Marriage Register in Ireland
The State registration of marriages
in Ireland began in 1845. 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 marriage registration
reference details for Tracey and variants spellings from 1845 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 €3.80, 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_applformM_240203.DOC
Marriage
certificates may contain the following information: Date of marriage, name,
surname, age, condition (marital status), rank or profession, residence,
father’s name and rank or profession of both bride and groom. Also place of
marriage, practitioner and witnesses.
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.
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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