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CSO statistical release, 31 March 2015, 11am

	2014	2013
Marriages	22,045	20,680
Marriages per 1,000 population	4.8	4.5
Average Age of Groom	35.0	34.9
Average Age of Bride	33.0	32.8
Civil Marriage Ceremonies	6,167	6,096
Civil Partnerships	392	338

FIG1 Average Age of Bride and Groom 1964 - 2014

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The average age of grooms in 2014 was 35 years, 0.1 years more than the average age in 2013. In the past fifty years, the average age of grooms has decreased from 29.8 years in 1964 to a low of 26.2 years in 1977 and has increased to a high of 35.0 years in 2014. A similar trend is evident for brides with the average age decreasing from 26.3 in 1964 to 24.0 in 1977 and has increased to a high of 33.0 in 2014. See table 1 and fig 1.

The number of marriages registered in 2014 was 22,045 which equates to a crude (unadjusted) marriage rate of 4.8 per 1,000 of the population. This compares with a total of 20,680 marriages and a marriage rate of 4.5 per thousand of the population in 2013. See table 1.

In 2014, religious ceremonies accounted for the highest porportion of marriages (68%). There were 13,072 (59.3%) Catholic Marriage ceremonies, 445 (2%) Church of Ireland ceremonies, 81 (0.4%) Presbyterian ceremonies while The Spiritualist Union of Ireland, performed 819 (3.7%) marriage ceremonies in 2014. The remaining 566 (2.6%) couples opted for other religious ceremonies. See table 1, 3 and 17.

Civil Marriage ceremonies were the most popular choice for non religious marriage ceremonies accounting for 6,167 (28%) of all marriages. In recent years the Humanist Association has also risen in popularity with 895 (4.1%) of marriages in 2014. See table 1, 3 and 17.

Civil marriage ceremonies were the most common form of ceremony for 60.9% of grooms and 66.3% of brides aged 45 and over. See table 3.

In 2014, the average age of the groom in Civil marriages was 37.6 years and the average age of the groom in Roman Catholic marriages was 33.5 years. The average age of the bride in Civil marriages was 35.0 years and the average age of the bride in Roman Catholic marriages was 31.7 years. See table 3.

At a NUTS3 regional level, over 39.1% of grooms and brides in the Dublin region had Civil marriages. By contrast, 19.2% of grooms and brides living in the Border region opted for a Civil marriage ceremony. See tables 14 and 15.

X-axis label	Marriages by form of Ceremony, 2014
Roman Catholic	59.3
Civil Marriages	28
Humanist Association	4.1
Spiritualist Union	3.7
Other Religious	5.0

August was the most popular month for marriages in 2014

For the third consecutive year, August was the most popular month for marriage. In 2014 over 14% (or 3,160) of marriages occurred in August. Just over 45.7% of all marriages in 2014 took place in the months of June to September. January continued to be the least popular month for marriage ceremonies with only 740 (3.4%) of marriages occurring during that month. See table 16.
Friday and Saturday were the most popular days of the week to get married with over 70% of marriages occurring on those days. The least popular day was Sunday when 407 couples wed (1.8% of total). See table 16.
Saturday 2^rd August was the most popular date for marriage in 2014 with 276 (over 1%) marriages taking place. This was followed by Wednesday 31st^th December, when 255 (over 1%) marriages occurred.
In 2012 (most recent available data) Lithuania had the highest crude(unadjusted) marriage rate of the EU 28 Member States with a rate of 6.9 per 1,000 population. Bulgaria had the lowest rate, with 2.9 marriages per 1,000 population. Ireland, along with Greece and Estonia, was ranked 9^th in 2012 with a rate of 4.5 per 1,000 of the population. See fig 3.

EU-28	Marriage rate
Lithuania	6.9
Malta	6.7
Cyprus	6.7
Latvia	5.5
Romania	5.4
Finland	5.3
Poland	5.3
Sweedan	5.3
Denmark	5.1
Croatia	4.8
Slovakia	4.8
Germany	4.8
Ireland 2014	4.8
Austria	4.6
Ireland 2012	4.5
Estonia	4.5
Greece	4.5
United Kingdom	4.4
Czech Republic	4.3
Netherlands	4.2
France	3.7
Hungary	3.6
Belgium	3.6
Spain	3.5
Italy	3.5
Slovenia	3.4
Luzembourg	3.4
Portugal	3.3
Bulgaria	2.9

Groom older than bride in 63% of marriages

The average age of grooms and brides in 2014 was 35 years and 33 years respectively. The average age of grooms marrying for the first time was 33.7 years and for brides the average age was 32.1 years. See tables 22 and 23.

In 2014, the groom was older than the bride in 63% of marriages. This was generally witnessed across all age groups except in the case of grooms under 30, where the bride was older in almost 41% of marriages. See tables 7, 8.

In 2014, almost 3% of grooms were under the age of 25 and 37% of grooms were aged 35 and over on their wedding day. For brides, nearly 6% were under the age of 25 and 26% were aged 35 and over on their wedding day. See table 1.

At a local authority level, Monaghan had the lowest average age for grooms and brides at 33.6 and 31.4 years respectively. At the other end of the scale, Waterford County had the highest average age for grooms and brides at 37.0 years and 34.4 years respectively. See tables 9 and 10.

88% of marriages were first time marriages

In 2014, 88% (19,413) of marriages were the first marriage for both the groom and bride. The breakdown between grooms and brides was 20,219 (almost 92%) grooms and 20,583 (over 93%) brides marrying for the first time. See tables 17, 22 and 23.

There were 2,451 marriages involving at least one divorced person in 2014, including 515 marriages where both parties were divorced. Civil ceremonies accounted for 1,714 of these marriages, 190 were Spiritualist Union of Ireland ceremonies, 182 were Roman Catholic ceremonies, and the remaining 365 were other religious ceremonies. See table 17.

Couples residing outside Ireland before marriage account for 11% of marriages

Marriages where both the bride and groom were residing in Ireland before marriage accounted for nearly 87% (19,142) of marriages. In 2014, 2,350 (11%) marriages involved both the bride and groom living outside the State before marriage. See tables 11 and 12.

Just over 92% of grooms residing in Donegal married brides who were also residing in Donegal. In contrast, just under 74% of Leitrim grooms married brides living in Leitrim. In relation to brides, nearly 92% of brides residing in Dublin City married grooms from the same area, while at the other end of the scale only 68% of Leitrim brides married grooms residing in Leitrim. See tables 11 and 12.

The future permanent residence of married couples was stated to be outside Ireland in 12% (2,668) of marriages in 2014. This compares to 2,316 (11%) in 2013. See table 1.

Over one in five marriages were between brides and grooms of the same socio-economic group

In 2014, just over 22% (4,924) of all marriages involved the bride and groom being of the same socio-economic group.

Over half (54%) of grooms and two-fifths (40%) of brides in the Professional Occupations’ socio-economic group married an individual in the same group, 17% of grooms and 24% of brides in the ‘Associate professional and Technical Occupations’ married within their own group. 15% of grooms and 21% of brides in the Managers, Directors and Senior Officials’ category married persons in the same socio-economic group. In the Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown group 39% of grooms and 17% of brides married within their group.

There was a greater disparity apparent for the following socio-economic groups – In the Caring, Leisure and Other services occupations only 3% of brides and 22% of grooms married a partner from this group, 2% of grooms and 25% of brides in the ‘Process Plant and Machine Operatives’ category married a partner within the group. In the ‘Skilled Trades Occupations’ category 3% of grooms and 39% of brides married within their own group. For those in the Administrative and Secretarial Occupations’ 33% of grooms and 10% of brides married within the group. In the ‘Sales and Customer Services group, 18% of grooms and 9% of brides married within the group and in the ‘Elementary Occupations’ group, 13% of grooms and 23% of brides married within the group. See table 6 and background notes.

1864-2014: 150 years of marriage records

The crude (unadjusted) marriage rate was 4.8 per 1,000 of population in 1864, the first year for which records exist. There was a general decline in the marriage rate in the 1870s falling to a low of 3.6 marriages per thousand population in 1880. The rate increased gradually over the next 90 years reaching an all-time high of 7.4 marriages per thousand population in the early 1970s. The rate began to drop from 1974 falling to a rate of around 5.2 in the late 1990s before reaching 4.8 in 2014 (the same rate as 1864). All of the historical reports from 1864 are available on the CSO website.

Number of divorces granted increased by nearly 3%

The most recent divorce data available is for 2013. There were 2,949 divorces granted by the Circuit Court and the High Court in 2013. This was an increase of 57 on the 2012 figure. See Table A.

Civil Partnerships Legislation

Civil Partnerships, introduced by the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010, enabled same-sex couples to obtain legal recognition of their relationship and this regulation was enacted on the 1st January 2011.

Over three-quarters (76%) of Civil Partnerships resident in Leinster

There were 392 civil partnership ceremonies in 2014, 242 male unions and 150 female unions. Over three-quarater or 76% (298) of these same-sex couples reside in the Leinster area with 155 same-sex partnerships (39.5%) living in Dublin City. Excluding the Dublin area, Cork City and Cork County had the highest number of civil partnerships registered in 2014 (15) each and accounted for over 7.6% of all civil partnerships registered in that year. In contrast, Donegal and Monaghan had no civil partnerships registered in 2014. See Table 1A.

Previous Marital Status of partners in registered Civil Partnerships

Of the 784 individual partners, 753 or 96% were previously single while 27 (over 3%) were divorcees and 3 were former Civil Partners. See Tables 2A, 2B and 2C.

