Administrative county

Administrative county
Administrative county
Category	County
Location	England and Wales and Ireland
Created by	Local Government Act 1888; Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898
Created	England and Wales 1889; Ireland 1899;
Abolished by	Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971; Local Government Act 1972; Local Government Act 2001;
Abolished	Northern Ireland 1973; England and Wales 1974; Republic of Ireland 2002;
Government	County council;
Subdivisions	Rural district; Urban district; Municipal borough;

An administrative county was a first-level administrative division in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974, from 1899 until 1973 in Northern Ireland, and from 1899 to 2002 in the Republic of Ireland. They are now abolished, although most Northern Ireland lieutenancy areas and Republic of Ireland counties have the same boundaries as former administrative countries.