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Marriages and Civil Partnerships

2012

	2012	2011
Marriages	20,713	19,855
Marriages per 1,000 population	4.5	4.3
Average Age of Groom	34.7	34.6
Average Age of Bride	32.6	32.5
Civil Marriages	5,797	5,768

The average age of bride and groom continues to rise

Figure 1 Average age of bride and groom, 1962 - 2012

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The average age of grooms in 2012 was 34.7 years, 0.1 years more than the average age in 2011. In the past fifty years, the average age of grooms has decreased from 30.3 years in 1962 to a low of 26.2 years in 1977 and has increased to a high of 34.7 years in 2012. A similar trend is evident for brides with the average age decreasing from 26.6 in 1962 to 24.0 in 1977 and has increased to a high of 32.6 in 2012. See table 1 and fig 1.

The number of marriages registered in 2012 was 20,713 which equates to a crude marriage rate of 4.5 per 1,000 of the population. This compares with a total of 19,855 marriages and a marriage rate of 4.3 per thousand of the population in 2011. See table 1.

Of the 20,713 marriages registered in 2012, there were 13,497 Roman Catholic marriage ceremonies (65%), 5,797 Civil marriages (28%), 433 Church of Ireland ceremonies (2%) and the remaining 5% was made up of Presbyterian, Methodist, and other ceremonies. See table 1 and fig 3.

August was the most popular month for marriage in 2012, when 15% (or 3,046) of marriages occurred. Almost half of all marriages in 2012 took place in the months of June to September. January continued to be the least popular month for marriage ceremonies with 449 (2%) of marriages occurring during that month. See table 16.
Friday and Saturday were the most popular days of the week to get married with almost 71% of marriages occurring on those days. The least popular day was Sunday when 220 couples wed (1% of total). See table 16.
Saturday 4^thAugust was the most popular date for marriage in 2012 with 262 (over 1%) marriages taking place. This was followed by Saturday 2nd June, when 246 (over 1%) marriages occurred.
Cyprus had the highest crude marriage rate in the EU 27 with a rate of 7.3 per 1,000 population. Bulgaria had the lowest rate, with 2.9 marriages per 1,000 population. Ireland, along with the United Kingdom was ranked 11^th with a rate of 4.5 per 1,000 of the population. Figures for some EU 27 countries (i.e. Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal and United Kingdom) average marriage rates for 2012 are not available at time of printing. For these six countries the latest available rates are used. See fig 2.

Euro Area	'000 Persons
Cyprus	7.3
Lithuania	6.9
Malta	6.1
Latvia	5.5
Finland	5.3
Poland	5.3
Sweden	5.3
Denmark	5.1
Romania	5.1
Greece	4.9
Slovakia	4.8
Germany	4.7
Netherlands	4.7
Austria	4.6
Estonia	4.6
Ireland	4.5
United Kingdom	4.5
Czech Republic	4.3
France	3.7
Belgium	3.6
Hungary	3.6
Spain	3.5
Italy	3.4
Luxembourg	3.4
Portugal	3.4
Slovenia	3.4
Bulgaria	2.9

Civil marriages account for 28% of all marriages

Civil marriages accounted for 28% of all marriages in 2012, 1 per cent less than the 29% recorded in 2011. Of the 5,797 civil marriages in 2012, there were 3,997 (69%) where both the bride and groom were single. See tables 1, 17 and fig 3.

In 2012, the average age of the groom in civil marriages was 37.9 years and the average age of the groom in Roman Catholic marriages was 33.2 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 31.4 years. See table 3.

In 2012, civil marriage ceremonies were the most common form of ceremony for grooms aged 45 and over (67%), and for brides aged 40 and over (62%). See table 3.

At a NUTS3 regional level, 37% of grooms and brides in the Dublin region had civil marriages. In contrast, 20% of grooms and brides living in the Border and West regions had civil marriages. See tables 14 and 15.

For long labels below use to display on multiple lines	Marriages by ceremony 2012
Roman Catholic	65.1619755708975
Church of Ireland	2.0904745811809
Other religious	4.76029546661517
Civil	27.9872543813064

Groom older than bride in 63% of marriages

The average age of grooms and brides in 2012 was 34.7 years and 32.6 years respectively. The average age of grooms marrying for the first time was 33.3 years and for brides the average age was 31.7 years. See tables 22 and 23.

The groom was older than the bride in almost 63% of marriages in 2012. This was generally witnessed across all age groups except in the case of grooms under 25 where the bride was older in 43% of marriages. See tables 7 and 8.

In 2012, 3% of grooms were under the age of 25 and 35% of grooms were aged 35 and over on their wedding day. For brides, nearly 6% were under the age of 25 and 24% 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 33.1 and 30.7 years respectively. At the other end of the scale, Wicklow had the highest average age for grooms at 36.5 years and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown had the highest average age for brides at 33.8 years. See tables 9 and 10.

Over 88% of marriages were first time marriages

In 2012, 88% (18,286) of marriages were the first marriage for both the groom and bride. The breakdown between grooms and brides was 19,019 (92%) grooms and 19,340 (93%) brides marrying for the first time. See tables 17, 22 and 23.

There were 2,273 marriages involving at least one divorced person in 2012, including 493 marriages where both parties were divorced. Civil ceremonies accounted for 1,741 of these marriages, 228 were Roman Catholic ceremonies, and the remaining 304 were other religious ceremonies. See table 17.

Couples residing outside Ireland before marriage account for 9% of marriages

Marriages where both the bride and groom were residing in Ireland before marriage accounted for 89% (18,421) of marriages. In 2012, 1,839 (9%) marriages involved both the bride and groom living outside the State before marriage. See tables 11 and 12.

Over 91% of grooms residing in Dublin City married brides who were also residing in Dublin City. In contrast, only 69% of Leitrim grooms married brides living in Leitrim. In relation to brides, 90% of brides residing in Dublin City married grooms from the same area, while at the other end of the scale 74% of Longford brides married grooms residing in Longford. See tables 11 and 12.

The future permanent residence of married couples was stated to be outside Ireland in 10% (2,065) of marriages in 2012. This compares to 1,843 (9%) in 2011. See table 1.

Almost one in five marriages were between brides and grooms of the same occupational group

In 2012, 23% (4,756) of all marriages involved the bride and groom being of the same occupational group.

Over half (55%) of grooms and two-fifths (40%) of brides in the Professional Occupations’ occupational group married an individual in the same group, 20% of grooms and 25% of brides in the ‘Associate professional and Technical Occupations’ married within their own group. 14% of grooms and 21% of brides in the Managers, Directors and Senior Officials’ category married persons in the same occupational group. In the Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown group 45% of grooms and 19% of brides married within their group.

There was a greater disparity apparent for the following occupational groups – In the Caring, Leisure and Other services occupations only 2% of brides and 19% of grooms married a partner from this group, 3% of grooms in the ‘Process Plant and Machine Operatives’ category and in the ‘Skilled Trades Occupations’ category married within their own group. For those in the Administrative and Secretarial Occupations’ 31% of grooms and 8% of brides married within the group. In the ‘Sales and Customer Services group, 21% of grooms and 10% of brides married within the group and in the ‘Elementary Occupations’ group, 13% of grooms and 29% of brides married within the group. See table 6 and background notes.

