Editing Rathmines (section)

===Rathmines Township===
[[File:Grosvenor Square, Dublin D06.jpg|thumb|Grosvenor Square, Rathmines]]
The Rathmines Township was created by an Act of Parliament in 1847. The area was later renamed [[Rathmines and Rathgar]] and expanded to take in the areas of Rathgar, Ranelagh, [[Sallymount]] and [[Milltown, Dublin|Milltown]]. The township was initially responsible only for sanitation, but its powers were extended over time to cover most functions of [[local government]]. It became an [[urban and rural districts (Ireland)|urban district]] under the [[Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898]], but was still usually called a "township". Initially, the council was made up of local businessmen and other eminent figures; the franchise was extended in 1899 and the membership changed accordingly.

[[Rathmines Town Hall]] is still one of Rathmines's most prominent buildings with its clock tower (because the clock is famously inaccurate and has four large apparently unsynchronised clock faces (i.e., they sometimes show different times), it is known locally as the "Four Faced Liar".)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dublininquirer.com/2016/05/04/a-struggle-to-keep-time |title=A Struggle to Keep Time |publisher=Dublin Inquirer |date=May 2016}}</ref>

The township was incorporated into the [[Dublin|City of Dublin]] in 1930, and its functions were taken over by [[Dublin Corporation]], now known as [[Dublin City Council]].<ref>{{Cite Irish legislation|name=[[Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930]]|section=2|stitle=Inclusion of certain urban districts in the city|year=1930|number=27|parl=ifs|date=17 July 1930}}</ref> Kimmage–Rathmines is a [[local electoral area]] of Dublin City Council, electing six councillors; the boundaries of the electoral areas in Rathmines have varied over the years.<ref>{{cite Irish legislation|name=City of Dublin Local Electoral Areas Order 2018|year=2018|type=si|number=614|date=19 December 2018}}</ref>