Town Commissioners in Northern Ireland
Following partition in 1922, four towns with commissioners situated in the six counties of Northern Ireland. The number was reduced to three in 1925 when Downpatrick became an urban district. The remaining town commissioners were dissolved in 1959 and 1962, their functions being transferred to the rural district council:
- Antrim, County Antrim, dissolved 1962
- Aughnacloy, County Tyrone, dissolved 1959
- Gilford, County Down, dissolved 1959
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