Municipal Districts - National Statutory Boundaries - Ungeneralised 2026

Municipal districts were created under the Local Government Reform Act of 2014 and are subdivisions of local authorities. Municipal districts are comprised of one or more Local Election Areas. Municipal districts are known as Borough Districts in Dundalk, Bray, Navan, Clonmel, Wexford, Drogheda and Sligo and as Metropolitan Districts in Limerick and Waterford. Kilkenny is designated as the Municipal District of Kilkenny. The City Councils of Dublin, Cork and Galway as well as Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, and South Dublin County Councils are not covered by Municipal districts. The current districts, with the exception of Cork, were defined in a series of Local Electoral Areas and Municipal District Orders (Statutory Instruments) in 2018. Municipal Districts for the County Cork are defined in the County of Cork Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order (S.I. No. 28/2019). There are currently 100 Municipal Districts. This dataset is provided by Tailte Éireann.