Ireland
The role of Custos rotulorum was also adopted in the Kingdom of Ireland, usually abbreviated as the post-nominal "CoRo". From 1831 the title passed to the pre-existing Lord Lieutenant of every county as office-holder, and from then the List of Lords Lieutenant of County Dublin corresponded with the Custos Rotulorum of Dublin. Custodes Rotulorum were abolished by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. In 1922 the creation of the Irish Free State resulted in the abolition of the by then largely honorific posts, but Lord Lieutenantcies are still retained in Northern Ireland.
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