Dissolved Boroughs
Under section 13 of the Act, the remaining 58 borough corporations were dissolved on 25 October 1840. The extinguished boroughs were listed in schedules B and I of the Act. Boroughs in schedule B could petition for a grant of a charter restoring borough status, as could any town with a population of more than 3,000. Boroughs in Schedule I were already effectively extinct at the time of the passing of the Act, and so were not permitted to apply for such a charter.
Only one town, Wexford, applied for a charter restoring borough status, which was granted in 1846.
Boroughs in Schedule B
| Number | Borough | County |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ardee | Louth |
| 2 | Armagh (City) | Armagh |
| 3 | Athlone | Roscommon and Westmeath |
| 4 | Athy | Kildare |
| 5 | Bandon or Bandon Bridge | Cork |
| 6 | Boyle | Roscommon |
| 7 | Callan | Kilkenny |
| 8 | Carlow | Carlow |
| 9 | Carrickfergus (County of the Town) | Antrim |
| 10 | Cashel (City) | Tipperary |
| 11 | Charleville | Cork |
| 12 | Cloghnakilty | Cork |
| 13 | Coleraine | Londonderry |
| 14 | Dingle | Kerry |
| 15 | Dundalk | Louth |
| 16 | Dungannon | Tyrone |
| 17 | Ennis | Clare |
| 18 | Enniscorthy | Wexford |
| 19 | Enniskillen | Fermanagh |
| 20 | Fethard | Wexford |
| 21 | Galway | Galway |
| 22 | Gorey | Wexford |
| 23 | Kells | Meath |
| 24 | Kinsale | Cork |
| 25 | Longford | Longford |
| 26 | Maryborough | Queen's County |
| 27 | Monaghan | Monaghan |
| 28 | Naas | Kildare |
| 29 | Navan | Meath |
| 30 | New Ross | Wexford |
| 31 | Portarlington | Queen's County and King's County |
| 32 | Strabane | Tyrone |
| 33 | Tralee | Kerry |
| 34 | Trim | Meath |
| 35 | Tuam | Galway |
| 36 | Wexford | Wexford |
| 37 | Wicklow | Wicklow |
| 38 | Youghal | Cork |
Boroughs in Schedule I
| Number | Borough | County |
|---|---|---|
| 39 | Ardfert | Kerry |
| 40 | Athenry | Galway |
| 41 | Baltinglass | Wicklow |
| 42 | Bangor | Down |
| 43 | Belturbet | Cavan |
| 44 | Carlingford | Louth |
| 45 | Castlemartyr | Cork |
| 46 | Cavan | Cavan |
| 47 | Charlemont | Armagh |
| 48 | Duleek | Meath |
| 49 | Hillsborough | Down |
| 50 | Inistioge | Kilkenny |
| 51 | Kilbeggan | Westmeath |
| 52 | Kildare | Kildare |
| 53 | Killileagh | Down |
| 54 | Kilmallock | Limerick |
| 55 | Lifford | Donegal |
| 56 | Middleton | Cork |
| 57 | Newtownards | Down |
| 58 | Thomastown | Kilkenny |
Read more about this topic: Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840
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