Number of divorces granted increased by nearly 3%

There were 2,892 divorces granted by the Circuit Court and the High Court in 2012. This was an increase of 73 on the 2011 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 69% of Civil Partnerships resident in Leinster

There were 429 civil partnership ceremonies in 2012, 263 male unions and 166 female unions. Over 69% (298) of these same-sex couples reside in the Leinster area with 148 same-sex partnerships (34%) living in Dublin City and a further 19% residing in the greater Dublin area. Excluding the Dublin area, Cork County had the highest number of civil partnerships registered in 2012 (28) and accounted for nearly 7% of all civil partnerships registered in that year. In contrast, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon or Sligo had no civil partnerships registered in 2012. See Table 1A.

Previous Marital Status of partners in registered Civil Partnerships

Of the 858 individual partners, 794 or 93% were previously single while 60 (7%) were divorcees and 3 were former Civil Partners. See Tables 2.A, 2B and 2C.

Average Age of Partner in Civil Partnership higher than in Marriages

The average age of partner in civil partnership couples is 41.6 Years, the average age of male partner being 41.1 (average age of groom in marriage is 34.7) and female partner slightly higher at 42.2 (average age of bride in marriage 32.6). See Tables 2A, 2B and 2C.

Of all the male partnerships, nearly 37% indicate that there is a 1- 4 year difference in ages. Almost 49% of female partnerships indicate that there is 1-4 year age gap between couples. Over 7% of males and nearly 8% of female partnerships show no age difference between partners. See Table 6A.

Show Table 1 Summary data for marriages 1994-1996, 2002 and 2004-2012

Table 1 Summary data for marriages 1994-1996, 2002 and 2004-2012

	1994	1995	1996	2002	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
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

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

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

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

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
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
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
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
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
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

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
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
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
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
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
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

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
Church of Ireland	434	425	483	781	539	553	530	526	534	447	427	448	433
Presbyterian	51	76	91	112	127	119	161	176	160	111	89	67	84
Methodist	33	25	38	40	21	17	26	20	32	21	27	15	19
Jewish	3	1	2	6	4	5	2	1	–	5	–	–	–
Other religious	50	28	25	26	24	32	32	33	184	205	279	401	883
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

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
Northern Ireland	235	216	271	256	281	257	346	330	367	362	289	304	318
England and Wales	1,477	1,338	1,295	1,119	1,047	990	932	915	981	899	810	846	925
Scotland	60	66	64	86	78	67	84	75	95	86	76	92	64
Europe (remainder)	166	203	222	182	130	129	115	113	114	124	146	139	148
U.S.A	509	490	570	480	353	281	248	211	165	158	164	169	176
Elsewhere	214	189	182	170	168	166	192	154	187	206	277	293	434
Not stated	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	49	12	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

Table 2 Age specific marriage rates, 2009-2012

Age	Marriages per 1,000 males at specified ages				Marriages per 1,000 females at specified ages
Age	2009	2010	2011	2012	2009	2010	2011	2012
All ages, 16-49	17.6	17.2	16.6	17.7	18.1	17.4	16.9	17.8

16-19	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	2.3	2.5	1.9	2.2

20	1.8	1.9	1.7	2.3	5.0	3.7	3.1	3.9
21	2.4	2.6	1.8	2.6	5.7	5.0	3.5	4.8
22	3.5	3.1	2.6	2.4	7.0	5.6	5.5	5.5
23	4.5	4.8	3.8	4.8	9.2	7.9	7.5	7.5
24	7.8	6.4	5.6	6.5	14.8	12.3	12.1	12.6

20-24	4.1	3.9	3.1	3.7	8.6	7.1	6.4	7.0

25	13.0	11.8	10.8	10.3	21.9	19.0	17.2	17.9
26	21.3	18.9	15.2	16.4	30.9	30.2	25.6	26.9
27	29.2	26.8	24.2	26.3	41.3	36.9	34.9	38.3
28	37.7	36.5	33.5	37.3	47.1	44.7	43.1	45.2
29	45.2	43.6	39.6	44.3	51.1	50.8	47.5	49.7

25-29	29.6	28.1	25.4	27.7	38.6	36.7	34.4	36.5

30	46.2	45.7	42.8	48.3	51.3	49.0	46.3	51.7
31	50.2	47.8	46.5	47.7	48.1	46.8	45.5	46.0
32	44.6	42.5	42.9	45.3	37.6	38.9	36.9	39.9
33	38.4	38.7	38.5	39.9	31.8	31.5	32.0	34.1
34	32.0	32.3	30.8	33.8	26.3	26.6	25.7	26.6

30-34	42.3	41.5	40.5	43.1	39.3	38.9	37.6	39.9

35	27.0	26.9	27.8	31.5	20.7	20.8	21.3	21.9
36	22.5	23.4	22.3	22.7	16.5	17.2	17.4	17.4
37	21.6	19.5	20.7	20.3	14.2	13.7	13.2	15.2
38	18.0	17.7	16.9	17.6	11.8	10.4	11.4	12.0
39	14.5	13.5	13.2	15.0	10.5	10.0	10.6	10.6

35-39	20.8	20.3	20.3	21.5	14.8	14.5	14.8	15.5

40	12.4	13.1	11.9	11.8	9.0	8.5	8.0	8.5
41	10.7	10.8	10.5	9.9	7.3	5.7	6.4	6.7
42	9.0	9.2	8.6	9.1	6.6	6.0	6.0	5.6
43	7.1	7.6	7.0	9.0	5.0	4.5	5.0	4.7
44	7.2	6.4	6.2	7.0	4.4	4.8	4.9	4.0

40-44	9.3	9.5	8.9	9.4	6.5	5.9	6.1	6.0

45	6.0	5.2	6.4	6.4	4.2	3.6	4.3	4.0
46	5.3	4.4	5.0	5.3	3.1	3.0	3.7	4.2
47	5.0	4.5	5.1	4.5	3.7	2.9	3.0	3.2
48	4.2	4.1	4.7	4.6	3.1	2.4	3.1	3.3
49	4.1	3.5	4.2	4.1	3.1	2.7	2.6	2.8

45-49	4.9	4.3	5.1	5.0	3.5	2.9	3.4	3.5

Table 3 Marriages registered in 2012 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
		of Ireland		denominations
Age of groom
Under 20	90	1	–	1	10	102
20-24	269	12	2	25	208	516
25-29	3,160	95	30	144	1,094	4,523
30-34	6,159	179	23	286	1,598	8,245
35-39	2,619	69	16	182	1,010	3,896
40-44	786	34	7	112	646	1,585
45-49	243	18	1	62	442	766
50-54	78	11	–	45	318	452
55-59	34	2	–	22	200	258
60 and over	59	12	5	23	271	370
Total	13,497	433	84	902	5,797	20,713

Age of bride
Under 20	144	1	–	4	88	237
20-24	464	21	10	45	428	968
25-29	4,817	133	32	199	1,304	6,485
30-34	5,841	188	23	313	1,651	8,016
35-39	1,623	49	10	177	968	2,827
40-44	393	17	4	69	512	995
45-49	115	12	–	51	364	542
50-54	55	2	1	26	256	340
55-59	13	1	3	13	138	168
60 and over	32	9	1	5	88	135
Total	13,497	433	84	902	5,797	20,713

Average age of groom	33.2	35.0	34.7	37.1	37.9	34.7

Average age of bride	31.4	32.5	32.0	34.6	35.0	32.6

¹There is at present no provision for the civil registration of Muslim marriage ceremonies solemnised in the State.