Average Age of Partner in Civil Partnership higher than in Marriages

The average age of partner in civil partnership couples in 2014 was 37.8 years, the average age of male partner being 36.8 (average age of groom in marriage is 35.0) and female partner slightly higher at 39.5 (average age of bride in marriage 33.0). See Tables 2A, 2B and 2C.

Of all the male partnerships, over 36% indicate that there is a 1- 4 year difference in ages. Almost 45% of female partnerships indicate that there is 1-4 year age gap between couples. Over 6% of males and over 13% of female partnerships show no age difference between partners. See Table 6A.

Show Table 1 Summary data for marriages 1994-1996, 2002 and 2004-2014

Table 1 Summary data for marriages 1994-1996, 2002 and 2004-2014

	1994	1995	1996	2002	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
State	16,621	15,604	16,174	20,556	20,979	21,355	22,089	22,756	22,187	21,627	20,594	19,855	20,713	20,680	22,045

Marriages per 1,000 population	4.6	4.3	4.5	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	4.9	4.8	4.5	4.3	4.5	4.5	4.8

Average age of groom	29.8	30.0	30.2	32.5	33.0	33.1	33.2	33.4	33.8	34.0	34.1	34.6	34.7	34.9	35.0

Average age of bride	27.8	28.1	28.4	30.4	30.9	31.0	31.2	31.3	31.7	31.8	32.0	32.5	32.6	32.8	33.0

Percentage of marriages by	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
age of groom	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Under 20	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.4
20-24	14.9	12.8	10.8	5.4	4.5	4.8	4.7	4.0	3.0	3.3	3.0	2.3	2.5	2.4	2.3
25-29	47.4	46.5	46.3	34.6	31.5	30.3	29.4	29.1	27.7	27.2	25.4	22.4	21.8	20.0	19.7
30-34	24.3	27.3	29.0	34.9	36.6	37.0	37.0	37.5	37.5	36.8	38.3	39.7	39.8	41.0	40.5
35-39	7.3	7.8	8.2	13.6	14.9	14.7	15.7	16.3	17.0	17.3	17.8	18.6	18.8	19.0	19.7
Over 40	5.4	5.1	5.2	10.8	11.9	12.6	12.7	12.7	14.1	14.9	15.0	16.5	16.6	17.0	17.3

Percentage of marriages by	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
age of bride	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Under 20	1.6	1.6	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.1	0.9	1.3	1.4	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1
20-24	27.3	23.7	21.6	11.7	9.5	9.6	8.6	7.8	6.8	7.2	5.7	4.9	4.7	4.3	4.4
25-29	47.5	49.1	49.5	42.9	40.9	39.7	39.0	39.4	38.1	36.0	34.9	32.6	31.3	29.4	28.7
30-34	16.7	18.8	19.9	28.3	31.5	31.5	32.1	32.4	33.6	33.8	36.2	37.6	38.7	39.7	39.5
35-39	4.1	4.4	5.1	9.4	9.7	10.3	11.1	11.4	11.9	12.1	12.6	13.5	13.6	14.7	14.8
Over 40	2.8	2.4	2.7	6.5	7.2	7.6	7.9	7.8	8.7	9.6	9.3	10.3	10.5	10.8	11.5

Form of ceremony
Roman Catholic	15,200	14,158	14,607	15,908	15,978	15,867	16,211	16,854	15,978	14,624	13,781	13,156	13,497	12,921	13,072
Church of Ireland	434	425	483	781	539	553	530	526	534	447	427	448	433	453	445
Presbyterian	51	76	91	112	127	119	161	176	160	111	89	67	84	72	81
Methodist	33	25	38	40	21	17	26	20	32	21	27	15	19	25	27
Jewish	3	1	2	6	4	5	2	1	–	5	–	–	–	1	1
Other religious	50	28	25	26	24	32	32	33	184	205	279	401	883	1,112	538
Civil marriages	850	891	928	3,683	4,286	4,762	5,127	5,146	5,299	6,214	5,991	5,768	5,797	6,096	6,167
Humanist Association	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	895
Spiritualist Union of Ireland	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	819

Country of future residence
Outside Republic of Ireland	2,661	2,502	2,604	2,293	2,057	1,890	1,917	1,798	1,909	1,835	1,762	1,843	2,065	2,316	2,668
Northern Ireland	235	216	271	256	281	257	346	330	367	362	289	304	318	319	432
England and Wales	1,477	1,338	1,295	1,119	1,047	990	932	915	981	899	810	846	925	947	1058
Scotland	60	66	64	86	78	67	84	75	95	86	76	92	64	80	74
Europe (remainder)	166	203	222	182	130	129	115	113	114	124	146	139	148	152	157
U.S.A	509	490	570	480	353	281	248	211	165	158	164	169	176	198	192
Elsewhere	214	189	182	170	168	166	192	154	187	206	277	293	434	620	755
Not stated	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	49	12	1	1	–	1	–

Percentage of marriages with	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
country of residence outside	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Republic of Ireland	16.0	16.0	16.1	11.2	9.9	8.9	8.7	7.9	8.6	8.5	8.6	9.3	10.0	11.2	12.1

Table 2 Age specific marriage rates, 2011-2014

Age	Marriages per 1,000 males at specified ages				Marriages per 1,000 females at specified ages
Age	2011	2012	2013	2014	2011	2012	2013	2014
All ages, 16-49	16.6	17.7	17.9	19.4	16.9	17.8	18.1	19.4

16-19	0.9	0.9	1.1	0.7	1.9	2.2	2.2	2.3

20	1.7	2.3	2.5	2.4	3.1	3.9	3.6	5.3
21	1.8	2.6	1.8	2.3	3.5	4.8	4.6	5.6
22	2.6	2.4	3.1	3.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	6.5
23	3.8	4.8	4.1	4.3	7.5	7.5	8.9	8.6
24	5.6	6.5	6.9	7.8	12.1	12.6	12.0	13.6

20-24	3.1	3.7	3.7	4.1	6.4	7.0	7.0	8.1

25	10.8	10.3	10.2	12.1	17.2	17.9	18.4	19.9
26	15.2	16.4	16.2	17.8	25.6	26.9	27.9	27.4
27	24.2	26.3	22.9	27.2	34.9	38.3	35.7	38.4
28	33.5	37.3	36.2	37.5	43.1	45.2	45.5	49.7
29	39.6	44.3	45.3	49.6	47.5	49.7	51.0	57.9

25-29	25.4	27.7	26.9	29.7	34.4	36.5	36.6	39.8

30	42.8	48.3	51.1	56.0	46.3	51.7	51.4	55.3
31	46.5	47.7	49.9	56.5	45.5	46.0	50.5	54.7
32	42.9	45.3	46.6	52.9	36.9	39.9	39.5	45.0
33	38.5	39.9	42.1	45.5	32.0	34.1	34.9	37.4
34	30.8	33.8	37.4	37.4	25.7	26.6	28.6	30.3

30-34	40.5	43.1	45.3	49.3	37.6	39.9	41.0	44.3

35	27.8	31.5	29.7	34.5	21.3	21.9	24.3	26.7
36	22.3	22.7	24.1	28.4	17.4	17.4	19.1	20.8
37	20.7	20.3	19.9	21.0	13.2	15.2	14.6	15.6
38	16.9	17.6	19.2	19.3	11.4	12.0	12.3	12.3
39	13.2	15.0	15.7	16.9	10.6	10.6	11.9	11.4

35-39	20.3	21.5	21.8	24.1	14.8	15.5	16.5	17.5

40	11.9	11.8	13.4	14.6	8.0	8.5	9.1	9.2
41	10.5	9.9	12.0	11.0	6.4	6.7	5.8	7.4
42	8.6	9.1	8.9	9.7	6.0	5.6	6.6	6.7
43	7.0	9.0	7.8	8.5	5.0	4.7	4.5	5.8
44	6.2	7.0	6.7	7.8	4.9	4.0	4.5	4.8

40-44	8.9	9.4	9.8	10.3	6.1	6.0	6.2	6.8

45	6.4	6.4	5.6	7.2	4.3	4.0	4.4	5.0
46	5.0	5.3	5.7	5.3	3.7	4.2	3.9	3.3
47	5.1	4.5	4.8	5.6	3.0	3.2	3.6	3.5
48	4.7	4.6	3.9	4.4	3.1	3.3	2.5	3.3
49	4.2	4.1	3.9	3.8	2.6	2.8	2.9	3.4

45-49	5.1	5.0	4.8	5.3	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.7

Table 3 Marriages registered in 2014 classified according to age of groom/age of bride and form of ceremony

Age	Form of ceremony¹							Total
	Catholic	Church	Presbyterian	Other religious	Civil Marriages	The Humanist	The Spiritualist
		of Ireland		denominations		Association	Union of Ireland
Age of groom
Under 20	76	–	–	–	8	–	–	84
20-24	171	7	2	36	288	5	6	515
25-29	2,756	93	26	88	1,127	119	138	4,347
30-34	6,184	180	29	154	1,745	356	278	8,926
35-39	2,687	77	13	114	1,068	215	175	4,349
40-44	789	44	5	71	696	94	96	1,795
45-49	239	15	1	47	429	46	54	831
50-54	77	14	2	22	314	25	40	494
55-59	47	8	–	16	218	17	14	320
60 and over	46	7	3	18	274	18	18	384
Total	13,072	445	81	566	6,167	895	819	22,045

Age of bride
Under 20	109	–	–	5	132	–	–	246
20-24	311	13	10	51	559	14	10	968
25-29	4,377	130	35	114	1,339	161	167	6,323
30-34	5,962	179	24	169	1,619	426	336	8,715
35-39	1,721	72	6	112	1,027	176	147	3,261
40-44	395	20	1	49	601	52	72	1,190
45-49	118	14	1	27	339	33	49	581
50-54	32	10	2	21	266	16	25	372
55-59	20	5	2	12	173	13	9	234
60 and over	27	2	–	6	112	4	4	155
Total	13,072	445	81	566	6,167	895	819	22,045

