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For fuller details see my Collins Tracing your Irish Family History, (Collins, 2007). Civil registration for Protestant marriages started on 1 April 1845 and on 1 January 1864 for all births, marriages and deaths. The records and registration districts were organised as in England. The public searchroom is at Joyce House, Dublin and the records will be online soon. Births are indexed quarterly. Between 1903 and 1927 and from 1966 to 1995 they are indexed annually and include the child’s date of birth as well. Mothers’ maiden names are included from 1903. Marriages and deaths are indexed quarterly right up to 1965. Indexes to marriages and deaths from 1966–1995 are in alphabetical order and with precise date and surname of spouse for marriages, and precise date, age and marital status for deaths. All post 1995 records are indexed on computer and can be checked by the staff: it is believed that all indexes will soon be online. The Registrar General in Dublin also holds:

Births at sea from 1864 and deaths at sea up to 1921

British consular returns for Irish abroad 1864–1921.

Civil records for Northern Ireland from 1922 are kept by the Registrar General of Northern Ireland, which also has microfiche copies of the Irish birth indexes from 1864. Mothers maiden names are given in the birth indexes from’ 1903. You can search the indexes for a fee of £8/day with extra charges depending on how many records you would like to see. Book in advance.

The Registrar General in Belfast also holds:

Births and deaths at sea from 1922.

British consular returns for Northern Irish people abroad from 1922.

War deaths 1939–48.

If you know when the event took place you can order certificates online. It is important to remember variant spellings, not least because many Irish names are English renderings (and sometimes quite arbitrary ones) of Gaelic names. Surnames may appear with or without the prefixes O’, Mc or Mac.

Irish civil registration for births 1865–74 and Protestant marriages 1847–64 are indexed on the Vital Records index (see here) on www.familysearch.org