1899 Queen's County Council election

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Queen's County Courthouse, site of the inaugural meeting of the county council[1]

Queen's County Council (now Laois County Council) was created in 1899 under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 and the first local elections for the county council, and the councils of the five rural districts within Queen's County, were held on 6 April 1899, simultaneous with elections in the other administrative counties.[2] The first Queen's County Council comprised 32 councillors serving a three-year term:

  • 22 elected, one from each of the 22 county districts[3]
  • five rural district council chairmen, ex officio
  • three nominees of the outgoing county grand jury, the unelected county government prior to the 1898 act
  • two members co-opted by the other members at the council's first meeting on 22 April 1899[4]

Councillors[]

Queen's County Council election 1899[4][5]
County district Councillor Notes
Abbeyleix William Phelan
Arless John Byrne
Ballinakill Patrick Brennan Not the Newtown district representative
Ballybrittas Denis Boland
Borris-in-Ossory Laurence Thomas Kelly Vice chairman
Castletown Arthur McMahon Not the Abbeyleix RDC chairman
Clonaslee John Treacy
Coolrain Michael Fitzpatrick
Cullenagh James McMahon
Donaghmore Bernard FitzPatrick, 2nd Baron Castletown
Durrow Patrick O'Flanagan
Emo John Williams
Thomas Breen
Maryborough Patrick A. Meehan Chairman. Maryborough is now Portlaoise
Mountmellick William McEvoy
Mountrath John Dowling
Newtown Patrick Brennan Not the Ballinakill district representative
Patrick Doran
Portarlington South Charles Bannon
Rathdowney Daniel Quigley
Stradbally Denis Shaughnessy
Tinnahinch William Dunne
Additional Queen's County councillors 1899[5]
Type Rural district Name Notes
RDC chairman Abbeyleix Arthur McMahon Not the Castletown district representative
Athy No. 2 Thomas Timmins
Carlow No. 2 Matthias McWey
Mountmellick James Dunne
Roscrea No. 3 Thomas Lowry
Grand jury — Of Stradbally Hall
Henry Charles White Of "Charleville", Roscrea
Edmund Dease
Co-opted — James Joseph Aird Auctioneer and merchant in Maryborough; father of William Aird.[6]
James Conroy

Results by district[]

Coolrain[7]
Name Votes Notes
Michael Fitzpatrick 186 Labourers' support
E. Conroy 184 Catholic clergy support
C. P. Hamilton 24


References[]

  • Local Government Board for Ireland (1900). Twenty-seventh report. Command papers. Vol. C.9480. Dublin: Alex. Thom for HMSO. §§1–7 and Appendices A. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  1. ^ Laois Heritage Society. "Towns and Villages of Laois: Portlaoise: Courthouse". Ask About Ireland. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  2. ^ C.9480 p.12
  3. ^ C.9480 pp.303–305
  4. ^ a b "First Council Meeting". Laois County Council. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  5. ^ a b O'Hanlon, John; O'Leary, Edward; Lalor, Matthew (1914). History of the Queen's County. Vol. II: 1556–1900. Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker. pp. 744–745. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  6. ^ Dunne, John. "22 Main Street". Pictures of Portlaoise. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  7. ^ Leinster Express, 15 April 1899; cited in Dooley, Ger. "History of Camross, County Laois; 1641–1955: Democracy Grows". 131 Weeks. Retrieved 23 December 2019.


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