Table 4 Marriages registered in 2012 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	1	10	182	395	168	60	13	19	17	9	874	34.5
Associate professional and Technical occupations	6	37	623	1,323	628	230	104	63	25	41	3,080	34.7
Caring, Leisure and Other service occupations	2	6	66	86	52	46	18	20	8	10	314	37.4
Elementary occupations	11	79	462	643	365	174	97	40	20	19	1,910	34.4
Managers, Directors and Senior officials	1	19	292	695	400	183	85	75	36	55	1,841	36.7
Process, Plant and Machine operatives	1	13	253	434	250	141	73	59	29	29	1,282	36.6
Professional occupations	–	19	902	2,161	949	297	106	49	45	70	4,598	34.5
Sales and Customer service occupations	–	49	211	235	101	28	21	12	5	6	668	32.7
Skilled trades occupations	11	99	1,266	2,041	885	367	227	102	58	63	5,119	34.4
Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown	69	185	266	232	98	59	22	13	15	68	1,027	32.8

Total	102	516	4,523	8,245	3,896	1,585	766	452	258	370	20,713	34.7

Table 5 Marriages registered in 2012 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	3	75	1,033	1,320	470	147	105	60	33	17	3,263	33.1
Associate professional and Technical occupations	14	49	659	1,104	361	109	69	40	9	10	2,424	33.0
Caring, Leisure and Other service occupations	11	150	928	722	280	119	77	48	24	6	2,365	32.2
Elementary occupations	20	132	267	215	109	53	39	24	9	2	870	31.9
Managers, Directors and Senior officials	1	28	353	491	191	84	38	23	20	15	1,244	33.9
Process, Plant and Machine operatives	–	3	33	39	25	21	7	3	3	2	136	35.8
Professional occupations	–	60	2,032	3,000	847	218	82	67	22	23	6,351	32.4
Sales and Customer service occupations	10	115	473	426	148	68	33	23	16	8	1,320	32.0
Skilled trades occupations	5	14	74	108	66	31	13	8	4	4	327	34.3
Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown	173	342	633	591	330	145	79	44	28	48	2,413	31.8

Total	237	968	6,485	8,016	2,827	995	542	340	168	135	20,713	32.6

Table 6 Marriages registered in 2012 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	273	100	75	20	51	5	255	49	7	39	874
Associate professional and Technical occupations	479	617	284	53	193	15	958	176	37	268	3,080
Caring, Leisure and Other service occupations	61	25	59	27	13	1	71	14	4	39	314
Elementary occupations	318	112	311	250	87	18	248	199	38	329	1,910
Managers, Directors and Senior officials	291	262	170	42	259	6	528	101	24	158	1,841
Process, Plant and Machine operatives	223	93	243	73	68	36	213	103	20	210	1,282
Professional occupations	516	640	235	32	239	17	2,526	129	37	227	4,598
Sales and Customer service occupations	103	47	87	39	42	4	115	137	10	84	668
Skilled trades occupations	935	449	820	248	261	32	1,278	358	139	599	5,119
Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown	64	79	81	86	31	2	159	54	11	460	1,027
Total	3,263	2,424	2,365	870	1,244	136	6,351	1,320	327	2,413	20,713

Table 7 Marriages registered in 2012 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	167	773	3,987	2,715	8,296	3,506	1,269	20,713
16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	–	–	4	3	–	–	–	7
18	–	1	15	21	7	–	–	44
19	–	1	15	7	28	–	–	51
Under 20	–	2	34	31	35	–	–	102
20	–	1	15	12	33	–	–	61
21	2	8	17	14	32	1	–	74
22	2	11	18	11	24	1	–	67
23	2	11	46	28	43	–	–	130
24	4	15	75	28	46	16	–	184
20-24	10	46	171	93	178	18	–	516
25	13	30	97	50	97	22	–	309
26	10	37	159	126	162	21	–	515
27	11	49	303	165	301	29	–	858
28	9	74	371	254	481	61	2	1,252
29	17	74	465	323	631	72	7	1,589
25-29	60	264	1,395	918	1,672	205	9	4,523
30	15	71	433	383	803	94	9	1,808
31	9	66	430	312	918	144	10	1,889
32	11	64	335	236	928	202	18	1,794
33	5	31	248	197	760	254	12	1,507
34	9	22	175	108	675	239	19	1,247
30-34	49	254	1,621	1,236	4,084	933	68	8,245
35	8	32	153	96	531	309	30	1,159
36	2	26	103	62	324	285	28	830
37	3	15	94	62	276	255	36	741
38	4	18	71	29	210	249	47	628
39	4	13	54	37	182	194	54	538
35-39	21	104	475	286	1,523	1,292	195	3,896
40	3	13	44	36	131	140	48	415
41	1	11	29	18	103	116	67	345
42	6	7	26	10	98	103	59	309
43	–	13	32	7	62	100	79	293
44	5	7	22	10	47	79	53	223
40-44	15	51	153	81	441	538	306	1,585
45	5	14	15	6	39	52	70	201
46	–	8	18	7	32	56	44	165
47	2	4	13	6	28	48	38	139
48	–	–	13	8	27	45	47	140
49	2	7	8	6	39	21	38	121
45-49	9	33	67	33	165	222	237	766
50-54	3	8	42	20	106	112	161	452
55-59	–	2	12	6	44	93	101	258
60-64	–	4	11	9	26	50	70	170
65-69	–	5	5	2	16	26	75	129
70-74	–	–	–	–	5	13	25	43
75 and over	–	–	1	–	1	4	22	28

Table 8 Marriages registered in 2012 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	1,269	3,506	8,296	2,715	3,987	773	167	20,713
16	–	1	2	–	–	–	–	3
17	1	1	16	3	–	–	–	21
18	10	23	60	21	3	–	–	117
19	21	27	30	7	11	–	–	96
Under 20	32	52	108	31	14	–	–	237
20	22	33	30	12	6	–	–	103
21	21	41	41	14	15	–	–	132
22	16	47	60	11	18	–	–	152
23	16	62	90	28	13	–	–	209
24	39	105	170	28	28	2	–	372
20-24	114	288	391	93	80	2	–	968
25	42	143	284	50	47	–	–	566
26	51	211	457	126	60	4	–	909
27	61	278	708	165	130	4	–	1,346
28	77	302	849	254	201	5	–	1,688
29	76	310	942	323	313	12	–	1,976
25-29	307	1,244	3,240	918	751	25	–	6,485
30	72	286	991	383	351	14	–	2,097
31	78	251	804	312	442	33	–	1,920
32	79	231	607	236	441	36	2	1,632
33	50	196	471	197	386	54	1	1,355
34	48	136	351	108	309	59	1	1,012
30-34	327	1,100	3,224	1,236	1,929	196	4	8,016
35	54	101	251	96	231	75	4	812
36	40	94	186	62	188	62	8	640
37	33	92	145	62	144	76	6	558
38	35	58	124	29	116	60	11	433
39	25	62	109	37	102	42	7	384
35-39	187	407	815	286	781	315	36	2,827
40	25	48	70	36	80	28	12	299
41	29	34	56	18	59	23	14	233
42	25	36	47	10	37	22	11	188
43	20	18	38	7	31	26	8	148
44	18	27	25	10	29	16	2	127
40-44	117	163	236	81	236	115	47	995
45	16	22	29	6	26	12	15	126
46	16	21	35	7	27	17	7	130
47	21	18	21	6	18	10	7	101
48	13	25	27	8	12	11	5	101
49	10	17	26	6	15	6	4	84
45-49	76	103	138	33	98	56	38	542
50-54	59	76	77	20	52	38	18	340
55-59	31	44	33	6	25	15	14	168
60-64	16	19	24	9	11	2	8	89
65-69	1	7	6	2	7	2	1	26
70-74	2	2	4	–	2	6	1	17
75 and over	–	1	–	–	1	1	–	3

