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If you wish to be married in a registry office you will require either a registrar’s licence or certificate. Notice must be given to the registrar in your local area. A registrar’s certificate requires the parties to reside in the local district of the registrar for seven days before serving notice. After that, they may marry after 21 days from the day of entry of notice by the registrar.

The registrar’s licence requires one of the parties to live in the local registrar’s district for at least 15 days before giving notice. If the other party also lives in the same area, at least 7 days notice must be given. If you live in different districts, 15 days notice must be given in each district. Seven days after the day of entry of notice by the registrar, the marriage may take place. Both licences and certificates are valid for 3 months from the day notice is served. The ceremony in a registrar’s office is quite short and couples must bring two adult witnesses. Guests are welcome but you should check before the ceremony how many guests could be catered for inside the registry office.

Registrar of Civil Marriages
Grand Canal Street Lower
Dublin 2
Tel: 01/6787114
or 01/6787115

List of Registrars (with telephone numbers) of Civil and religious marriages other than Roman Catholic marriages:

(This list is correct as at January 1, 1999 but is subject to change without notice.)

County Name Telephone
Carlow John P. Aylmer, Solicitor 0503 31745/9
Cavan Rose Marie Sheridan 049 61399
Clare Helen Fogarty 061 316655
Cork William Ramsell 021 275126
Donegal (North County District)
Letterkenny (incl. Milford & Inishowen)
Colm Macklin 074 24576
Donegal (South County District)
Donegal (incl. Ballyshannon, Glenties & Stranorlar)
Eileen Mabel Sweeney 073 21040
Dublin Teresa Byrne 01 6787114/5
Galway (incl. Ballinasloe, Clifden Glenamaddy, Mountbellew, Oughterard & Tuam)
James Walsh 091 528966
Loughrea Gort & Portumna John B Donohue 091 841057
Kerry Nora O’Shea 064 32251
Kildare Marion O’Keeffe 045 877001
Kilkenny Ann Boyle 056 51702
Laois Mary Delaney 0502 21135
Leitrim Margaret Heffernan 078 20308
Limerick See Section for Co. Clare
Longford Susan Temple 043 46211
Louth Neil Marcus Ross 042 79126
Mayo Enya Egan, Solicitor 094 21375
Meath Stephen T. Strong, Solicitor 046 40036
Monaghan Clones Thomas Murtagh 046 40341
Monaghan (incl. Carrickmacross & Castleblaney)
Offaly Peter Salmon 0506 41301
Roscommon See Section for Co. Longford
Sligo Margaret Heffernan 071 55100
Tipperary (North Riding) Nenagh Helen Fogarty 061 316655
Tipperary (South Riding) Cashel Anne Hallinan 052 22011 Ext. 32
Waterford Dungarvan Mary P. Lyons 058 42199
Waterford Breda Cahill 051 842800
Westmeath Dorothy Mangan 044 40221
Wexford Noeline Long 054 33456
Wicklow Atherine Doran 0404 68400
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