Under
S.194 of
the Local
Government
Act, 2001
the
local
authority
where the
locality
is situated
may by
resolution
adopt a
proposal
to change
the name
of locality
(as
described).
Where
proposal
adopted
the
Council
must then
seek the
consent of
the
majority
of the
qualified
electors
(i.e.
registered
voters and
certain
occupiers
of rated
hereditaments)
in the
locality.
Once the
proposal
is
confirmed
by a
majority
of the
electors
the
Cathaoirleach
(Chairman)
of the
local
authority
must declare,
according
to
Regulations, such new
name and
the date
it comes
into
operation.
A previous
provision
under an
Act of
1946 as
amended in
1955
required
the
relevant
local
authority
to change
the name
after
obtaining
consent of
four-sevenths
of the
ratepayers
of the
locality.
Places
in towns
such as
Hardman's
Gardens,
in
Drogheda,
County
Louth,
would be
regarded
as a
'locality'.
In rural
areas
often one
finds
local
names
within a
particular
townland,
for
example,
in
Castlebellingham
Townland,
also in
County
Louth, most
of the
district along
the east
of it is
called 'Seabank'
with a
small
portion to
the south
of Seabank
called 'Seapoint'.
These
areas
would be
termed
localities
under the
above S.194.
These
names,
still in
use, can
be found,
for
example,
in the
case of 'Seabank'
in old
maps,
Title
Deeds, and
in the
records of
the once
local
landlord
the
Bellinghams,
and in the
case of 'Seapoint'
in the
Title
Deeds of
the local
residents.
Link to
the top of
the page
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Placename
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© MP
McConnon,
MC
Research
Service,
Seabank,
Castlebellingham,
Dundalk,
County
Louth,
Ireland.
Last
update 26 June
2001