Table 9 Marriages registered in 2012 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	102	516	4,523	8,245	3,896	1,585	766	452	258	370	20,713	34.7

LEINSTER	60	282	2,303	4,222	2,029	811	418	253	131	224	10,733	34.8

Carlow	3	6	63	96	38	17	10	8	1	5	247	34.3
Dublin City	18	92	521	1,013	492	196	80	67	31	59	2,569	34.8
South Dublin	7	39	251	446	221	86	53	23	10	15	1,151	34.3
Fingal	5	26	238	506	226	95	49	29	14	17	1,205	34.8
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	2	8	141	380	165	67	31	15	12	31	852	35.8
Kildare	3	17	211	331	158	61	27	21	7	21	857	34.7
Kilkenny	1	4	81	158	67	28	16	7	8	8	378	35.0
Laois	–	12	85	138	58	29	8	10	4	5	349	34.2
Longford	2	8	38	47	32	8	4	4	2	1	146	33.5
Louth	6	12	125	165	82	39	27	10	6	8	480	34.6
Meath	1	12	157	325	169	40	32	11	6	8	761	34.4
Offaly	–	13	87	102	46	16	15	7	7	5	298	34.3
Westmeath	3	11	82	142	74	23	10	9	6	7	367	34.6
Wexford	6	15	119	180	104	44	33	16	6	14	537	35.5
Wicklow	3	7	104	193	97	62	23	16	11	20	536	36.5

MUNSTER	15	118	989	1,928	938	374	194	82	62	93	4,793	34.9

Clare	2	15	86	152	81	34	20	7	5	6	408	34.7
Cork City	1	21	99	165	71	27	17	7	1	10	419	34.3
Cork County	4	28	316	709	330	139	75	39	21	26	1,687	35.2
Kerry	3	6	92	188	102	35	15	5	6	6	458	34.6
Limerick City	2	6	47	80	37	11	9	5	8	9	214	35.8
Limerick County	–	16	151	229	115	43	14	6	7	10	591	34.1
North Tipperary	–	10	56	118	52	30	7	3	3	5	284	34.4
South Tipperary	2	11	68	123	70	28	19	2	5	11	339	35.5
Waterford City	–	2	38	64	38	11	7	1	3	5	169	35.4
Waterford County	1	3	36	100	42	16	11	7	3	5	224	35.5

CONNACHT	19	56	431	829	383	152	55	45	23	20	2,013	35.2

Galway City	3	14	54	129	48	19	4	4	2	1	278	33.3
Galway County	6	16	151	271	127	55	18	15	5	5	669	34.0
Leitrim	1	4	22	44	20	13	6	3	3	1	117	35.4
Mayo	6	12	101	208	90	30	15	5	7	7	481	34.0
Roscommon	1	4	56	87	53	16	5	8	1	3	234	34.4
Sligo	2	6	47	90	45	19	7	10	5	3	234	35.2

ULSTER (part of)	4	34	315	382	178	73	26	21	11	9	1,053	33.5

Cavan	1	15	66	108	44	13	7	7	2	4	267	33.7
Donegal	2	14	177	189	106	40	15	11	6	5	565	33.5
Monaghan	1	5	72	85	28	20	4	3	3	–	221	33.1

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Border	13	56	509	681	325	144	66	44	25	21	1,884	34.1
Midland	5	44	292	429	210	76	37	30	19	18	1,160	34.3
West	16	46	362	695	318	120	42	32	15	16	1,662	33.9
Dublin	32	165	1,151	2,345	1,104	444	213	134	67	122	5,777	34.8
Mid-East	7	36	472	849	424	163	82	48	24	49	2,154	35.0
Mid-West	4	47	340	579	285	118	50	21	23	30	1,497	34.6
South-East	13	41	405	721	359	144	96	41	26	48	1,894	35.3
South-West	8	55	507	1,062	503	201	107	51	28	42	2,564	34.9

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	98	490	4,038	7,361	3,528	1,410	693	401	227	346	18,592	34.7

NORTHERN IRELAND	–	6	95	134	57	32	9	9	6	1	349	34.3
BRITAIN	4	12	224	448	176	82	44	25	9	7	1,031	34.5
ELSEWHERE	–	8	166	302	135	61	20	17	16	16	741	35.1

Table 10 Marriages registered in 2012 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	237	968	6,485	8,016	2,827	995	542	340	168	135	20,713	32.6

LEINSTER	152	519	3,227	4,160	1,528	540	296	187	97	86	10,792	32.8

Carlow	3	10	99	82	38	7	6	3	1	1	250	31.8
Dublin City	51	162	673	1,025	399	134	77	48	20	26	2,615	32.9
South Dublin	21	63	329	447	166	66	34	12	10	9	1,157	32.6
Fingal	15	55	350	506	174	65	26	22	8	8	1,229	32.8
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	2	17	220	382	133	40	20	22	14	9	859	33.8
Kildare	6	25	304	315	123	32	22	11	10	5	853	32.5
Kilkenny	2	7	120	140	45	23	10	9	4	3	363	33.3
Laois	8	18	125	113	59	18	6	6	3	1	357	32.1
Longford	5	13	52	45	15	10	5	1	–	2	148	31.7
Louth	12	25	174	160	60	24	15	11	4	3	488	32.1
Meath	5	30	242	318	90	27	18	4	3	3	740	32.1
Offaly	4	26	104	100	28	13	7	5	5	1	293	31.9
Westmeath	4	17	116	145	46	18	9	3	2	2	362	32.2
Wexford	9	28	163	186	77	30	14	15	7	6	535	33.1
Wicklow	5	23	156	196	75	33	27	15	6	7	543	33.7

MUNSTER	46	198	1,503	1,876	649	246	130	70	48	33	4,799	32.8

Clare	3	21	133	156	56	22	11	2	5	4	413	32.7
Cork City	5	36	121	165	57	22	12	10	6	5	439	32.9
Cork County	9	45	509	690	231	84	43	26	12	7	1,656	32.8
Kerry	6	15	154	194	68	22	8	7	–	3	477	32.3
Limerick City	4	24	56	69	22	14	9	4	5	3	210	33.0
Limerick County	10	17	200	228	74	21	11	6	5	3	575	32.1
North Tipperary	1	15	88	109	31	16	6	2	4	1	273	32.3
South Tipperary	4	11	108	125	50	15	14	8	7	2	344	33.3
Waterford City	2	8	54	59	22	15	7	1	1	2	171	33.1
Waterford County	2	6	80	81	38	15	9	4	3	3	241	33.5

