Greater Dublin Aurie

The **Greater Dublin Aurie** (**GDA**) (Erse: *Mórcheantar Bhaile Átha Cliath*), or simply **Greater Dublin**, is the ceety o Dublin an various coonties in the hinterland o the ceety in Ireland. The term itsel haes nae basis in law an nae local govrenment, depairtment o govrenment or agency o the state is boond bi the it. Popularly understood, the Greater Dublin Aurie includes the Dublin Region that is made up o the ceety o Dublin (that pairt o the caipital ceety athin the jurisdiction o Dublin City Council) plus three neebourin coonties; Sooth Dublin, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown an Fingal.  It mey include the Mid-East Region, which abuts the Dublin Region. In this case it wad include the local govrenment auries o Coonty Meath, Coonty Kildare, an County Wicklow. While thir regions are pairt of "NUTS" seestem o the European Union, thare is no Eurostat recognition o the combined regions.

## Umwhile boondaries
The urban pairt o Dublin an surroondin auries haes been defined bi various statutory instruments, mainly those referrin tae the Garda Síochána an Courts o the Republic o Ireland. Housomeivver, syne 2009, the Garda Diveesion o the Dublin Metropolitan Aurie no langer owerlaps, if it iver did, wi the Greater Dublin Aurie; it is insteid co-extensive wi the Dublin Region.
The ceety an five coonties wur mentioned in the order creatin the Dublin Transportation Office, givin functions an representations tae the office in the Greater Dublin Aurie, awtho no uisin the term. The office wis purely advisory an haed nae executive pouers. The term wis defined in section 3 o the Dublin Transportation Authority Bill, 2008 an aw. This bill wis niver enactit. On 1 December 2009 the DTO wis dissolvit sae this term, if it iver haed legal significance, ceased tae hae relevance as far as the DTO is concerned.

## Population
The population o the Greater Dublin Aurie (uisin the seicont definition o Dublin Ceety, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal, Sooth Dublin, Kildare, Meath an Wicklow) as o Census 2011 wis 1,801,040 fowk. This equates tae 39.3% of Ireland's population. Estimates published bi the Central Statistics Office suggest that the population will reach 2.1 million bi 2021, an 2.4 million bi 2026. The figurs are based on a regional breakdoun o previously published naitional population projections an assume that current demographic trends will continue.

The CSO uises the first definition which comprises Dublin Ceety (as legally defined) thegither wi its suburbs in the three adjacent coonties o Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal, an Sooth Dublin an aw.
  The boondaries for suburbs are no legally defined, but drawn an revisit bi the CSO in accordance wi Unitit Naitions recommendations.  The population o the Dublin urban aurie in 2006 wis as follaes:

This is kent as the *Dublin Urban Aurie* an aw.

### Historical

† "Proportion" here means the proportion o fowk livin in the GDA when compared wi the nummer livin in the territory that is the present-day Republic o Ireland.

## See an aw
*The Pale
*Greater Belfast
*Derry Urban Aurie
*Leet o metropolitan auries in Europe

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Local Government Act, 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order, 1993 
* Dublin Regional Authority 
* Mid-East Regional Authority 
*The Dublin Community Blog
*Greater Dublin population to reach two million, from RTÉ News
*Regional Planning Guidelines for the Greater Dublin Area 
*Cities/Towns Boundaries  CSO page wi links tae Shapefile data for the boundary o the CSO-defined Greater Dublin Area; readable bi Geographic information systems