1) County town in Ireland 
A county town is a county`s administrative centre in the United Kingdom or Ireland. County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county. The concept of a county town eventually became detached from its original meaning of where the county administration or c....
[n] - (British) the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire
shire town noun the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire