Editing Howth (section)

==Administration and representation==
Howth was within County Dublin from the introduction of the shire structure by the Normans, and within North Dublin [[rural district]] from its creation under the [[Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898]]. In 1918, Howth became a separate [[urban district (Ireland)|urban district]] with the consent of the [[Local Government Board for Ireland]] and despite the opposition of North Dublin rural district council.<ref>{{cite book |author=Local Government Board for Ireland|title=Annual report for the year 1916-17|series=[[Command paper]]s|volume=Cmd.8765|page=17 |chapter=Local Government (Ireland) Acts|chapter-url=http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/22436/page/734188 |access-date=4 December 2014|archive-date=6 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206095448/http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/22436/page/734188 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="greenpaper2008">{{cite web |url=http://www.environ.ie/en/GreenPaper/html/greenp_annex03.html |title=Annex III - Some Notes on Town Government|author=Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government|date=8 May 2008|work=A Green Paper on Local Government|access-date=4 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013043331/http://www.environ.ie/en/GreenPaper/html/greenp_annex03.html|archive-date=13 October 2014}}</ref> In 1942, it was transferred to Dublin [[county borough]], with [[Dublin Corporation]] superseding the urban district council.<ref name="greenpaper2008" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1940/en/act/pub/0021/index.html|title=Local Government (Dublin) (Amendment) Act, 1940|work=[[Irish Statute Book]]|access-date=4 December 2014|archive-date=21 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021081620/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1940/en/act/pub/0021/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite Irish legislation |year=1942|type=si|number=372|name=Local Government (Dublin) (Amendment) Act 1940 (Appointed Day) Order 1942|access-date=4 December 2014|archive-date=10 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210061518/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1942/en/si/0372.html}}</ref> In 1985, it was removed from the city and reassigned to the county. In 1994, it was in the area that became [[Fingal]], the successor north of the [[River Liffey]] to County Dublin.<ref name="greenpaper2008" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1993/en/act/pub/0031/print.html|title=Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1993|work=[[Irish Statute Book]]|access-date=4 December 2014|archive-date=5 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605192657/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1993/en/act/pub/0031/print.html|url-status=live}}</ref> At the [[2019 Irish local elections]], the Howth–Malahide [[local electoral area]] elected 7 councillors to [[Fingal County Council]].

Howth is in the [[Dáil constituency]] of Dublin Bay North and the European Parliament constituency of Dublin.