Average age of groom	33.5	35.5	33.6	37.1	37.6	36.5	36.9	35.0

Average age of bride	31.7	33.3	31.0	34.7	35.0	34.4	35.0	33.0
¹There is at present no provision for the civil registration of Muslim marriage ceremonies solemnised in the State

Table 4 Marriages registered in 2014 classified by occupational group and age of groom

Occupational group of groom	Age of groom											Average age of groom
Occupational group of groom	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 and over	All ages	Average age of groom
Administrative and Secretarial occupations	–	4	161	427	195	71	40	21	17	12	948	35.3
Associate professional and Technical occupations	6	48	688	1,395	657	269	102	71	45	46	3,327	34.8
Caring, Leisure and Other service occupations	–	7	53	116	66	36	20	21	13	7	339	37.3
Elementary occupations	9	82	460	659	373	180	89	63	20	25	1,960	34.7
Managers, Directors and Senior officials	2	29	269	694	464	210	113	65	52	49	1,947	37.0
Process, Plant and Machine operatives	1	13	199	447	267	144	110	51	40	41	1,313	37.6
Professional occupations	–	20	827	2,377	1,029	351	125	68	43	80	4,920	34.8
Sales and Customer service occupations	3	51	240	288	118	38	13	10	8	3	772	32.5
Skilled trades occupations	11	95	1,181	2,222	1,049	427	186	95	64	77	5,407	34.6
Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown	52	166	269	301	131	69	33	29	18	44	1,112	33.1

Total	84	515	4,347	8,926	4,349	1,795	831	494	320	384	22,045	35.0

Table 5 Marriages registered in 2014 classified by occupational group and age of bride

Occupational group of bride	Age of bride											Average age of bride
Occupational group of bride	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 and over	All ages	Average age of bride
Administrative and Secretarial occupations	2	44	832	1,352	550	218	84	65	50	26	3,223	34.0
Associate professional and Technical occupations	10	38	570	1,080	414	137	55	32	23	7	2,366	33.5
Caring, Leisure and Other service occupations	10	172	926	864	288	137	85	55	22	9	2,568	32.3
Elementary occupations	36	175	312	299	136	81	46	30	14	13	1,142	32.3
Managers, Directors and Senior officials	1	19	345	544	236	115	54	28	18	18	1,378	34.6
Process, Plant and Machine operatives	–	2	31	45	27	8	5	5	1	2	126	34.8
Professional occupations	–	50	2,003	3,224	1,003	217	100	58	37	31	6,723	32.7
Sales and Customer service occupations	25	120	534	516	191	81	44	32	17	8	1,568	32.2
Skilled trades occupations	4	19	84	130	61	25	21	12	8	4	368	34.5
Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown	158	329	686	661	355	171	87	55	44	37	2,583	32.2

Total	246	968	6,323	8,715	3,261	1,190	581	372	234	155	22,045	33.0

Table 6 Marriages registered in 2014 classified by occupational group of bride and groom
	Occupational group of bride
Occupational group of groom	Administrative and Secretarial occupations	Associate professional and Technical occupations	Caring, Leisure and Other service occupations	Elementary occupations	Managers, Directors and Senior officials	Process, Plant and Machine operatives	Professional occupations	Sales and Customer service occupations	Skilled trades occupations	Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown	Total
Administrative and Secretarial occupations	310	104	73	18	53	2	285	44	5	54	948
Associate professional and Technical occupations	499	578	324	82	210	20	1,046	243	40	285	3,327
Caring, Leisure and Other service occupations	47	22	73	25	19	3	66	29	5	50	339
Elementary occupations	276	106	339	262	96	14	253	202	41	371	1,960
Managers, Directors and Senior officials	274	241	162	64	285	6	577	132	26	180	1,947
Process, Plant and Machine operatives	226	104	234	80	62	31	201	126	35	214	1,313
Professional occupations	562	590	277	44	258	16	2,674	173	43	283	4,920
Sales and Customer service occupations	98	51	86	88	44	4	137	138	18	108	772
Skilled trades occupations	850	487	904	376	307	28	1,295	407	144	609	5,407
Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown	81	83	96	103	44	2	189	74	11	429	1,112
Total	3,223	2,366	2,568	1,142	1,378	126	6,723	1,568	368	2,583	22,045

Table 7 Marriages registered in 2014 classified by groom's age and bride's relative age
Age of groom	Relative age of bride							Total
Age of groom	10 or more years older	5 to 9 years older	1 to 4 years older	Same age	1 to 4 years younger	5 to 9 years younger	10 or more years younger	Total
All ages	202	920	4,155	2,867	9,000	3,622	1,279	22,045
16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	–	–	1	3	2	–	–	6
18	–	2	8	19	2	–	–	31
19	1	3	6	5	32	–	–	47
Under 20	1	5	15	27	36	–	–	84
20	4	3	22	6	23	–	–	58
21	1	6	16	8	25	–	–	56
22	6	9	26	11	34	–	–	86
23	10	15	28	17	40	4	–	114
24	7	22	74	30	57	11	–	201
20-24	28	55	166	72	179	15	–	515
25	8	30	89	67	102	22	–	318
26	16	39	170	92	147	28	–	492
27	10	69	265	172	245	44	1	806
28	14	73	349	241	421	49	5	1,152
29	16	85	438	324	637	69	10	1,579
25-29	64	296	1,311	896	1,552	212	16	4,347
30	15	87	485	333	799	102	12	1,833
31	17	60	448	347	942	142	15	1,971
32	11	64	366	272	976	209	22	1,920
33	9	51	290	215	931	234	25	1,755
34	11	49	228	148	723	265	23	1,447
30-34	63	311	1,817	1,315	4,371	952	97	8,926
35	3	37	165	145	612	292	18	1,272
36	6	28	106	92	494	261	36	1,023
37	4	26	72	49	317	256	31	755
38	3	13	80	40	247	243	66	692
39	1	11	71	38	215	210	61	607
35-39	17	115	494	364	1,885	1,262	212	4,349
40	4	13	58	31	175	177	56	514
41	3	12	48	21	106	147	52	389
42	5	11	20	23	95	125	58	337
43	5	11	35	14	84	97	47	293
44	–	8	26	14	70	88	56	262
40-44	17	55	187	103	530	634	269	1,795
45	–	8	12	11	59	79	64	233
46	–	6	18	11	30	55	48	168
47	1	12	14	10	42	48	48	175
48	2	10	18	8	27	31	41	137
49	3	5	12	11	27	28	32	118
45-49	6	41	74	51	185	241	233	831
50-54	3	23	53	23	114	120	158	494
55-59	2	7	20	8	76	97	110	320
60-64	1	6	13	4	38	45	84	191
65-69	–	5	3	2	22	30	55	117
70-74	–	–	2	1	11	12	22	48
75 and over	–	1	–	1	1	2	23	28

Table 8 Marriages registered in 2014 classified by bride's age and groom's relative age
Age of bride	Relative age of groom							Total
Age of bride	10 or more years older	5 to 9 years older	1 to 4 years older	Same age	1 to 4 years younger	5 to 9 years younger	10 or more years younger	Total
All ages	1,279	3,622	9,000	2,867	4,155	920	202	22,045
16	–	1	4	–	–	–	–	5
17	1	–	10	3	–	–	–	14
18	27	25	53	19	1	–	–	125
19	25	37	28	5	7	–	–	102
Under 20	53	63	95	27	8	–	–	246
20	19	48	39	6	5	–	–	117
21	25	36	47	8	12	–	–	128
22	28	52	56	11	10	–	–	157
23	18	65	97	17	20	1	–	218
24	36	107	154	30	18	3	–	348
20-24	126	308	393	72	65	4	–	968
25	39	145	250	67	43	2	–	546
26	51	193	407	92	83	1	–	827
27	64	250	643	172	110	4	–	1,243
28	80	299	873	241	190	12	–	1,695
29	72	315	1,006	324	282	13	–	2,012
25-29	306	1,202	3,179	896	708	32	–	6,323
30	69	294	995	333	322	15	1	2,029
31	67	269	960	347	466	25	2	2,136
32	52	247	741	272	433	48	–	1,793
33	58	183	593	215	414	72	3	1,538
34	63	169	398	148	375	63	3	1,219
30-34	309	1,162	3,687	1,315	2,010	223	9	8,715
35	48	127	341	145	282	97	6	1,046
36	42	105	253	92	216	68	4	780
37	26	93	165	49	163	65	12	573
38	38	76	125	40	104	56	9	448
39	32	62	112	38	99	62	9	414
35-39	186	463	996	364	864	348	40	3,261
40	32	39	93	31	64	48	21	328
41	21	44	74	21	57	37	12	266
42	24	24	59	23	71	22	9	232
43	18	38	58	14	44	23	6	201
44	29	23	33	14	30	20	14	163
40-44	124	168	317	103	266	150	62	1,190
45	12	29	30	11	38	24	15	159
46	10	19	28	11	20	9	8	105
47	18	18	23	10	22	8	9	108
48	17	12	33	8	15	11	6	102
49	8	24	28	11	17	13	6	107
45-49	65	102	142	51	112	65	44	581
50-54	64	80	70	23	62	50	23	372
55-59	33	43	78	8	36	22	14	234
60-64	7	24	23	4	12	14	5	89
65-69	3	7	17	2	8	6	4	47
70-74	3	–	2	1	4	2	–	12
75 and over	–	–	1	1	–	4	1	7

