Online availability of births, marriages and deaths records extended

The online availability of Births, Marriages and Deaths records has been extended, with a further 12 months of these records available to view online at www.irishgenealogy.ie.

The records now available for each of these life events are:

Birth Register records for the years 1864 to 1921
Marriage Register records for the years 1845 to 1946
Death Register records for the years 1864 to 1971

The website is free and there is no subscription or registration required to use it.

Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, welcomed this latest release, saying:

“This release of an additional year of register data by the Civil Registration Service is part of the ongoing partnership between my department and the Department of Social Protection. I'm sure this update will be met with eager anticipation by those carrying out research in genealogy."

The Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys, commented:

“The partnership between my department and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media continues to make civil registration records of births, deaths and marriages available online promptly.

“Civil registration records are amongst the richest online information sources which can be accessed by citizens and the Irish diaspora worldwide. The past two years have given us all a greater insight and value for information sources such as this.

“With the addition of the new twelve months, the birth, marriage and death records of a former Taoiseach and Statesman, Seán Lemass can be viewed online now.”

The marriage record for Mr Lemass shows that the once well-known comedian, Jimmy O’Dea, who had also been a classmate, was his witness. Mr Lemass married Kathleen Hughes in August 1924 and both their fathers are listed on the register as merchants.

The records being launched are the Birth Register entries for 1921, Marriage Register entries for 1946 and Death Register entries for 1971. These entries show important information that is often the necessary link in helping people to find out about their ancestry. The use of language reflects the time and the legislative provisions of the time.

For Births, these include:

Child’s Forename/s
Child’s Surname
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Father's Name and Address
Mother's Name and Birth Surname if Married
Father's Occupation
Signature of Informant (Person who registered your birth)
Date of Registration of the Birth

For Marriages, these include:

Marriage Location
Date of Marriage
Forename/s & Surnames of Bride and Groom
Age at time of Marriage
Condition (i.e. Bachelor, Spinster or Widowed) – now Civil Status
Occupation of Bride and Groom
Bride and Grooms Father's Names and Addresses
Occupations of Bride’s and Groom’s Fathers
Signature of Bride and Groom
Signature of Witnesses

For Deaths, these include:

Date and Place of Death
Name and Surname of Deceased
Male or Female
Condition of Deceased (i.e. Bachelor, Spinster or Widowed) – now Civil Status
Age at last Birthday
Rank, Profession or Occupation of Deceased
Cause of Death and Duration of Illness
Signature, Qualification and Residence of Informant
Date of Registration

The www.irishgenealogy.ie website provides access to:

6,784,749 Civil Birth Register entries
1,939,623 Civil Marriage Register entries
6,943,532 Civil Death register entries

Civil Registration of Marriages in the Roman Catholic Church only commenced in 1864.

The Civil Registration Service is currently working on updating the remaining records of Deaths dating back to 1864. These will be included in future updates to the records available on the website.

Every year, an additional year of Birth, Marriage and Death entries is added to the website.

Irish People Born in 1921

Mona (Mary Monica) Tyndall (14 April 1921 – 7 June 2000)

A medical doctor and missionary sister in Nigeria and Zambia. She was an active development worker in the early fight against HIV/Aids through her leadership of Mother & Child Clinics which were supported by the Irish Government’s overseas aid programme in Zambia.

Bernard Patrick Devlin ( 10 March 1921 – 15 December 2010)

An Irish Roman Catholic Clergyman, he served as the fifth Bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Gibraltar from 1985 – 1998.

On 30 March 1985, at a ceremony held at the Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned, Archbishop Michael George Bowen invested Bishop Devlin as a Knight Commander (with star) of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.

Devlin was bestowed with the Freedom of the City of Gibraltar and as such, was later entered into the Roll of Recipients of the Gibraltar Medallion of Honour in 2008.

Sean Lemass’ birth and death records are now available online at www.irishgenealogy.ie.

Seán Francis Lemass (born John Francis Lemass; 15 July 1899 – 11 May 1971) Seán Lemass was Taoiseach from 1959 to 1966. Born in Dublin in 1899, Lemass was a veteran of the Easter Rising in 1916. He was first elected to the Dáil in 1924 and was re-elected from his Dublin South constituency at every election that followed, up until his retirement in 1969.

With Eamon De Valera, he was a founding member of the new Fianna Fáil party in 1926. He served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1959 to 1966.

Sean Lemass’ birth, marriage and death register entries are available on the site and a research case study: https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/2016-family-history/case-studies/sean-lemass

Online availability of births, marriages and deaths records extended

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