CONNACHT	29	94	659	790	263	96	40	36	12	5	2,024	32.2

Galway City	5	20	80	135	43	15	6	5	3	–	312	32.4
Galway County	10	31	221	269	83	34	11	8	2	2	671	31.9
Leitrim	3	5	43	30	16	5	3	1	1	1	108	32.2
Mayo	7	19	167	181	56	18	10	10	1	1	470	31.9
Roscommon	1	8	86	90	30	12	4	3	–	1	235	32.0
Sligo	3	11	62	85	35	12	6	9	5	–	228	33.5

ULSTER (part of)	8	97	444	332	126	39	23	13	1	5	1,088	31.1

Cavan	4	20	108	86	33	5	10	2	–	3	271	31.5
Donegal	3	54	253	163	66	27	11	9	1	2	589	31.2
Monaghan	1	23	83	83	27	7	2	2	–	–	228	30.7

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Border	26	138	723	607	237	80	47	34	11	9	1,912	31.7
Midland	21	74	397	403	148	59	27	15	10	6	1,160	32.0
West	23	78	554	675	212	79	31	26	6	4	1,688	32.0
Dublin	89	297	1,572	2,360	872	305	157	104	52	52	5,860	33.0
Mid-East	16	78	702	829	288	92	67	30	19	15	2,136	32.7
Mid-West	18	77	477	562	183	73	37	14	19	11	1,471	32.5
South-East	22	70	624	673	270	105	60	40	23	17	1,904	33.1
South-West	20	96	784	1,049	356	128	63	43	18	15	2,572	32.8

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	235	908	5,833	7,158	2,566	921	489	306	158	129	18,703	32.6

NORTHERN IRELAND	–	19	101	110	39	13	10	6	1	2	301	32.6
BRITAIN	1	24	307	425	120	33	17	11	7	2	947	32.4
ELSEWHERE	1	17	244	323	102	28	26	17	2	2	762	32.7

Table 11 Marriages registered in 2012 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	18,592	16,063	2,358	171	86.4

Carlow	247	202	45	–	81.8
Dublin City	2,569	2,349	192	28	91.4
South Dublin	1,151	1,009	133	9	87.7
Fingal	1,205	1,071	126	8	88.9
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	852	735	112	5	86.3
Kildare	857	762	91	4	88.9
Kilkenny	378	307	69	2	81.2
Laois	349	306	43	–	87.7
Longford	146	109	34	3	74.7
Louth	480	424	45	11	88.3
Meath	761	640	116	5	84.1
Offaly	298	246	52	–	82.6
Westmeath	367	314	50	3	85.6
Wexford	537	477	56	4	88.8
Wicklow	536	472	61	3	88.1

Clare	408	354	48	6	86.8
Cork City	419	346	70	3	82.6
Cork County	1,687	1,479	200	8	87.7
Kerry	458	414	38	6	90.4
Limerick City	214	176	38	–	82.2
Limerick County	591	485	98	8	82.1
North Tipperary	284	226	57	1	79.6
South Tipperary	339	280	59	–	82.6
Waterford City	169	147	22	–	87.0
Waterford County	224	191	33	–	85.3

Galway City	278	234	41	3	84.2
Galway County	669	557	105	7	83.3
Leitrim	117	81	34	2	69.2
Mayo	481	403	76	2	83.8
Roscommon	234	174	58	2	74.4
Sligo	234	186	44	4	79.5

Cavan	267	215	49	3	80.5
Donegal	565	511	33	21	90.4
Monaghan	221	181	30	10	81.9

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES	18,592	16,968	1,453	171	91.3

Border	1,884	1,658	175	51	88.0
Midland	1,160	1,006	148	6	86.7
West	1,662	1,499	149	14	90.2
Dublin	5,777	5,476	251	50	94.8
Mid-East	2,154	1,895	247	12	88.0
Mid-West	1,497	1,319	163	15	88.1
South-East	1,894	1,712	176	6	90.4
South-West	2,564	2,403	144	17	93.7

PROVINCES	18,592	17,654	767	171	95.0

Leinster	10,733	10,340	308	85	96.3
Munster	4,793	4,563	198	32	95.2
Connacht	2,013	1,831	162	20	91.0
Ulster (part of)	1,053	920	99	34	87.4

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	18,592	18,421	–	171	99.1

NORTHERN IRELAND	349	250	97	2	71.6
BRITAIN	1,031	917	102	12	88.9
ELSEWHERE	741	643	83	15	86.8

Table 16 Marriages registered in 2012 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	5	40	41	43	66	159	95	449
February	3	29	45	54	69	259	211	670
March	12	22	35	63	152	643	487	1,414
April	12	68	61	74	231	469	475	1,390
May	24	65	86	96	305	646	650	1,872
June	25	74	75	83	272	951	931	2,411
July	18	99	102	123	374	803	840	2,359
August	59	100	105	174	519	1,180	909	3,046
September	19	78	64	113	345	864	993	2,476
October	32	80	77	105	236	670	624	1,824
November	5	41	44	56	152	544	359	1,201
December	6	63	95	194	304	492	447	1,601

Total	220	759	830	1,178	3,025	7,680	7,021	20,713

Table 12 Marriages registered in 2012 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	Not stated	Percentage of grooms from same area as bride
LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS	18,703	16,063	2,358	282	–	85.7

Carlow	250	202	46	2	–	80.8
Dublin City	2,615	2,349	248	18	–	89.8
South Dublin	1,157	1,009	131	17	–	87.2
Fingal	1,229	1,071	134	24	–	87.1
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	859	735	112	12	–	85.6
Kildare	853	762	80	11	–	89.3
Kilkenny	363	307	51	5	–	84.6
Laois	357	306	45	6	–	85.7
Longford	148	109	35	4	–	73.6
Louth	488	424	50	14	–	86.9
Meath	740	640	83	17	–	86.5
Offaly	293	246	45	2	–	84.0
Westmeath	362	314	43	5	–	86.7
Wexford	535	477	54	4	–	89.2
Wicklow	543	472	64	7	–	86.9

Clare	413	354	51	8	–	85.7
Cork City	439	346	90	3	–	78.8
Cork County	1,656	1,479	159	18	–	89.3
Kerry	477	414	58	5	–	86.8
Limerick City	210	176	34	–	–	83.8
Limerick County	575	485	84	6	–	84.3
North Tipperary	273	226	45	2	–	82.8
South Tipperary	344	280	59	5	–	81.4
Waterford City	171	147	23	1	–	86.0
Waterford County	241	191	49	1	–	79.3

Galway City	312	234	75	3	–	75.0
Galway County	671	557	108	6	–	83.0
Leitrim	108	81	26	1	–	75.0
Mayo	470	403	62	5	–	85.7
Roscommon	235	174	59	2	–	74.0
Sligo	228	186	36	6	–	81.6

Cavan	271	215	42	14	–	79.3
Donegal	589	511	48	30	–	86.8
Monaghan	228	181	29	18	–	79.4

