The General Register Office (GRO)

The General Register Office (Oifig An Ard-Chláraitheora) is the central civil repository for records relating to births, stillbirths, deaths, marriages, civil partnerships and adoptions in Ireland.

The General Register Office (GRO) operates under the aegis of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and has responsibility for the administration of the Civil Registration Service in Ireland. Their office is located at Government Offices, Convent Road, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon, F42 VX53.

The Registrar General is responsible for managing and controlling the Civil Registration system in Ireland. The Health Service Executive (HSE) is responsible for the day-to-day delivery of the Civil Registration Service through a network of local civil registration office across the State. (www.civilregistrationservice.ie)