Ennis Courthouse. Áras Contae an Chláir, a new county council headquarters...
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    (Reorganisation) Act 1985 (County Borough of Galway) (Appointed Day) Order 1985 (S.I. No. 425 of 1985). Signed on 18 December 1985. Statutory Instrument...
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  • to Galway as a "city". In 1986, the Borough of Galway became the County Borough of Galway and ceased to part of County Galway. The Borough Council became...
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  • Noel Treacy (category Members of Galway County Council)
    of the Labour Party in the Dublin West by-election in 2011. He was a member of Galway County Council from 1985 to 1991. In March 1987, Fianna Fáil returned...
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    An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a reduction from 26 seats at the 2009 election...
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  • Maureen O'Carroll (category Alumni of the University of Galway)
    College in Gortnor Abbey in Crossmolina, County Mayo on a scholarship before moving to University College Galway. She returned to Gortnor Abbey to become...
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    election. Despite Fianna Fáil support for the incumbent Michael D. Higgins, a few of the party's Councillors urged the leadership to nominate Galway West...
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    of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconnell or Tirconaill (Tír Chonaill), after the historic territory. Donegal County Council is the local...
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  • Gerry Brady (category Members of Kildare County Council)
    the 1987 general election, and did not stand for Dáil Éireann again. At the 1985 local elections he was elected to Kildare County Council as a councillor...
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    Eugene Murphy (category Members of Roscommon County Council)
    Roscommon–Galway constituency from 2016 to 2020. He was a member of Roscommon County Council for the Boyle local electoral area from 1985 to 2016. He...
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  • Paddy McHugh (category Members of Galway County Council)
    general election, getting a 5.8% share of the vote. McHugh was first elected to Galway County Council in 1985. He was also elected to Tuam Town Council in...
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  • in Dáil Éireann. They have one councillor, Tomás Ó Curraoin on Galway County Council. As the party is not registered, he is officially an independent...
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  • a Brehon family in County Galway. The Folan family are of Conmhaícne origin. The surname Folan is most numerous in County Galway, particularly in the...
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