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES	18,703	16,968	1,453	282	–	90.7

Border	1,912	1,658	171	83	–	86.7
Midland	1,160	1,006	137	17	–	86.7
West	1,688	1,499	173	16	–	88.8
Dublin	5,860	5,477	312	71	–	93.5
Mid-East	2,136	1,895	206	35	–	88.7
Mid-West	1,471	1,319	136	16	–	89.7
South-East	1,904	1,711	175	18	–	89.9
South-West	2,572	2,403	143	26	–	93.4

PROVINCES	18,703	17,654	767	282	–	94.4

Leinster	10,792	10,340	304	148	–	95.8
Munster	4,799	4,563	187	49	–	95.1
Connacht	2,024	1,831	170	23	–	90.5
Ulster (part of)	1,088	920	106	62	–	84.6

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	18,703	18,421	–	282	–	98.5

NORTHERN IRELAND	301	250	46	5	–	83.1
BRITAIN	947	917	26	4	–	96.8
ELSEWHERE	762	643	99	20	–	84.4
NOT STATED	–	–	–	–	–	–

Table 13 Marriages celebrated in each county and city during 2012 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	Total
TOTAL	13,497	433	84	902	5,797	20,713

LEINSTER	5,910	222	19	731	3,411	10,293

Carlow	229	13	1	6	102	351
Dublin City	743	28	5	145	1,574	2,495
South Dublin	432	16	5	54	56	563
Fingal	383	9	1	89	93	575
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	231	22	–	53	39	345
Kildare	578	22	–	95	292	987
Kilkenny	358	9	2	6	103	478
Laois	298	9	–	6	77	390
Longford	129	2	–	1	44	176
Louth	365	2	–	29	175	571
Meath	700	14	1	108	196	1,019
Offaly	243	9	1	4	82	339
Westmeath	308	3	–	11	112	434
Wexford	470	20	–	30	183	703
Wicklow	443	44	3	94	283	867

MUNSTER	4,280	95	1	114	1,392	5,882

Clare	474	2	–	7	19	502
Cork City	336	9	–	16	429	790
Cork County	1,292	49	1	43	178	1,563
Kerry	681	12	–	8	158	859
Limerick City	105	2	–	2	269	378
Limerick County	497	4	–	8	24	533
North Tipperary	292	4	–	10	61	367
South Tipperary	297	7	–	4	100	408
Waterford City	76	–	–	7	104	187
Waterford County	230	6	–	9	50	295

CONNACHT	2,100	39	3	29	607	2,778

Galway City	194	1	–	4	66	265
Galway County	655	4	1	9	264	933
Leitrim	149	5	–	1	28	183
Mayo	620	12	–	6	102	740
Roscommon	272	1	–	1	31	305
Sligo	210	16	2	8	116	352

ULSTER (part of)	1,207	77	61	28	387	1,760

Cavan	276	25	5	17	176	499
Donegal	676	35	46	6	168	931
Monaghan	255	17	10	5	43	330

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Border	1,931	100	63	66	706	2,866
Midland	978	23	1	22	315	1,339
West	1,741	18	1	20	463	2,243
Dublin	1,789	75	11	341	1,762	3,978
Mid-East	1,721	80	4	297	771	2,873
Mid-West	1,368	12	–	27	373	1,780
South-East	1,660	55	3	62	642	2,422
South-West	2,309	70	1	67	765	3,212

¹There is at present no provision for the civil registration of Muslim marriage ceremonies solemnised in the State.

Table 14 Marriages registered in 2012 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	Total
TOTAL	13,497	433	84	902	5,797	20,713

LEINSTER	6,367	213	17	672	3,464	10,733

Carlow	183	7	1	3	53	247
Dublin City	1,223	38	5	195	1,108	2,569
South Dublin	662	25	–	97	367	1,151
Fingal	659	18	3	121	404	1,205
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	486	37	1	65	263	852
Kildare	547	19	1	52	238	857
Kilkenny	285	7	1	5	80	378
Laois	237	5	1	6	100	349
Longford	101	3	–	2	40	146
Louth	318	3	–	24	135	480
Meath	529	7	1	43	181	761
Offaly	214	4	–	6	74	298
Westmeath	263	7	–	6	91	367
Wexford	365	17	–	10	145	537
Wicklow	295	16	3	37	185	536

MUNSTER	3,407	56	5	77	1,248	4,793

Clare	290	–	–	5	113	408
Cork City	239	3	–	10	167	419
Cork County	1,201	35	4	38	409	1,687
Kerry	358	4	–	3	93	458
Limerick City	123	1	–	4	86	214
Limerick County	463	3	1	6	118	591
North Tipperary	210	5	–	3	66	284
South Tipperary	256	1	–	4	78	339
Waterford City	105	–	–	3	61	169
Waterford County	162	4	–	1	57	224

CONNACHT	1,546	26	2	21	418	2,013

Galway City	187	3	–	4	84	278
Galway County	537	1	–	8	123	669
Leitrim	87	4	–	–	26	117
Mayo	387	6	–	6	82	481
Roscommon	192	–	1	2	39	234
Sligo	156	12	1	1	64	234

ULSTER (part of)	805	42	40	13	153	1,053

Cavan	196	13	4	6	48	267
Donegal	428	23	30	4	80	565
Monaghan	181	6	6	3	25	221

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:

Border	1,366	61	41	38	378	1,884
Midland	815	19	1	20	305	1,160
West	1,303	10	1	20	328	1,662
Dublin	3,030	118	9	478	2,142	5,777
Mid-East	1,371	42	5	132	604	2,154
Mid-West	1,086	9	1	18	383	1,497
South-East	1,356	36	2	26	474	1,894
South-West	1,798	42	4	51	669	2,564

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	12,125	337	64	783	5,283	18,592

NORTHERN IRELAND	218	25	12	8	86	349
BRITAIN	703	53	4	65	206	1,031
ELSEWHERE	451	18	4	46	222	741

¹There is at present no provision for the civil registration of Muslim marriage ceremonies solemnised in the State.

Table 15 Marriages registered in 2012 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	Total
TOTAL	13,497	433	84	902	5,797	20,713

LEINSTER	6,424	216	18	682	3,452	10,792

Carlow	187	8	–	2	53	250
Dublin City	1,263	41	4	200	1,107	2,615
South Dublin	664	17	1	101	374	1,157
Fingal	674	16	4	123	412	1,229
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	475	45	–	68	271	859
Kildare	561	15	2	50	225	853
Kilkenny	276	6	2	6	73	363
Laois	239	6	1	6	105	357
Longford	107	–	–	2	39	148
Louth	328	4	1	24	131	488
Meath	517	8	–	41	174	740
Offaly	215	4	–	5	69	293
Westmeath	258	7	–	4	93	362
Wexford	364	15	–	9	147	535
Wicklow	296	24	3	41	179	543

MUNSTER	3,423	57	1	79	1,239	4,799

Clare	300	–	–	4	109	413
Cork City	250	4	–	11	174	439
Cork County	1,190	37	1	34	394	1,656
Kerry	376	4	–	4	93	477
Limerick City	115	1	–	4	90	210
Limerick County	454	2	–	7	112	575
North Tipperary	201	4	–	5	63	273
South Tipperary	259	1	–	4	80	344
Waterford City	104	–	–	3	64	171
Waterford County	174	4	–	3	60	241

