Hi, I went to school with the Lord Mayor. I'll try to have a word. :)
To put it simply, the area is defined by a particular map that has been deposited with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. ------------------------------------------------------------------ The legal situation From: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2019/act/1/section/8/enacted/en/html#sec8 8. Subject to section 27 , the relevant area shall— (a) on the transfer day, cease to be part of the administrative area of the county council, and (b) from that day, be part of the administrative area of the city council. From http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2019/act/1/section/2/enacted/en/html#sec2 “relevant area” means the area inside the red line (but not including the red line) and hatched in green on the deposited map; “deposited map” means the map (a true copy of which was laid before each House of the Oireachtas on 25 July 2018)— (a) deposited on behalf of the Minister at the offices of the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government situated at the Custom House in the city of Dublin, on 25 July 2018 for the purpose of the Cork boundary alteration, (b) described as having been deposited for that purpose, and (c) sealed with the official seal of the Minister; ------------------------------------------------------------------ Council page: https://www.corkcity.ie/en/council-services/public-info/boundary-extension/ Oh the ironing (large PDF): https://www.corkcity.ie/en/media-folder/public-info/cork-city-boundary-map.pdf The council map is on Arcgis here: http://corkcity.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=570fc5da59ca4b60b6e8fede282881bf This defines the electoral areas (not the city boundary): http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2019/si/27/made/en/pdf Aside: Cork historical maps, including boundaries: http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/mapsimages/corkinoldmaps/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Colm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
