Welcome to Ireland's Government funded Irish-Certificate's (also known as Irish certs) Service which allows you to purchase / order securely online Official Long Form (also known as Copy certificate or replacement certificate) Certificates for Birth, Death, Marriage and Domestic Adoptions that have taken place in Ireland only. Irish Certificates that you apply for and buy, are dispatched to any address worldwide within 1 - 2 working days from acceptance of online request.
Why Stand in Line When You Can Go Online?
Please scroll down our Home Page and read the relevant information below before placing your order online. Remember .... Orders can be placed online 24/7, 365 days a year!
Any queries, Please phone our office Monday to Friday 8.30am > 5pm on +353 1 801 33 33.
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CÉAD MÍLE FÁILTE
N.B.You should read all the questions on your certificate application for Birth, Death and Marriage, please read the notes under each heading below BEFORE submitting your application online. PLEASE NOTE A nominal search fee of €15 will apply for all orders submitted where an event has not yet been registered.
You can apply for an Irish Birth, Death and Marriage Certificates online at www.birthsdeathsmarriages.ie (for events registered in Ireland ONLY). From our official secure payment site we will dispatch your newly registered or replacement certificates directly to your home or work place within a maximum of 1 - 2 working days from acceptance of your request**. The daily cut-off time is 8AM for the processing of requests. N.B. Please also note that Births and Deaths that have occurred since 2005 MUST be registered in person by a family member / next of kin at a Civil Registration Office BEFORE any certs can be ordered online. All Long Form Certificates that we provide carry the official Government "HARP" symbol. Events registered after 2005 are now printed out in a new format which is a Light Green A4 Page with an image of a harp in the centre (as opposed to the older white version in landscape form). A search fee will always apply should we not be able to trace a particular certificate.
POST:
Only Express or EMS post can be tracked / traced. Standard postal requests while normally are delivered within 2 working days, once the post has been dispatched from our office, are the sole responsibility of An Post. As we have no means of following up on any standard mail delivery requests, we therefore recommend that you select the Express (Courier) or EMS Delivery option. Signatures are only required when specifically requested.
We have endeavoured to make our website as user friendly as possible and was awarded by the Irish Internet Association for our innovative efforts. On filling information for the certificate you require, please provide as much information as possible to allow us continue with our award winning speedy service.
CIVIL PARTNERSHIP:
Please click into our F.A.Q section for information:
BIRTH CERTIFICATES:
Birth Records commence in Ireland from 1864. Births that have taken place in Northern Ireland between 1864 - 1921 are also available. The birth of a child should be registered no later than three months afther the birth by a parent (from 2005, the hospital does not officially register the birth - it is the sole responsibility of the parent/s to do this) as this is now a legal requirement within Ireland. If the parents of a child are not married to each other then there is no presumption in law as to who is the father of the child unless the father's name is specifically mentioned on the birth certificate.
DEATH CERTIFICATES:
Death Records commence in Ireland from 1864. Deaths that have taken place in Northern Ireland between 1864 - 1921 are also available. Remember, you can only order Death Certificates online if the death has been officially registered. Since 2007 a Hospice, Hospital, GP or Nursing Home do not automatically register a death so if a death is a recent event, you need to enquire from the place where the death occurred as to who was given the "Notification of Death" documentation to allow the relevant family member to be able to go and physically register the death at a Civil Registration Office.
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES:
Marriage Records commence in Ireland from 1864. Marriage records are available for Church of Ireland marriages from 1845. Also, available are certificates for Marriages that have taken place in Northern Ireland between 1864 - 1921. You can request/apply/order/purchase Marriage certs through this website for both Church and Registrar services. For women who have been married a second time, it is imperative that you provide both your maiden name AND previous married name when applying for a Marriage Certificate and advise us in the "Comments Section" of any such information.
Should you prefer to make a telephone order or enquiry, our office landline number is +353 1 801 33 33. Please feel free to ask for Patricia McDermott, our Customer Services Manager who will be happy to assist you. We again recommend that you read our site Terms & Conditions along with our "Cost & Payment" links which can be found just above where you apply for Certificates and at the bottom of the HOME PAGE..
BDM acknowledge and extend our thanks to Comhairle, the Data Protection Commissioner, the General Registry Office and the Dept of Social & Family Affairs for their help in keeping the information and services provided compliant with Data Protection Laws and as up-to-date as possible.
We are delighted to announce that Jacquie Branagan of www.birthsdeathsmarriages.ie is the winner of the Irish Internet Assoc (IIA) 2009 Innovation Award sponsored by Microsoft. This award was in recognition of our converting what was an administration based service providing irish certs into an efficient and easy to use customer friendly internet service therefore instead of having to travel to an office, this task is now available online from any location worldwide, day or night AND with a fantastic turnaround service. A big thank you to the public and organisations who supported us!
To add a listing to the Public Death Register, please click on "PRESS RELEASE" for more information.
**Website Terms & Conditions Apply to all orders ..... Materials on this website may not be modified, reproduced or publicly displayed, performed or distributed or used for any public or commercial purposes.
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