REGISTER OF IRELAND
GENERAL REGISTRY OFFICE
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS
1845-1959
Compiled by
The Library Staff
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GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
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Table of Contents
Irish Civil Registration
Guide to Arrangement of Certificate Volumes and Counties ....................................3
Superintendent Registrar’s District
By County and Volume Numbers ............................................................................9
Republic of Ireland (Eire) and Northern Ireland
Index of Births 1864-1921 .........................................................................................15
Index of Marriages 1845-1921 ..................................................................................17
Index of Deaths 1864-1921 .......................................................................................18
Certificates:
Births 1864 - Mar. 1881 .......................................................................................19
Births Mar. 1900 – Dec. 1913 ..............................................................................31
Marriages 1845-1870 ...........................................................................................42
Deaths 1864-1870 .................................................................................................51
Northern Ireland Only
Index of Births 1922-1959 .........................................................................................55
Index of Marriages 1922-1959 ..................................................................................56
Index of Deaths 1922-1959 .......................................................................................57
Certificates:
Births 1922-1959 ...................................................................................................58
Marriages 1922-1959 ...........................................................................................65
Deaths 1922-1959 .................................................................................................74
Republic of Ireland Only
Index of Births 1922-1958 .........................................................................................79
Index of Marriages 1922-1958 ..................................................................................80
Index of Deaths 1922-1958 .......................................................................................81
Certificates:
Births 1930-1955 ...................................................................................................82
We do not have certificates of Marriages or Deaths for the Republic of
Ireland after 1922.
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IRSH CIVIL REGISTRATION
Guide to Arrangement of Certificate Volumes and Counties
The primary arrangement of the Irish civil registration certificates on film is by
time period: first by year, and then by quarter of the year (even in the early years
when the quarters are not identified as such in this register).
The secondary arrangement of the certificates is by Superintendent Registrar's
District (each county being divided into several districts). The certificates are
grouped by district into volumes, with several districts in each volume, arranged
in alphabetical order. This arrangement is consistent throughout the years listed
below for certificates available in the Family History Library. Volumes are
sometimes divided in two parts, but the paging is consecutive throughout.
The following charts show the volume numbers covering each county. This
information can be helpful when searching the general indexes for a desired
surname if you are interested in only a particular area of Ireland. Or, it is possible
to by-pass the general indexes all-together and search the yearly certificate
volumes for a particular area. For instance, if you wanted to search a ten-year
time period for all children born to a certain couple in Newtownards, County
Down, you need only go to the microfilms for the volumes covering County
Down for those years and look through the certificates for that district.
The years listed in the following charts are those for which the Family History
Library has certificates on microfilm.
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Births - 1864-1877, Marriages & Deaths - 1864-1870
Volume Numbers by Quarter:
County
Antrim
Armagh
“
Carlow
“
Carlow
Cavan
"
Clare
"
Cork
"
Donegal
Down
Dublin
Fermanagh
"
Galway
"
Kerry
Kildare
"
Kilkenny
"
Leitrim
"
Leix (Queens)
Limerick
"
“
Londonderry
"
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
JAN – MAR
1
1
2
2
3
4
2
3
4
5
4
5
2
1
2
2
3
3
4
5
2
3
3
4
2
3
3
3
4
5
1
2
3
2
4
2
APR – JUN
6
6
7
7
8
9
7
8
9
10
9
10
7
6
7
7
8
8
9
10
7
8
8
9
7
8
8
8
9
10
6
7
8
7
9
7
JUL – SEP
11
11
12
12
13
14
12
13
14
15
14
15
12
11
12
12
13
13
14
15
12
13
13
14
12
13
13
13
14
15
11
12
13
12
14
12
OCT - DEC
16
16
17
17
18
19
17
18
19
20
19
20
17
16
17
17
18
18
19
20
17
18
18
19
17
18
18
18
19
20
16
17
18
17
19
17
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Births - 1864-1877, Marriages & Deaths - 1864-1870
Volume Numbers by Quarter:
County
"
Monaghan
"
“
Offaly (Kings)
Roscommon
"
Sligo
"
Tipperary
"
Tyrone
"
“
Waterford
Westmeath
Wexford
"
Wicklow
1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
JAN – MAR
3
1
2
3
3
3
4
2
4
3
4
1
2
3
4
3
2
4
2
APR – JUN
8
6
7
8
8
8
9
7
9
8
9
6
7
8
9
8
7
9
7
JUL – SEP
13
11
12
13
13
13
14
12
14
13
14
11
12
13
14
13
12
14
12
OCT - DEC
18
16
17
18
18
18
19
17
19
18
19
16
17
18
19
18
17
19
17
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Births - 1864-1877, Marriages & Deaths - 1864-1870
Volume Numbers by Quarter:
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Births - 1864-1877, Marriages & Deaths - 1864-1870
Volume Numbers by Quarter:
Births - 1878-1881 & 1900-1913
(Volume numbers the same for all four quarters of each year.)
County
Antrim
Armagh
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
Cork
Donegal
Down
Dublin
Fermanagh
Galway
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny
Leitrim
Leix (Queens)
Volume Nos.
1
1-2
2-4
2-3
4-5
4-5
2
1
2
2-3
3-4
5
2-3
3-4
2-3
3
County
Limerick
Londonderry
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
Offaly (Kings)
Roscommon
Sligo
Tipperary
Tyrone
Waterford
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow
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Volume Nos.
3-5
1-2
3
2
4
2-3
1-3
3
3-4
2&4
3-4
1-3
4
3
2&4
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Births - 1864-1877, Marriages & Deaths - 1864-1870
Volume Numbers by Quarter:
Marriages 1845 – 1863
(Unlike the post-1863 years, the early years are not arranged by quarter or by
county - arrangement is strictly alphabetical by registration district.
During this earlier time period, there were not as many districts as there were
later.)
Districts
A – Ballymena
Ballena - Belfast
Belfast - Clones
Clonmel - Downpatrick
Vol. No.
1
2
3
4
Drogheda - Ennistymon
5
Districts
Fermoy - Lisburn
Lisburn - Magherafelt
Mallow - Newry
Newtownards Roscommon
Roscrea - Wexford
Vol. No.
6
7
8
9
10
Republic of Ireland - Births 1930-1955
(Volume number the same for all four quarters)
County
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
Cork
Donegal
Dublin
Fermanagh
Galway
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny
Leitrim
Leix (Queens)
Limerick
Volume Nos.
2-4
2-3
4-5
4-5
2
2
2-3
3-4
5
2-3
3-4
2-3
3
3-5
County
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
Offaly (Kings)
Roscommon
Sligo
Tipperary
Waterford
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow
Volume Nos.
3
2
4
2-3
2-3
3
3-4
2&4
3-4
4
3
2&4
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NOTE: When Ireland divided into two separate countries in 1922, registration
volume 1, covering most of present-day Northern Ireland, ceased to exist.
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Births - 1864-1877, Marriages & Deaths - 1864-1870
Volume Numbers by Quarter:
Northern Ireland - 1922-1959
The arrangement of certificates for Northern Ireland for the above years is very
simple. The volumes of certificates on microfilm are arranged first by year, then
by quarter, then in alphabetical order by Superintendent Registrar District. Page
numbers run consecutively through each volume. Unlike earlier years, volume
numbers run consecutively through the thirty-seven year time period and do not
at all relate to the districts or counties.
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