Birth Register in Ireland
The State registration of births in Ireland began in 1864. Poor Law Union - or PLU's were districts created under the Poor Law Relief Act of 1838 (aka the Poor Law). PLU's became 'General Registrar's Districts', areas within which births, deaths and marriages were compiled. Some districts covered areas that are outside of county boundaries.
The birth registration
reference details for Tracey and variants spellings from 1864 to 1899 are
available on the website.
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The numbers after the name
refer to the Volume and Page of the registration book stored at the Oifig An
Ard-Chláraitheora (General Register Office). Photocopies of entries in the
registers are available at a current cost (2008) of €1.90, these contain
exactly the same information as a Certificate but are only of use for research
purposes. Details are available from:
http://www.groireland.ie/about_us.htm
The application form is
available at:
http://www.groireland.ie/docs/Website_applformB_240203.DOC
If you have a copy of a certificate,
please send us a copy or the details stated. We will use this information to
add to the website. Birth certificates contain the following information:
Date of birth, father’s name,
mother’s name and maiden name, father’s profession and address.
It is also possible to search
in person the hard copies (volumes) of the Births, Marriages and Death at the
Genealogy Section of the Civil Registration service located at the 3rd
Floor of the Abbey Mall, Abbey Street, Dublin 1. You will need to ask for
directions at the main reception, as the offices are difficult to find and not
sign-posted (as far as I could see). To search the records you have to pay a
fee of €2 and fill out a form. You can
also request them to do a search for a fee of
€20. To order a record, there is a fee of €4 and a form requiring the name, district, year, quarter (if
applicable), volume and page number. You can only order 5 records per visit and
it takes approximately 30 minutes for a record to be printed. Although the
staff are friendly, I did not find the bureaucracy to be user friendly.
These records have also been
put on microfiche by the LDS.
You can search for the PLU’s
(and the townlands, parish etc) at:
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County |
County |
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Abbeyleix |
Leix |
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Antrim |
Antrim |
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Ardee |
Louth |
Meath |
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Armagh |
Armagh |
Tyrone |
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Athlone |
Roscommon |
Westmeath |
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Athy |
Kildare |
Leix |
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Bailieborough |
Cavan |
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Ballina |
Mayo |
Sligo |
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Ballinasloe |
Galway |
Roscommon |
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Ballinrobe |
Galway |
Mayo |
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BallyCastle |
Antrim |
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Ballymahon |
Longford |
Westmeath |
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Ballymena |
Antrim |
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Ballymoney |
Antrim |
Derry |
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Ballyshannon |
Donegal |
Fermanagh |
Leitrim |
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Ballyvaghan |
Clare |
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Balrothery |
Dublin |
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Baltinglass |
Carlow |
Kildare |
Wicklow |
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Banbridge |
Armagh |
Down |
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Bandon |
Cork |
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Bantry |
Cork |
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Bawnboy |
Cavan |
Leitrim |
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Belfast |
Antrim |
Down |
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Belmullet |
Mayo |
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Borrisokane |
Tipperary |
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Boyle |
Roscommon |
Sligo |
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Cahersiveen |
Kerry |
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Callan |
Kilkenny |
Tipperary |
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Carlow |
Carlow |
Kildare |
Leix |
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Carrick on
Shannon |
Leitrim |
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Carrick on Suir |
Kilkenny |
Waterford |
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Carrickmacross |
Monaghan |
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Cashel |
Tipperary |
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Castlebar |
Mayo |
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Castleblayney |
Armagh |
Monaghan |
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Castlecomer |
Kilkenny |
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Castlederg |
Tyrone |
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Castlereagh |
Roscommon |
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Castletown |
Cork |
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Castletowndelvin |
Meath |
Westmeath |
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Cavan |
Cavan |
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Celbridge |
Dublin |
Kildare |
Meath |
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Claremorris |
Mayo |
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Clifden |
Galway |
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Clogheen |
Tipperary |
Waterford |
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Clogher |
Monaghan |
Tyrone |
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Clonakilty |
Cork |
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Clones |
Fermanagh |
Monaghan |
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Clonmel |
Tipperary |
Waterford |
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Coleraine |
Antrim |
Derry |
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Cookstown |
Tyrone |
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Cootehill |
Cavan |
Monaghan |
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Cork |
Cork |
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Corrofin |
Clare |
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Croom |
Limerick |
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Dingle |
Kerry |
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Donaghmore |
Leix |
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Donegal |
Donegal |
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Downpatrick |
Down |
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Drogheda |
Louth |
Meath |
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Dromore West |
Sligo |
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Dublin, North |
Dublin |
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Dublin, South |
Dublin |
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Dundalk |
Armagh |
Louth |
Monaghan |
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Dunfanaghy |
Donegal |
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Dungannon |
Tyrone |
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Dungarvan |
Waterford |
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Dunmanway |
Cork |
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Dunshaughlin |
Dublin |
Meath |
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Edenderry |
Kildare |
Meath |
Offaly |
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Ennis |
Clare |
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Enniscorthy |
Carlow |
Wexford |
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Enniskillen |
Cavan |
Fermanagh |
Tyrone |
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Ennistimon |
Clare |
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Fermoy |
Cork |
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Galway |
Galway |
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Glennamaddy |
Galway |
Roscommon |
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Glenties |
Donegal |
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Glin |
Kerry |
Limerick |
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Gorey |
Wexford |
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Gort |
Clare |
Galway |
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Gortin |
Tyrone |
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Granard |
Cavan |
Longford |
Westmeath |
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Inishowen |
Donegal |
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Kanturk |
Cork |
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Kells |
Cavan |
Meath |
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Kenmare |
Kerry |
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Kilkeel |
Down |
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Kilkenny |
Kilkenny |
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Killadysert |
Clare |
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Killala |
Mayo |
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Killarney |
Kerry |
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Kilmacthomas |
Waterford |
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Kilmallock |
Cork |
Limerick |
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Kilrush |
Clare |
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Kinsale |
Cork |
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Larne |
Antrim |
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Letterkenny |
Donegal |
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Limerick |
Clare |
Limerick |
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Lisburn |
Antrim |
Down |
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Lismore |
Cork |
Waterford |
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Lisnaskea |
Fermanagh |
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Listowel |
Kerry |