   the local government (ireland) act 1898 (61 & 62 vict. c. 37) was an act of the parliament of the united kingdom that established a system of local government in ireland similar to that already created for england, wales and scotland by legislation in 1888 and 1889. the act effectively ended landlord control of local government in ireland. ==background== from the 1880s the issue of local government reform in ireland was a major political issue, involving both irish politicians and the major british political parties. questions of constitutional reform, land ownership and nationalism all combined to complicate matters, as did splits in both the liberal party in 1886 and the irish parliamentary party in 1891. eventually, the conservative government of lord salisbury found it politically expedient to introduce the measures in 1898. the legislation was seen by the government as solving a number of problems: it softened demands for home rule from nationalists, it eased the burden of agricultural rates on unionist landlords, it created a more efficient poor law administration and it strengthened the union by bringing english forms of local government to ireland. ==the existing system and earlier attempts at reform== ===counties and baronies=== each county and county corporate of ireland was administered before the 1898 act by a grand jury. these bodies were made up of major landowners appo
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