Table 9 Marriages registered in 2014 classified by age and area of residence of groom before marriage
Area of residence of groom	Age of groom											Average age of groom
Area of residence of groom	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 and over	Total	Average age of groom
Total	84	515	4,347	8,926	4,349	1,795	831	494	320	384	22,045	35.0

LEINSTER	48	310	2,202	4,416	2,206	941	431	247	161	222	11,184	35.1

Carlow	1	3	62	103	58	17	3	3	5	8	263	34.7
Dublin City	12	115	615	1,132	564	231	89	61	35	54	2,908	34.6
South Dublin	6	40	226	443	219	100	41	17	15	17	1,124	34.6
Fingal	2	24	237	487	302	110	69	33	19	26	1,309	35.7
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	1	6	141	408	191	74	34	24	13	25	917	35.9
Kildare	2	21	169	364	184	76	36	14	14	20	900	35.2
Kilkenny	2	4	68	155	67	30	5	3	6	6	346	34.5
Laois	4	4	63	125	64	26	14	6	6	2	314	34.7
Longford	2	6	31	67	26	13	9	3	3	1	161	34.4
Louth	2	17	122	175	85	39	22	9	9	4	484	34.3
Meath	1	14	129	296	137	64	35	17	10	15	718	35.5
Offaly	3	13	51	98	42	28	17	9	6	2	269	35.3
Westmeath	2	18	69	152	59	23	15	7	4	3	352	34.2
Wexford	6	13	123	210	105	54	20	19	4	22	576	35.5
Wicklow	2	12	96	201	103	56	22	22	12	17	543	36.5

MUNSTER	14	96	877	1,962	1,013	401	192	114	86	94	4,849	35.4

Clare	1	10	74	170	82	39	15	7	8	10	416	35.4
Cork City	–	13	87	198	94	35	16	13	10	11	477	35.3
Cork County	3	20	291	723	361	131	64	32	24	35	1,684	35.4
Kerry	3	6	101	198	121	43	21	13	8	7	521	35.2
Limerick City	4	15	35	86	42	21	9	6	3	3	224	34.6
Limerick County	1	12	103	213	105	43	21	10	10	8	526	35.0
North Tipperary	1	4	53	111	56	32	10	5	11	4	287	35.8
South Tipperary	1	9	64	133	63	24	13	12	5	6	330	35.3
Waterford City	–	3	29	43	23	15	12	4	2	1	132	35.7
Waterford County	–	4	40	87	66	18	11	12	5	9	252	37.0

CONNACHT	14	41	375	894	454	164	72	45	25	25	2,109	34.8

Galway City	3	12	39	141	90	31	8	5	4	5	338	35.1
Galway County	3	16	109	292	140	55	29	19	3	10	676	35.0
Leitrim	1	1	28	48	23	11	3	1	1	2	119	34.4
Mayo	5	5	97	208	103	30	16	7	6	4	481	34.2
Roscommon	–	5	51	107	48	17	9	7	2	3	249	34.5
Sligo	2	2	51	98	50	20	7	6	9	1	246	35.0

ULSTER (part of)	1	26	305	468	215	70	32	28	13	14	1,172	34.1

Cavan	–	5	57	135	60	15	9	7	6	3	297	34.6
Donegal	1	16	183	238	118	46	14	16	6	10	648	34.0
Monaghan	–	5	65	95	37	9	9	5	1	1	227	33.6

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Border	6	46	506	789	373	140	64	44	32	21	2,021	34.3
Midland	11	41	214	442	191	90	55	25	19	8	1,096	34.7
West	11	38	296	748	381	133	62	38	15	22	1,744	34.7
Dublin	21	185	1,219	2,470	1,276	515	233	135	82	122	6,258	35.0
Mid-East	5	47	394	861	424	196	93	53	36	52	2,161	35.6
Mid-West	7	41	265	580	285	135	55	28	32	25	1,453	35.2
South-East	10	36	386	731	382	158	64	53	27	52	1,899	35.4
South-West	6	39	479	1,119	576	209	101	58	42	53	2,682	35.3

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	77	473	3,759	7,740	3,888	1,576	727	434	285	355	19,314	35.1

NORTHERN IRELAND	1	13	124	175	79	38	16	12	4	5	467	34.1
BRITAIN	6	17	237	490	205	110	49	27	11	13	1,165	34.8
ELSEWHERE	–	12	227	521	177	71	39	21	20	11	1,099	34.6

Table 10 Marriages registered in 2014 classified by age and area of residence of bride before marriage
Area of residence of bride	Age of bride											Average age of bride
Area of residence of bride	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 and over	Total	Average age of bride
Total	246	968	6,323	8,715	3,261	1,190	581	372	234	155	22,045	33.0

LEINSTER	163	604	3,030	4,391	1,711	643	310	203	136	85	11,276	33.1

Carlow	2	9	85	97	31	15	1	2	3	3	248	32.5
Dublin City	70	238	684	1,123	466	168	85	60	32	19	2,945	32.8
South Dublin	20	87	311	430	166	70	29	19	12	7	1,151	32.7
Fingal	17	45	340	512	236	81	39	28	14	10	1,322	33.6
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	1	12	204	434	147	41	29	15	15	14	912	34.1
Kildare	9	34	248	366	145	46	24	12	10	9	903	33.3
Kilkenny	4	14	126	126	46	19	5	7	4	1	352	32.4
Laois	4	10	102	134	31	16	5	3	5	1	311	32.5
Longford	5	8	55	53	19	11	4	–	2	–	157	31.8
Louth	3	26	166	172	64	20	13	13	4	2	483	32.5
Meath	9	31	210	273	114	43	20	8	8	4	720	33.0
Offaly	6	15	87	90	39	24	3	4	3	3	274	32.8
Westmeath	2	23	100	151	43	26	9	5	2	1	362	32.7
Wexford	9	29	167	216	78	25	17	16	8	5	570	33.1
Wicklow	2	23	145	214	86	38	27	11	14	6	566	34.2

MUNSTER	44	172	1,351	1,936	743	265	132	88	58	40	4,829	33.3

Clare	1	5	105	173	61	32	9	8	6	3	403	33.8
Cork City	5	21	146	197	76	26	12	13	7	4	507	33.1
Cork County	9	57	485	682	263	78	44	21	26	15	1,680	33.3
Kerry	2	9	142	225	78	30	15	6	4	5	516	33.3
Limerick City	9	19	58	66	39	12	9	6	2	2	222	32.8
Limerick County	7	20	158	211	77	25	13	8	4	2	525	32.6
North Tipperary	3	6	81	107	43	17	9	6	1	3	276	33.4
South Tipperary	5	18	89	132	37	17	11	5	1	2	317	32.7
Waterford City	3	9	28	37	24	14	5	5	–	2	127	34.3
Waterford County	–	8	59	106	45	14	5	10	7	2	256	34.4

CONNACHT	24	79	625	861	326	99	48	27	16	14	2,119	32.7

Galway City	6	22	62	145	81	25	8	3	3	4	359	33.6
Galway County	7	27	209	266	98	29	21	9	5	2	673	32.6
Leitrim	1	4	46	54	16	5	–	1	1	1	129	31.8
Mayo	6	11	156	205	62	18	9	5	4	4	480	32.5
Roscommon	3	9	78	91	38	6	3	3	2	2	235	32.3
Sligo	1	6	74	100	31	16	7	6	1	1	243	33.2

ULSTER (part of)	12	62	486	430	147	56	31	17	3	3	1,247	31.8

Cavan	6	12	105	111	44	14	10	5	1	1	309	32.3
Donegal	5	39	275	228	76	32	17	9	2	1	684	31.6
Monaghan	1	11	106	91	27	10	4	3	–	1	254	31.4

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Border	17	98	772	756	258	97	51	37	9	7	2,102	32.1
Midland	17	56	344	428	132	77	21	12	12	5	1,104	32.5
West	22	69	505	707	279	78	41	20	14	12	1,747	32.7
Dublin	108	382	1,539	2,499	1,015	360	182	122	73	50	6,330	33.1
Mid-East	20	88	603	853	345	127	71	31	32	19	2,189	33.4
Mid-West	20	50	402	557	220	86	40	28	13	10	1,426	33.1
South-East	23	87	554	714	261	104	44	45	23	15	1,870	33.1
South-West	16	87	773	1,104	417	134	71	40	37	24	2,703	33.3

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	243	917	5,492	7,618	2,927	1,063	521	335	213	142	19,471	33.0

NORTHERN IRELAND	3	18	152	125	37	27	9	8	4	0	383	32.1
BRITAIN	–	19	316	505	151	58	30	11	10	5	1,105	33.2
ELSEWHERE	–	14	363	467	146	42	21	18	7	8	1,086	32.7

Table 11 Marriages registered in 2014 classified by area of residence of groom before marriage, also showing whether bride has same area of residence

Area of residence of groom	Total	Area of residence of bride			Percentage of brides from same area as groom
Area of residence of groom	Total	Same area as groom	Different area from groom: Republic of Ireland	Different area from groom: Not Republic of Ireland	Percentage of brides from same area as groom
LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS

Carlow	263	217	46	–	82.5
Dublin City	2,908	2,672	204	32	91.9
South Dublin	1,124	1,000	118	6	89.0
Fingal	1,309	1,169	131	9	89.3
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	917	807	97	13	88.0
Kildare	900	810	86	4	90.0
Kilkenny	346	284	60	2	82.1
Laois	314	262	50	2	83.4
Longford	161	124	34	3	77.0
Louth	484	430	44	10	88.8
Meath	718	611	107	–	85.1
Offaly	269	225	43	1	83.6
Westmeath	352	307	42	3	87.2
Wexford	576	511	61	4	88.7
Wicklow	543	486	55	2	89.5

