A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
| Type: | Poor Law Union |
| Identifier: | IRL_PL_UNION |
| Description: | Poor Law Unions were created by the Irish Poor Law Act of 1838. Unions were responsible for providing relief to the poor. As in England and Wales, unions were normally centered on a market town, and their boundaries ignored historic counties and parishes. The poor law was abolished in the Irish Free State in 1925, and in Northern Ireland in 1948. |
| Number of units in system: | 163 |
| Geographical Level: | 9 (Middle-level District) |
| ADL Feature Type: | countries, 3rd order divisions |
| May be part of: | Irish County |
| May have as parts: | Irish Civil Parish , Irish Town |