Divisions of Civil Administration in Ireland

• The Province and the County 4 provinces and 32 Counties
  
  
• The Barony has its origins in the ancient territorial divisions of Ireland when families or septs had control over a small area of land.
  
  
• Poor Law Unions were responsible for administering relief to the poor and destitute
  
  
• District Electoral Divisions (DEDs) are units made up of townlands & were introduced in the nineteenth century.
  
  
• The Civil Parish used in most official surveys as a minor unit of civil administration.
  
  
• Townlands are the smallest territorial division of civil administration.

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