Clare	416	353	61	2	84.9
Cork City	477	402	72	3	84.3
Cork County	1,684	1,506	166	12	89.4
Kerry	521	447	72	2	85.8
Limerick City	224	186	37	1	83.0
Limerick County	526	434	87	5	82.5
North Tipperary	287	226	59	2	78.7
South Tipperary	330	262	65	3	79.4
Waterford City	132	106	25	1	80.3
Waterford County	252	205	46	1	81.3

Galway City	338	286	48	4	84.6
Galway County	676	552	114	10	81.7
Leitrim	119	88	29	2	73.9
Mayo	481	407	72	2	84.6
Roscommon	249	188	57	4	75.5
Sligo	246	205	39	2	83.3

Cavan	297	248	44	5	83.5
Donegal	648	597	35	16	92.1
Monaghan	227	193	30	4	85.0

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Border	2,021	1,851	131	39	91.6
Midland	1,096	953	134	9	87.0
West	1,744	1,562	162	20	89.6
Dublin	6,258	5,959	239	60	95.2
Mid-East	2,161	1,939	216	6	89.7
Mid-West	1,453	1,281	162	10	88.2
South-East	1,899	1,689	199	11	88.9
South-West	2,682	2,526	139	17	94.2

PROVINCES

Leinster	11,184	10,819	274	91	96.7
Munster	4,849	4,602	215	32	94.9
Connacht	2,109	1,914	171	24	90.8
Ulster (part of)	1,172	1,066	81	25	91.0

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	19,314	19,142	–	172	99.1

NORTHERN IRELAND	467	337	118	12	72.2
BRITAIN	1,165	1,043	96	26	89.5
ELSEWHERE	1,099	970	115	14	88.3

Table 16 Marriages registered in 2014 classified by month and day of week of marriage

Month of occurrence	Day of occurrence							Total
Month of occurrence	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Total
January	8	39	32	92	123	314	132	740
February	2	45	33	45	106	439	229	899
March	12	57	33	55	142	474	525	1,298
April	19	72	76	113	211	546	513	1,550
May	49	79	55	80	278	827	868	2,236
June	40	78	86	87	253	707	728	1,979
July	32	93	112	119	461	915	813	2,545
August	100	121	116	126	416	1,143	1,138	3,160
September	19	104	106	111	332	927	789	2,388
October	47	51	61	84	282	822	654	2,001
November	8	66	52	65	159	473	452	1,275
December	71	265	329	82	158	496	573	1,974

Total	407	1,070	1,091	1,059	2,921	8,083	7,414	22,045

Table 12 Marriages registered in 2014 classified by area of residence of bride before marriage, also showing whether groom has same area of residence

Area of residence of bride	Total	Area of residence of groom			Percentage of grooms from same area as bride
Area of residence of bride	Total	Same area as bride	Different area from bride: Republic of Ireland	Different area from bride: Not Republic of Ireland	Percentage of grooms from same area as bride
LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS

Carlow	248	217	28	3	87.5
Dublin City	2,945	2,672	236	37	90.7
South Dublin	1,151	1,000	132	19	86.9
Fingal	1,322	1,169	133	20	88.4
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	912	807	97	8	88.5
Kildare	903	810	80	13	89.7
Kilkenny	352	284	64	4	80.7
Laois	311	262	47	2	84.2
Longford	157	124	30	3	79.0
Louth	483	430	43	10	89.0
Meath	720	611	99	10	84.9
Offaly	274	225	42	7	82.1
Westmeath	362	307	50	5	84.8
Wexford	570	511	52	7	89.6
Wicklow	566	486	74	6	85.9

Clare	403	353	47	3	87.6
Cork City	507	402	100	5	79.3
Cork County	1,680	1,506	160	14	89.6
Kerry	516	447	60	9	86.6
Limerick City	222	186	35	1	83.8
Limerick County	525	434	83	8	82.7
North Tipperary	276	226	47	3	81.9
South Tipperary	317	262	47	8	82.6
Waterford City	127	106	16	5	83.5
Waterford County	256	205	50	1	80.1

Galway City	359	286	65	8	79.7
Galway County	673	552	113	8	82.0
Leitrim	129	88	35	6	68.2
Mayo	480	407	64	9	84.8
Roscommon	235	188	44	3	80.0
Sligo	243	205	33	5	84.4

Cavan	309	248	45	16	80.3
Donegal	684	597	43	44	87.3
Monaghan	254	193	42	19	76.0

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Border	2,102	1,851	151	100	88.1
Midland	1,104	953	134	17	86.3
West	1,747	1,562	157	28	89.4
Dublin	6,330	5,959	287	84	94.1
Mid-East	2,189	1,939	221	29	88.6
Mid-West	1,426	1,281	130	15	89.8
South-East	1,870	1,689	153	28	90.3
South-West	2,703	2,526	149	28	93.5

PROVINCES

Leinster	11,276	10,819	303	154	95.9
Munster	4,829	4,602	170	57	95.3
Connacht	2,119	1,914	166	39	90.3
Ulster (part of)	1,247	1,066	102	79	85.5

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	19,471	19,142	–	329	98.3

NORTHERN IRELAND	383	337	40	6	88.0
BRITAIN	1,105	1,043	37	25	94.4
ELSEWHERE	1,086	970	95	21	89.3

Table 13 Marriages celebrated in each county and city during 2014 classified by form of ceremony
Province, county or city	Form of ceremony¹							Total
Province, county or city	Catholic	Church of Ireland	Presbyterian	Other religious denominations	Civil marriages	The Humanist Association	The Spiritualist Union of Ireland	Total
TOTAL	13,072	445	81	566	6,167	895	819	22,045

LEINSTER	5,613	245	14	388	3,570	589	705	11,124

Carlow	206	21	–	5	84	14	15	345
Dublin City	650	36	3	83	1,807	95	30	2,704
South Dublin	375	7	1	46	43	17	44	533
Fingal	362	9	2	38	66	29	79	585
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	198	16	–	38	23	29	23	327
Kildare	509	29	3	31	277	63	118	1,030
Kilkenny	360	3	1	7	135	8	13	527
Laois	290	21	–	4	36	7	5	363
Longford	134	3	–	–	42	–	1	180
Louth	357	6	1	24	178	24	29	619
Meath	708	10	1	35	254	111	164	1,283
Offaly	234	7	–	7	97	6	9	360
Westmeath	305	8	–	9	86	34	25	467
Wexford	496	16	–	10	208	27	63	820
Wicklow	429	53	2	51	234	125	87	981

MUNSTER	4,075	84	–	127	1,408	227	79	6,000

Clare	447	6	–	2	49	24	12	540
Cork City	339	2	–	10	432	21	2	806
Cork County	1,213	41	–	66	183	98	19	1,620
Kerry	716	12	–	21	178	36	16	979
Limerick City	106	3	–	1	225	8	–	343
Limerick County	426	7	–	3	18	15	4	473
North Tipperary	268	4	–	6	64	13	2	357
South Tipperary	264	2	–	7	113	9	7	402
Waterford City	54	2	–	5	99	–	3	163
Waterford County	242	5	–	6	47	3	14	317

CONNACHT	2,085	31	3	33	702	60	15	2,929

Galway City	198	5	2	2	60	7	2	276
Galway County	628	6	–	17	317	23	3	994
Leitrim	159	5	–	1	46	4	–	215
Mayo	637	6	1	5	82	10	3	744
Roscommon	224	–	–	3	52	4	4	287
Sligo	239	9	–	5	145	12	3	413

ULSTER (part of)	1,299	85	64	18	487	19	20	1,992

Cavan	278	21	5	7	224	5	13	553
Donegal	758	45	42	9	198	7	1	1,060
Monaghan	263	19	17	2	65	7	6	379

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Border	2,054	105	65	48	856	59	52	3,239
Midland	963	39	–	20	261	47	40	1,370
West	1,687	17	3	27	511	44	12	2,301
Dublin	1,585	68	6	205	1,939	170	176	4,149
Mid-East	1,646	92	6	117	765	299	369	3,294
Mid-West	1,247	20	–	12	356	60	18	1,713
South-East	1,622	49	1	40	686	61	115	2,574
South-West	2,268	55	–	97	793	155	37	3,405

Table 14 Marriages registered in 2014 classified by area of residence of groom and form of ceremony
Area of residence of groom	Form of ceremony¹							Total
Area of residence of groom	Catholic	Church of Ireland	Presbyterian	Other religious denominations	Civil marriages	The Humanist Association	The Spiritualist Union of Ireland	Total
TOTAL	13,072	445	81	566	6,167	895	819	22,045

LEINSTER	5,819	213	9	340	3,658	524	621	11,184

Carlow	180	13	–	5	59	3	3	263
Dublin City	1,075	41	2	100	1,373	174	143	2,908
South Dublin	557	10	2	51	377	42	85	1,124
Fingal	628	13	2	51	424	88	103	1,309
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	465	31	2	22	276	70	51	917
Kildare	500	21	1	25	243	40	70	900
Kilkenny	252	5	–	3	82	2	2	346
Laois	208	16	–	7	77	3	3	314
Longford	122	2	–	1	29	3	4	161
Louth	308	2	–	18	114	16	26	484
Meath	455	9	–	18	153	27	56	718
Offaly	184	5	–	6	66	2	6	269
Westmeath	248	6	–	4	78	6	10	352
Wexford	400	9	–	6	137	10	14	576
Wicklow	237	30	–	23	170	38	45	543