CONNACHT	1,556	26	1	22	419	2,024

Galway City	214	3	–	6	89	312
Galway County	529	3	1	8	130	671
Leitrim	79	4	–	–	25	108
Mayo	380	6	–	5	79	470
Roscommon	199	–	–	2	34	235
Sligo	155	10	–	1	62	228

ULSTER (part of)	826	51	42	12	157	1,088

Cavan	195	18	4	6	48	271
Donegal	446	24	32	3	84	589
Monaghan	185	9	6	3	25	228

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:

Border	1,388	69	43	37	375	1,912
Midland	819	17	1	17	306	1,160
West	1,322	12	1	21	332	1,688
Dublin	3,076	119	9	492	2,164	5,860
Mid-East	1,374	47	5	132	578	2,136
Mid-West	1,070	7	–	20	374	1,471
South-East	1,364	34	2	27	477	1,904
South-West	1,816	45	1	49	661	2,572

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	12,229	350	62	795	5,267	18,703

NORTHERN IRELAND	170	22	14	8	87	301
BRITAIN	659	47	4	56	181	947
ELSEWHERE	439	14	4	43	262	762

¹There is at present no provision for the civil registration of Muslim marriage ceremonies solemnised in the State.

Table 17 Marriages registered in 2012 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	Total
Total	13,497	433	84	902	5,797	20,713

Single men and single women	13,190	380	76	643	3,997	18,286
Single men and widows	24	1	–	2	26	53
Widowers and single women	38	4	–	6	26	74
Widowers and widows	17	2	1	–	7	27
Divorced men and single women	117	26	4	138	695	980
Single men and divorced women	91	12	1	58	518	680
Divorced men and widows	3	–	–	5	28	36
Widowers and divorced women	5	1	1	4	73	84
Divorced men and divorced women	12	7	1	46	427	493

¹There is at present no provision for the civil registration of Muslim marriage ceremonies solemnised in the State.

Table 18 Marriages registered in 2012 classified by county of residence and previous marital status of groom

Area of residence of groom	Single men	Widowers	Divorcees	Total
TOTAL	19,019	185	1,509	20,713

LEINSTER	9,775	110	848	10,733

Carlow	226	2	19	247
Dublin City	2,381	22	166	2,569
South Dublin	1,042	12	97	1,151
Fingal	1,089	8	108	1,205
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	761	14	77	852
Kildare	779	11	67	857
Kilkenny	348	7	23	378
Laois	317	3	29	349
Longford	132	3	11	146
Louth	437	4	39	480
Meath	698	7	56	761
Offaly	270	2	26	298
Westmeath	347	1	19	367
Wexford	481	9	47	537
Wicklow	467	5	64	536
MUNSTER	4,428	45	320	4,793

Clare	381	2	25	408
Cork City	392	5	22	419
Cork County	1,549	14	124	1,687
Kerry	426	4	28	458
Limerick City	189	6	19	214
Limerick County	552	3	36	591
North Tipperary	266	3	15	284
South Tipperary	316	2	21	339
Waterford City	152	5	12	169
Waterford County	205	1	18	224

CONNACHT	1,891	13	109	2,013

Galway City	270	2	6	278
Galway County	624	5	40	669
Leitrim	109	–	8	117
Mayo	450	4	27	481
Roscommon	220	–	14	234
Sligo	218	2	14	234

ULSTER (part of)	1,000	4	49	1,053

Cavan	251	1	15	267
Donegal	534	2	29	565
Monaghan	215	1	5	221

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:

Border	1,764	10	110	1,884
Midland	1,066	9	85	1,160
West	1,564	11	87	1,662
Dublin	5,273	56	448	5,777
Mid-East	1,944	23	187	2,154
Mid-West	1,388	14	95	1,497
South-East	1,728	26	140	1,894
South-West	2,367	23	174	2,564

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	17,094	172	1,326	18,592

NORTHERN IRELAND	314	3	32	349
BRITAIN	938	6	87	1,031
ELSEWHERE	673	4	64	741

Table 19 Marriages registered in 2012 classified by county of residence and previous marital status of bride
Area of residence of bride	Single women	Widows	Divorcees	Total
TOTAL	19,340	116	1,257	20,713

LEINSTER	10,056	66	670	10,792

Carlow	236	2	12	250
Dublin City	2,447	12	156	2,615
South Dublin	1,087	9	61	1,157
Fingal	1,140	8	81	1,229
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	800	4	55	859
Kildare	792	4	57	853
Kilkenny	339	4	20	363
Laois	330	1	26	357
Longford	140	1	7	148
Louth	445	3	40	488
Meath	702	3	35	740
Offaly	269	–	24	293
Westmeath	344	2	16	362
Wexford	487	7	41	535
Wicklow	498	6	39	543

MUNSTER	4,468	30	301	4,799

Clare	378	3	32	413
Cork City	408	1	30	439
Cork County	1,548	8	100	1,656
Kerry	454	1	22	477
Limerick City	188	3	19	210
Limerick County	544	2	29	575
North Tipperary	252	1	20	273
South Tipperary	316	4	24	344
Waterford City	156	4	11	171
Waterford County	224	3	14	241

CONNACHT	1,917	8	99	2,024

Galway City	300	–	12	312
Galway County	639	3	29	671
Leitrim	101	–	7	108
Mayo	448	3	19	470
Roscommon	221	1	13	235
Sligo	208	1	19	228

ULSTER (part of)	1,030	3	55	1,088

Cavan	251	1	19	271
Donegal	559	2	28	589
Monaghan	220	–	8	228

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:	17,471	107	1,125	18,703

Border	1,784	7	121	1,912
Midland	1,083	4	73	1,160
West	1,608	7	73	1,688
Dublin	5,474	33	353	5,860
Mid-East	1,992	13	131	2,136
Mid-West	1,362	9	100	1,471
South-East	1,758	24	122	1,904
South-West	2,410	10	152	2,572

