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Birth Certificates in Ireland.
Is it true that birth certificates were only issued to Protestants in Ireland? Round about the time of the potato famine
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.From 1845 (about the time of the Potato Famine) to 1864 there was official registration only of non-Catholic marriages in Ireland - apparently this was because the Catholic clergy did not want registration because there were still in existence laws which prevented them marrying couples of which one member was non-Catholic. Since1864 there has been official registration of all Irish births, marriages and deaths.For further info see http://media5.fastclick.net/w/safepop.cgi?mid=2398
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Sorry, all the above link will get you is a pop-up for emoticons! Try http://allaboutirish.com/library/gen/civreg.htm