MUNSTER	3,196	65	–	87	1,318	133	50	4,849

Clare	294	3	–	1	106	8	4	416
Cork City	231	8	–	18	201	15	4	477
Cork County	1,134	25	–	33	413	64	15	1,684
Kerry	389	8	–	6	105	7	6	521
Limerick City	115	2	–	4	97	5	1	224
Limerick County	378	5	–	4	119	13	7	526
North Tipperary	199	6	–	6	63	10	3	287
South Tipperary	226	2	–	7	84	6	5	330
Waterford City	67	2	–	4	55	2	2	132
Waterford County	163	4	–	4	75	3	3	252

CONNACHT	1,553	20	2	22	469	35	8	2,109

Galway City	201	1	1	8	119	7	1	338
Galway County	511	5	–	6	138	13	3	676
Leitrim	95	2	–	2	17	3	–	119
Mayo	387	1	–	3	82	6	2	481
Roscommon	191	3	–	1	50	3	1	249
Sligo	168	8	1	2	63	3	1	246

ULSTER (part of)	859	49	33	12	195	14	10	1,172

Cavan	209	11	1	6	59	7	4	297
Donegal	469	35	26	4	109	4	1	648
Monaghan	181	3	6	2	27	3	5	227

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:

Border	1,430	61	34	34	389	36	37	2,021
Midland	762	29	–	18	250	14	23	1,096
West	1,290	10	1	18	389	29	7	1,744
Dublin	2,725	95	8	224	2,450	374	382	6,258
Mid-East	1,192	60	1	66	566	105	171	2,161
Mid-West	986	16	–	15	385	36	15	1,453
South-East	1,288	35	–	29	492	26	29	1,899
South-West	1,754	41	–	57	719	86	25	2,682

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	11,427	347	44	461	5,640	706	689	19,314

NORTHERN IRELAND	257	24	29	21	103	12	21	467
BRITAIN	751	51	6	43	167	94	53	1,165
ELSEWHERE	637	23	2	41	257	83	56	1,099

Table 15 Marriages registered in 2014 classified by area of residence of bride and form of ceremony
Area of residence of bride	Form of ceremony¹							Total
Area of residence of bride	Catholic	Church of Ireland	Presbyterian	Other religious denominations	Civil marriages	The Humanist Association	The Spiritualist Union of Ireland	Total
TOTAL	13,072	445	81	566	6,167	895	819	22,045

LEINSTER	5,869	221	12	347	3,679	532	616	11,276

Carlow	168	13	–	4	57	3	3	248
Dublin City	1,097	45	2	104	1,381	178	138	2,945
South Dublin	576	11	2	54	384	42	82	1,151
Fingal	644	14	3	46	420	88	107	1,322
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	468	30	2	26	263	71	52	912
Kildare	506	20	–	25	243	41	68	903
Kilkenny	253	5	–	4	85	2	3	352
Laois	211	17	1	6	70	3	3	311
Longford	118	2	–	–	30	4	3	157
Louth	309	3	1	18	112	16	24	483
Meath	453	4	–	16	164	26	57	720
Offaly	189	6	–	7	64	2	6	274
Westmeath	248	7	–	4	85	7	11	362
Wexford	385	10	–	8	139	12	16	570
Wicklow	244	34	1	25	182	37	43	566

MUNSTER	3,200	59	–	88	1,298	131	53	4,829

Clare	283	1	–	1	106	8	4	403
Cork City	262	8	–	18	200	14	5	507
Cork County	1,131	23	–	38	410	64	14	1,680
Kerry	384	8	–	6	105	7	6	516
Limerick City	121	3	–	4	88	5	1	222
Limerick County	378	4	–	3	119	14	7	525
North Tipperary	189	6	–	5	64	9	3	276
South Tipperary	216	2	–	6	81	7	5	317
Waterford City	67	2	–	4	49	2	3	127
Waterford County	169	2	–	3	76	1	5	256

CONNACHT	1,569	19	1	21	465	36	8	2,119

Galway City	222	3	–	9	116	8	1	359
Galway County	510	3	–	4	141	12	3	673
Leitrim	109	1	–	2	16	1	–	129
Mayo	389	1	1	3	79	6	1	480
Roscommon	175	4	–	1	49	5	1	235
Sligo	164	7	–	2	64	4	2	243

ULSTER (part of)	922	52	36	15	195	15	12	1,247

Cavan	212	15	3	7	59	8	5	309
Donegal	505	35	24	6	108	5	1	684
Monaghan	205	2	9	2	28	2	6	254

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:

Border	1,504	63	37	37	387	36	38	2,102
Midland	766	32	1	17	249	16	23	1,104
West	1,296	11	1	17	385	31	6	1,747
Dublin	2,785	100	9	230	2,448	379	379	6,330
Mid-East	1,203	58	1	66	589	104	168	2,189
Mid-West	971	14	–	13	377	36	15	1,426
South-East	1,258	34	–	29	487	27	35	1,870
South-West	1,777	39	–	62	715	85	25	2,703

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	11,560	351	49	471	5,637	714	689	19,471

NORTHERN IRELAND	193	21	24	16	99	9	21	383
BRITAIN	713	49	6	41	151	93	52	1,105
ELSEWHERE	606	24	2	38	280	79	57	1,086

Table 17 Marriages registered in 2014 classified by form of ceremony and previous marital status of partners
Marriages contracted between	Form of ceremony¹							Total
Marriages contracted between	Catholic	Church of Ireland	Presbyterian	Other religious denominations	Civil marriages	The Humanist Association	The Spiritualist Union of Ireland	Total
Total	13,072	445	81	566	6,167	895	819	22,045

Single men and single women	12,815	395	72	413	4,366	728	624	19,413
Single men and widows	24	–	–	1	36	1	1	63
Widowers and single women	44	1	1	6	40	1	3	96
Widowers and widows	7	–	1	–	11	2	1	22
Divorced men and single women	100	28	5	74	700	77	90	1,074
Single men and divorced women	75	9	–	40	530	41	48	743
Divorced men and widows	2	1	–	1	36	5	3	48
Widowers and divorced women	1	3	1	4	54	2	6	71
Divorced men and divorced women	4	8	1	27	394	38	43	515

Table 18 Marriages registered in 2014 classified by county of residence and previous marital status of groom

Area of residence of groom	Single men	Widowers	Divorcees	Total
TOTAL	20,219	189	1,637	22,045

LEINSTER	10,209	113	862	11,184

Carlow	241	2	20	263
Dublin City	2,670	27	211	2,908
South Dublin	1,033	8	83	1,124
Fingal	1,171	8	130	1,309
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	842	14	61	917
Kildare	817	14	69	900
Kilkenny	331	4	11	346
Laois	291	2	21	314
Longford	150	2	9	161
Louth	446	3	35	484
Meath	645	8	65	718
Offaly	241	2	26	269
Westmeath	331	4	17	352
Wexford	514	9	53	576
Wicklow	486	6	51	543
MUNSTER	4,449	35	365	4,849

Clare	379	5	32	416
Cork City	436	5	36	477
Cork County	1,554	9	121	1,684
Kerry	485	1	35	521
Limerick City	203	3	18	224
Limerick County	484	1	41	526
North Tipperary	263	1	23	287
South Tipperary	301	6	23	330
Waterford City	119	1	12	132
Waterford County	225	3	24	252

CONNACHT	1,982	14	113	2,109

Galway City	314	2	22	338
Galway County	631	5	40	676
Leitrim	114	–	5	119
Mayo	460	5	16	481
Roscommon	231	2	16	249
Sligo	232	–	14	246

ULSTER (part of)	1,106	11	55	1,172

Cavan	278	4	15	297
Donegal	615	4	29	648
Monaghan	213	3	11	227

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:

Border	1,898	14	109	2,021
Midland	1,013	10	73	1,096
West	1,636	14	94	1,744
Dublin	5,716	57	485	6,258
Mid-East	1,948	28	185	2,161
Mid-West	1,329	10	114	1,453
South-East	1,731	25	143	1,899
South-West	2,475	15	192	2,682

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	17,746	173	1,395	19,314

NORTHERN IRELAND	423	4	40	467
BRITAIN	1,055	7	103	1,165
ELSEWHERE	995	5	99	1,099

Table 19 Marriages registered in 2014 classified by county of residence and previous marital status of bride
Area of residence of bride	Single women	Widows	Divorcees	Total
TOTAL	20,583	133	1,329	22,045

LEINSTER	10,464	79	733	11,276

Carlow	235	2	11	248
Dublin City	2,751	25	169	2,945
South Dublin	1,075	6	70	1,151
Fingal	1,207	10	105	1,322
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	849	5	58	912
Kildare	848	4	51	903
Kilkenny	330	2	20	352
Laois	290	2	19	311
Longford	148	2	7	157
Louth	444	1	38	483
Meath	663	4	53	720
Offaly	255	4	15	274
Westmeath	333	2	27	362
Wexford	531	5	34	570
Wicklow	505	5	56	566

MUNSTER	4,489	33	307	4,829

Clare	371	2	30	403
Cork City	473	2	32	507
Cork County	1,577	13	90	1,680
Kerry	478	4	34	516
Limerick City	202	1	19	222
Limerick County	488	4	33	525
North Tipperary	254	1	21	276
South Tipperary	294	4	19	317
Waterford City	116	–	11	127
Waterford County	236	2	18	256

CONNACHT	2,031	7	81	2,119

Galway City	347	3	9	359
Galway County	644	2	27	673
Leitrim	125	–	4	129
Mayo	461	1	18	480
Roscommon	224	–	11	235
Sligo	230	1	12	243

ULSTER (part of)	1,180	4	63	1,247

Cavan	295	–	14	309
Donegal	645	2	37	684
Monaghan	240	2	12	254

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:

Border	1,979	6	117	2,102
Midland	1,026	10	68	1,104
West	1,676	6	65	1,747
Dublin	5,882	46	402	6,330
Mid-East	2,016	13	160	2,189
Mid-West	1,315	8	103	1,426
South-East	1,742	15	113	1,870
South-West	2,528	19	156	2,703

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	18,164	123	1,184	19,471

NORTHERN IRELAND	347	2	34	383
BRITAIN	1,057	4	44	1,105
ELSEWHERE	1,015	4	67	1,086

Table 20 Marriages in 2014 classified by age of groom and bride in single years; all marriages

Age of groom	Age of bride
Age of groom	16 & under	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50-54	55-59	60-64	65 & over	All ages
All ages	5	14	125	102	117	128	157	218	348	546	827	1,243	1,695	2,012	2,029	2,136	1,793	1,538	1,219	1,046	780	573	448	414	328	266	232	201	163	159	105	108	102	107	372	234	89	66	22,045
16 & under	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	2	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
18	–	2	19	7	1	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	31
19	2	6	24	5	4	1	1	–	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	47
20	–	2	13	8	6	11	6	4	1	1	–	–	2	–	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	58
21	–	–	10	9	6	8	3	9	3	1	1	1	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	56
22	–	–	6	6	11	11	11	7	6	6	7	3	1	1	1	3	–	–	–	2	–	2	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	86
23	1	–	3	5	10	12	13	17	8	7	8	5	6	4	1	1	3	2	2	–	1	2	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	114
24	–	–	7	4	12	11	12	22	30	29	17	17	11	7	5	5	3	2	1	–	1	–	1	–	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	201
25	–	–	9	10	3	13	19	29	41	67	51	12	15	11	8	5	9	3	5	4	1	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	318
26	–	–	3	8	11	6	12	28	41	66	92	76	45	27	22	11	5	13	3	7	1	6	2	2	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	492
27	–	1	3	6	9	8	18	18	41	65	121	172	119	73	43	30	28	22	12	2	5	2	5	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	806
28	–	–	5	9	11	9	8	12	31	67	109	214	241	171	72	63	43	32	12	17	8	4	1	3	2	2	–	1	1	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,152
29	–	–	3	7	14	6	11	11	27	52	104	194	287	324	185	138	73	42	31	30	12	7	5	2	6	2	1	1	3	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,579
30	–	–	3	6	3	7	9	23	25	38	73	145	240	341	333	235	117	88	45	41	22	11	10	3	4	1	2	–	3	1	–	–	2	–	1	1	–	–	1,833
31	–	–	4	4	3	4	6	7	24	44	61	90	196	293	363	347	200	120	83	45	21	21	8	8	2	4	3	2	–	3	2	1	–	–	2	–	–	–	1,971
32	–	–	5	3	4	4	6	12	16	39	48	94	150	212	275	339	272	164	111	57	34	22	17	12	8	5	2	1	1	2	2	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,920
33	–	–	2	1	4	5	9	4	15	16	38	60	105	160	221	284	266	215	136	75	50	29	16	16	13	5	1	1	2	2	–	–	–	1	3	–	–	–	1,755
34	–	–	2	1	3	3	4	2	8	8	28	49	74	106	136	190	198	199	148	105	63	41	19	23	9	11	4	2	3	4	2	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	1,447
35	–	–	1	–	–	2	2	3	7	3	18	29	49	89	107	147	147	181	137	145	69	47	30	19	16	9	7	3	2	1	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	1,272
36	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	4	12	18	18	40	50	67	86	130	121	113	130	92	46	26	18	16	7	5	6	4	6	–	2	–	1	3	–	–	–	1,023
37	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	3	3	4	5	14	31	33	52	69	71	92	75	81	69	49	29	27	9	7	5	9	3	8	1	–	1	2	1	–	–	–	755
38	–	–	1	–	1	1	1	2	5	5	8	15	27	37	44	49	61	52	73	70	65	39	40	35	15	14	16	3	5	5	–	–	1	1	–	1	–	–	692
39	–	–	1	1	–	2	1	1	3	1	7	10	14	20	24	35	40	54	57	60	70	50	35	38	24	18	14	15	6	3	1	–	1	–	1		–	–	607
40	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	1	4	5	5	9	16	14	30	36	34	41	36	49	49	36	41	31	18	21	9	10	2	4	1	3	3	2	2	–	–	514
41	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	2	–	5	9	6	8	20	39	26	31	22	29	27	29	26	24	21	20	12	6	10	3	4	2	1	4	1	–	–	389
42	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	1	1	4	2	5	7	11	9	16	17	18	34	29	27	25	24	22	24	23	8	5	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	–	–	337
43	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	1	1	2	1	7	6	5	8	14	22	16	19	17	23	21	24	19	20	14	9	12	5	9	2	2	10	2	–	–	293
44	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	1	–	5	4	3	8	14	3	6	9	19	14	15	17	23	23	17	16	14	14	12	6	6	2	5	3	–	–	–	262
45	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	1	1	5	4	6	6	6	13	7	13	14	23	14	16	12	14	15	19	11	11	6	3	2	1	8	–	–	–	233
46	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	–	–	4	–	2	2	6	4	15	7	5	11	15	5	9	15	8	11	6	5	11	4	6	6	8	–	–	–	168
47	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	1	1	–	3	3	1	1	4	8	4	12	7	7	9	10	12	10	14	10	9	9	10	5	4	16	2	–	–	175
48	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	3	–	–	4	6	6	7	5	7	9	5	7	4	6	6	9	6	6	8	6	18	5	1	–	137
49	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	4	3	3	3	3	3	6	5	3	9	6	6	4	7	7	5	8	11	16	1	2	1	118
50-54	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	–	3	7	8	4	5	12	12	10	7	18	16	20	13	14	32	24	29	22	23	31	36	97	38	9	1	494
55-59	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	3	3	3	3	6	7	9	5	8	10	16	6	8	13	14	17	92	71	13	2	320
60-64	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	4	3	3	5	2	6	4	4	8	3	4	49	59	19	14	191
65 & over	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	2	2	1	4	6	3	30	46	45	48	193

Table 21 Marriages in 2014 classified by age of groom and bride in single years; first marriages only

Age of groom	Age of bride
Age of groom	16 & under	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50-54	55-59	60-64	65 & over	All ages
All ages	5	14	124	100	116	123	154	208	336	525	813	1,205	1,656	1,971	1,972	2,071	1,710	1,445	1,124	951	663	480	346	300	219	159	130	89	78	64	44	30	35	37	69	30	13	4	19,413
16 & under	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	2	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
18		2	19	7	1	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	31
19	2	6	24	5	4	1	1		2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	47
20	–	2	13	8	6	11	6	4	1	1	–	–	1	–	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	57
21	–	–	10	9	6	8	3	9	3	1	1	1	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	56
22	–	–	6	6	11	11	11	7	6	6	7	3	1	1	–	2	–	–	–	2	–	1	–	1		1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	83
23	1	–	3	5	10	12	13	17	7	7	8	5	5	4	1	1	3	2	2	–	1	2	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	112
24	–	–	7	4	12	11	12	22	30	29	17	16	11	6	5	5	3	2	1	–	–	–	1	–	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	198
25	–	–	9	9	3	13	19	29	41	65	51	12	15	11	8	5	8	2	4	4	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	311
26	–	–	3	8	11	6	12	27	41	65	92	74	45	27	20	10	5	11	2	5	–	6	2	2	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	477
27	–	1	3	6	9	7	18	18	41	65	120	169	117	73	43	29	26	19	12	2	4	1	5	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	789
28	–	–	5	9	11	8	8	11	28	67	107	214	241	170	71	62	42	29	11	16	7	3	–	3	1	1	–	–	1	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,128
29	–	–	3	7	14	6	11	11	27	49	104	191	285	322	182	136	67	41	29	29	11	5	4	2	3	2	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,543
30	–	–	2	6	3	7	9	22	24	35	73	144	238	341	330	234	115	84	45	39	18	11	10	1	4	–	1	–	1	1	–	–	2	–	1	–	–	–	1,801
31	–	–	4	4	3	4	5	7	21	43	60	90	195	289	361	345	198	117	80	42	21	20	7	5	1	3	2	1	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,930
32	–	–	5	3	4	3	6	9	15	38	48	90	147	209	274	333	271	161	109	55	31	18	14	8	7	2	–	1	1	1	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,866
33	–	–	2	1	4	4	9	4	14	15	38	60	102	159	213	281	262	213	124	71	47	24	16	14	9	4	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1,693
34	–	–	2	–	3	3	4	2	8	6	25	45	73	103	132	186	190	192	142	101	58	38	18	19	9	7	2	2	2	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,376
35	–	–	1	–	–	2	1	2	7	2	17	27	49	86	105	142	142	172	131	139	59	46	28	18	11	6	4	2	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,202
36	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	4	11	18	17	36	48	66	83	124	114	111	121	85	41	22	15	16	5	2	4	2	3	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	952
37	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	3	2	4	5	13	29	32	47	66	65	88	71	76	68	44	26	20	8	4	3	4	2	5	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	689
38	–	–	1	–	1	1	1	1	5	4	7	14	22	32	40	42	58	50	68	66	57	35	32	29	12	10	13	2	3	2	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	609
39	–	–	1	1	–	2	1	–	3	1	5	8	13	19	24	34	35	45	50	53	58	41	30	34	17	14	11	11	2	2	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	516
40	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	4	5	4	6	14	12	28	32	28	36	33	39	45	27	30	24	13	14	4	7	1	4	–	1	2	1	1	–	–	417
41	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	2	–	4	7	6	8	14	29	23	27	18	28	22	23	19	12	12	9	6	2	5	2	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	283
42	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	1	–	3	2	4	6	7	8	13	13	16	27	17	21	22	18	17	17	12	4	4	1	1	2	1	2	2	–	–	–	243
43	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1		1	3	5	4	8	10	15	11	16	10	14	13	16	14	14	9	7	7	3	4	1	1	3	–	–	–	191
44	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	1	–	1	3	2	6	10	2	4	6	14	9	9	6	13	18	11	10	6	8	3	2	1	–	2	1	–	–	–	151
45	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	5	2	5	6	5	10	5	9	11	15	12	14	8	8	6	6	6	4	1	2	–	1	1	–	–	–	143
46	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	1	–	4	3	13	5	3	7	8	3	3	11	3	8	2	2	4	2	3	3	3	–	–	–	94
47	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	1	1	–	3	2	1	1	2	6	2	8	5	7	7	7	6	8	4	6	5	8	3	2	1	3	1	–	–	103
48	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	–	–	2	1	4	4	2	1	3	1	1	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	6	1	–	–	49
49	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	1	3		3	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	3	4	3	–	–	–	36
50-54	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	1	2	6	3	1	5	8	4	7	3	6	5	7	9	9	5	11	9	22	4	1	–	131
55-59	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	1	1	–	–	1	2	–	1	3	4	3	2	1	1	3	7	12	8	2	–	55
60-64	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	3	1	1	2	–	–	6	10	4	1	29
65 & over	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	4	6	3	16

