County Boundaries, Ireland, Act, 1872

Power to Lord Lieutenant to order separation and reannexation of parts of baronies, &c.

5. The Lord Lieutenant in Council shall and may by any order to be made under the Act numbered four in the schedule hereto, direct that any detached and isolated parcel or parcels of land which by such order shall be, or by any other order shall have been, annexed to any county, shall cease to form part of the barony, half-barony, or parish in which same shall be or shall have been situate, and that same shall be annexed to and form part of any barony, half-barony, or parish of the county to which such parcel of land shall be annexed, and which shall be specified in such order; and the said Lord Lieutenant in Council shall and may by such order, or by any other order, define and determine the purposes to which such union and annexation shall extend, and fix and declare the period from which the same shall take effect, and settle and adjust all matters and things proper or necessary to be settled or adjusted in consequence of such union and annexation; and every such order shall be binding and conclusive in law, in respect of the matters therein contained; and a copy or copies of such order, certified under the hand of the clerk of the said Council, shall be transmitted to the clerk of the peace for each county to which such order shall in any way relate, to be by him kept and preserved in his office, and exhibited at all reasonable hours to any person or persons who may desire to inspect the same, without fee or reward.

[S. 6 rep. 56 & 57 Vict. c. 54. (S.L.R.)]