Marriage in the Republic of Ireland

Marriage in the Republic of Ireland is a long-standing institution, regulated by various civil and religious codes over time.

[1] The list includes priests, imams, rabbis, humanist celebrants, civil registrars themselves, and others.

[2] As of 2015, about 1/3 of marriages were solemnised by civil registrars; a limitation on this service was that it could only perform the ceremony from Monday to Friday, though venues beyond civil registry offices were permitted, with certain exclusions, such as beaches and private back gardens.

[11][12] Prior to 1995, divorce was constitutionally prohibited;[13] both church and civil annulments (declarations that a marriage never existed legally, for example for reasons of incapacity) were possible but rare.

[15] Same-sex marriage in the Republic of Ireland has been legal since 16 November 2015, following the 2015 Irish constitutional referendum.