Table 22 Marriages registered in 2014 classified by age and previous marital status of groom

Age	Single Men	Widowers	Divorcees	Total
Total	20,219	189	1,637	22,045

Age of groom
Under 20	84	–	–	84
20-24	515	–	–	515
25-29	4,325	2	20	4,347
30-34	8,830	7	89	8,926
35-39	4,151	6	192	4,349
40-44	1,443	13	339	1,795
45-49	518	21	292	831
50-54	190	28	276	494
55-59	83	27	210	320
60 and over	80	85	219	384

Average age of groom	33.7	57.9	48.9	35.0

Table 2A Civil Partnerships registered in 2014 classified by previous civil status and average age of partners

Widows/Widowers

Former Civil Partner

Average age of partner

Table 23 Marriages registered in 2014 classified by age and previous marital status of bride

Age	Single women	Widows	Divorcees	Total
Total	20,583	133	1,329	22,045

Age of bride
Under 20	246	–	–	246
20-24	961	–	7	968
25-29	6,279	4	40	6,323
30-34	8,557	7	151	8,715
35-39	3,012	16	233	3,261
40-44	911	20	259	1,190
45-49	342	16	223	581
50-54	149	15	208	372
55-59	79	18	137	234
60 and over	47	37	71	155

Average age of bride	32.1	51.7	45.0	33.0

Table A Divorce, Judicial Separation and Nullity applications received and granted by the courts in year ending December 2013

		Divorce Applications		Judicial Separation Applications		Nullity Applications
Court	County	Received	Granted	Received	Granted	Received	Granted
TOTAL		3,609	2,949	1,317	824	48	9

CIRCUIT COURT
Leinster		2,145	1,751	703	428	20	4

Carlow	Carlow	41	45	16	14	–	–
Dublin	Dublin	1,347	1,030	440	226	16	1
Naas	Kildare	111	136	50	49	2	–
Kilkenny	Kilkenny	67	74	22	30	1	1
Portlaoise	Laois	55	38	11	7	–	1
Longford	Longford	18	17	7	2	–	–
Dundalk	Louth	94	74	27	21	1	–
Trim	Meath	94	94	39	30	–	–
Tullamore	Offaly	45	72	10	14	–	1
Mullingar	Westmeath	75	36	24	2	–	–
Wexford	Wexford	110	97	18	22	–	–
Wicklow	Wicklow	88	38	39	11	–	–

Munster		968	756	379	233	7	3

Ennis	Clare	100	83	29	26	–	–
Cork	Cork	425	274	180	73	1	3
Tralee	Kerry	97	74	41	29	4	–
Limerick	Limerick	132	130	48	32	1	–
Clonmel	Tipperary	127	121	53	50	1	–
Waterford	Waterford	87	74	28	23	–	–

Connacht		338	266	143	101	18	2

Galway	Galway	167	124	76	61	14	1
Carrick on Shannon	Leitrim	17	17	6	9	1	–
Castlebar	Mayo	74	67	27	18	1	–
Roscommon	Roscommon	42	31	12	7	2	–
Sligo	Sligo	38	27	22	6	–	1

Ulster		147	151	67	42	1	–

Cavan	Cavan	26	40	20	16	–	–
Letterkenny	Donegal	83	84	24	13	–	–
Monaghan	Monaghan	38	27	23	13	1	–

TOTAL CIRCUIT COURT		3,598	2,924	1,292	804	46	9
TOTAL HIGH COURT		11	25	25	20	2	–
TOTAL SUPREME COURT		–	–	–	–	–	–

Source: Courts Service.

Table 1A Civil Partnerships registered in 2014 classified by future area of residence of partners

Area of residence of partners	All partnerships	Male partnerships	Female partnerships
TOTAL	392	242	150

LEINSTER	298	184	114

Carlow	5	3	2
Dublin City	155	111	44
South Dublin	16	8	8
Fingal	25	15	10
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	32	17	15
Kildare	10	6	4
Kilkenny	4	3	1
Laois	3	1	2
Longford	2	2	–
Louth	10	2	8
Meath	10	5	5
Offaly	4	2	2
Westmeath	6	3	3
Wexford	4	1	3
Wicklow	12	5	7

MUNSTER	60	36	24

Clare	5	2	3
Cork City	15	9	6
Cork County	15	6	9
Kerry	2	2	–
Limerick City	5	3	2
Limerick County	8	6	2
North Tipperary	3	3	–
South Tipperary	3	2	1
Waterford City	3	3	–
Waterford County	1	–	1

CONNACHT	18	12	6

Galway City	5	3	2
Galway County	4	3	1
Leitrim	2	1	1
Mayo	4	3	1
Roscommon	1	1
Sligo	2	1	1

ULSTER (part of)	1	–	1

Cavan	1	–	1
Donegal	–	–	–
Monaghan	–	–	–

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Border	15	4	11
Midland	15	8	7
West	14	10	4
Dublin	228	151	77
Mid-East	32	16	16
Mid-West	21	14	7
South-East	20	12	8
South-West	32	17	15

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	377	232	145

OUTSIDE THE STATE	15	10	5

Table 2B Civil Partnerships registered in 2014 classified by previous civil status and average age of male partners

Total	Single men	Widowers	Divorcees	Former Civil Partner	Average age of male partner

484	472	–	11	1	36.8

Table 2C Civil Partnerships registered in 2014 classified by previous civil status and average age of female partners

Total	Single women	Widows	Divorcees	Former Civil Partner	Average age of female partner

300	281	1	16	2	39.5

Table 3A Civil Partnerships registered in 2014 classified by older partner's age and younger partner's relative age

All partners	Total older partners	Younger partner
Age	Total older partners	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 and over

Older partner	392	1	43	110	84	61	34	29	14	6	10

Under 20
20-24	6	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25-29	41	1	18	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30-34	89	–	11	46	32	–	–	–	–	–	–
35-39	77	–	3	20	29	25	–	–	–	–	–
40-44	51	–	1	13	12	19	6	–	–	–	–
45-49	51	–	1	5	3	7	21	14	–	–	–
50-54	26	–	2	2	8	2	4	7	1	–	–
55-59	20	–	1	1	–	4	2	4	5	3	–
60 and over	31	–	–	1	–	4	1	4	8	3	10

Table 4A Civil Partnerships registered in 2014 classified by older male partner's age and younger male partner's relative age

Male partners	Total male partners	Younger male partner
Age	All ages	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 and over

Older male partner	242	1	34	81	50	31	15	15	8	3	4

Under 20
20-24	5	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25-29	28	1	14	13		–	–	–	–	–	–
30-34	58	–	8	34	16	–	–	–	–	–	–
35-39	44	–	3	14	16	11	–	–	–	–	–
40-44	34	–	1	11	8	13	1	–	–	–	–
45-49	23	–	–	5	2	1	10	5	–	–	–
50-54	22	–	2	2	8	1	3	5	1	–	–
55-59	10	–	1	1	–	3	1	2	2	–	–
60 and over	18	–	–	1	–	2	–	3	5	3	4

Table 5A Civil Partnerships registered in 2014 classified by older female partner's age and younger female partner's relative age

Female partners	Total female partners	Younger female partner
Age	all ages	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 and over

Older female partner	150	–	9	29	34	30	19	14	6	3	6

Under 20
20-24	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25-29	13	–	4	9		–	–	–	–	–	–
30-34	31	–	3	12	16	–	–	–	–	–	–
35-39	33	–	–	6	13	14	–	–	–	–	–
40-44	17	–	–	2	4	6	5	–	–	–	–
45-49	28	–	1	–	1	6	11	9	–	–	–
50-54	4	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	–	–	–
55-59	10	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	3	3	–
60 and over	13	–	–	–	–	2	1	1	3	–	6

Table 6A Civil Partnerships registered in 2014 classified by age difference of partners in years and percentage

	Total	No age difference		1 to 4 years difference		5 to 9 years difference		10 or more years difference
	Number	Number Percentage		Number Percentage		Number Percentage		Number Percentage
			%		%		%		%
All Partnerships	392	35	8.9	155	39.5	114	29.1	88	22.4

Male Partnerships	242	15	6.2	88	36.4	74	30.6	65	26.9

Female partnerships	150	20	13.3	67	44.7	40	26.7	23	15.3