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	17,471	107	1,125	18,703

NORTHERN IRELAND	275	4	22	301
BRITAIN	898	2	47	947
ELSEWHERE	696	3	63	762
NOT STATED	–	–	–	–

Table 20 Marriages in 2012 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	3	21	117	96	103	132	152	209	372	566	909	1,346	1,688	1,976	2,097	1,920	1,632	1,355	1,012	812	640	558	433	384	299	233	188	148	127	126	130	101	101	84	340	168	89	46	20,713
16 & under	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	–	3	3	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7
18	1	6	21	11	1	3	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	44
19	–	5	23	7	4	6	4	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	51
20	1	4	19	9	12	6	7	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	61
21	1	1	13	10	8	14	7	3	4	3	4	2	1	1	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	74
22	–	1	5	3	7	9	11	7	6	3	2	2	1	2	2	4	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	67
23	–	–	–	8	8	12	15	28	18	13	7	8	3	2	3	1	2	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	130
24	–	–	11	5	7	10	13	16	28	28	16	17	14	6	4	1	2	2	1	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	184
25	–	–	3	9	10	10	17	33	37	50	35	31	18	13	5	11	7	4	3	2	4	–	–	1	–	1	–	2	–	1	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	309
26	–	–	4	4	6	7	15	18	50	79	126	74	31	31	23	16	7	7	4	3	4	1	3	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	515
27	–	–	5	4	7	7	6	23	48	86	144	165	138	90	41	34	18	12	8	10	1	3	4	–	1	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	858
28	–	1	1	5	6	12	12	26	35	68	134	244	254	179	80	69	43	29	19	11	9	6	4	1	1	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,252
29	–	–	2	5	4	12	15	12	29	51	101	202	277	323	207	142	68	48	25	20	11	14	4	4	4	3	1	2	–	2	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1,589
30	–	–	3	2	4	3	10	13	26	42	78	151	257	317	383	197	119	61	56	31	12	16	8	4	6	6	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1,808
31	–	–	1	2	4	3	4	4	21	36	79	111	171	268	368	312	211	118	63	38	29	15	15	6	1	2	4	1	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,889
32	–	–	2	4	3	4	5	7	14	29	59	93	144	208	268	308	236	159	81	56	39	25	17	12	5	5	4	–	2	2	1	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	1,794
33	–	–	–	2	–	2	3	5	15	23	33	68	115	149	198	203	210	197	109	65	46	28	16	6	6	2	1	–	–	1	–	1	2	–	1	–	–	–	1,507
34	–	–	–	1	3	2	3	1	9	13	24	42	62	98	157	165	182	171	108	72	41	40	22	14	4	–	4	–	–	4	2	1	–	–	2	–	–	–	1,247
35	–	–	–	3	2	2	2	3	7	11	16	43	65	89	96	128	140	140	123	96	62	43	33	15	12	8	5	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	1,159
36	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	3	6	9	8	32	38	47	88	80	75	82	94	73	62	33	25	35	10	8	8	4	2	4	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	830
37	–	–	1	1	1	2	–	2	3	2	10	14	22	45	43	62	83	78	79	72	47	62	36	23	25	10	4	7	3	–	1	–	–	1	1	1	–	–	741
38	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	2	7	8	10	19	31	34	56	68	60	55	59	54	42	29	29	22	11	9	11	3	2	1	1	–	1	2	–	1	–	628
39	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	2	8	9	17	16	25	32	40	53	44	47	51	45	39	37	23	21	8	2	5	3	3	1	1	–	3	1	–	–	538
40	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	7	7	16	15	21	23	34	29	33	34	35	34	28	36	17	11	10	6	3	4	3	2	1	3	–	–	–	415
41	–	–	–	–	2	1	–	1	3	4	2	1	8	11	20	14	17	28	29	20	22	23	30	27	23	18	9	8	10	2	8	2	–	1	1	–	–	–	345
42	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	1	1	1	6	5	6	12	10	15	21	17	16	23	26	21	33	19	25	10	11	6	6	3	3	4	–	5	–	1	–	309
43	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	4	5	6	7	6	15	20	13	17	16	18	32	17	21	17	14	10	7	7	10	12	3	4	3	6	–	–	–	293
44	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	–	6	5	9	11	7	11	16	19	13	14	17	11	13	16	7	10	8	8	4	2	1	6	4	1	–	223
45	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	3	–	–	1	1	3	4	12	9	8	13	15	12	9	9	9	13	4	12	13	10	6	4	5	1	5	14	4	–	1	201
46	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	2	1	4	4	2	5	9	13	12	9	14	12	9	9	8	6	9	7	6	5	5	8	2	–	–	165
47	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	1	1	2	3	1	1	2	3	3	9	4	5	9	9	7	12	11	10	5	4	9	6	4	3	9	2	1	–	139
48	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	1	2	4	–	5	4	6	3	5	1	6	7	13	11	3	7	11	4	9	8	6	8	2	11	–	–	–	140
49	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	1	3	2	3	2	2	1	6	7	4	3	5	3	6	1	6	7	11	8	13	6	11	4	1	1	121
50-54	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	1	2	1	3	3	1	4	6	5	5	8	10	13	13	17	14	20	20	22	13	24	22	22	22	24	30	97	25	3	–	452
55-59	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	5	3	2	2	–	1	7	5	3	11	9	6	11	10	15	13	20	13	81	33	6	–	258
60-64	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	2	–	–	2	2	4	3	4	1	4	6	5	2	7	43	44	28	8	170
65 & over	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	1	1	–	1	–	1	3	3	3	2	1	6	6	3	36	45	47	36	200

Table 21 Marriages in 2012 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	3	21	116	95	100	127	149	203	363	554	887	1,321	1,645	1,933	2,034	1,856	1,561	1,255	917	710	551	460	337	274	205	127	95	79	46	47	48	26	32	20	54	19	11	5	18,286
16 & under	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	–	3	3	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7
18	1	6	21	11	1	3	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	44
19	–	5	23	7	4	6	4	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	51
20	1	4	19	9	12	6	7	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	61
21	1	1	13	10	8	14	7	3	4	3	4	2	1	1	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	74
22	–	1	5	3	7	9	11	7	6	3	2	2	1	2	2	4	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	66
23	–	–	–	8	8	12	15	28	18	12	7	8	2	2	3	1	2	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	127
24	–	–	11	5	7	10	13	16	28	28	15	16	13	5	4	1	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	178
25	–	–	3	9	10	10	17	33	37	50	34	31	18	13	5	11	7	4	3	2	2	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	303
26	–	–	4	4	6	7	15	18	50	79	126	74	30	31	23	15	7	7	4	3	4	1	3	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	512
27	–	–	4	4	6	7	5	23	48	85	144	165	137	89	40	32	17	10	7	8	1	3	3	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	840
28	–	1	1	5	6	12	12	26	35	68	132	241	253	175	78	68	40	25	16	9	7	4	2	–	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,219
29	–	–	2	5	4	11	15	12	29	49	101	201	277	319	207	141	67	47	21	19	11	14	4	3	2	1	1	2	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1,567
30	–	–	3	2	4	3	10	12	24	40	78	151	256	317	379	195	118	61	52	28	12	13	7	3	5	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,775
31	–	–	1	2	4	3	3	4	21	36	76	110	170	266	366	311	208	116	61	37	27	14	12	5	–	1	3	1	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,860
32	–	–	2	4	3	4	5	6	14	27	58	92	141	206	264	305	232	152	78	55	34	25	13	10	5	3	4	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,744
33	–	–	–	2	–	2	3	4	15	23	31	68	110	149	195	202	208	189	105	61	43	24	16	5	4	2	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,463
34	–	–	–	1	3	2	3	1	8	12	24	41	61	95	149	161	177	166	104	67	37	35	20	14	2	–	2	–	–	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,188
35	–	–	–	3	2	1	2	3	7	11	16	40	61	86	92	126	139	131	115	90	55	40	29	13	10	6	3	2	1	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1,086
36	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	6	9	8	30	34	46	84	78	72	77	90	66	59	28	22	29	8	6	5	4	–	3	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	769
37	–	–	1	1	1	2	–	1	3	2	9	13	19	42	41	54	80	69	75	69	45	56	33	21	19	6	3	6	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	674
38	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	2	6	7	9	18	29	30	53	60	56	49	50	52	32	24	23	16	8	6	8	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	542
39	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	2	8	7	17	15	21	28	38	47	37	43	45	40	34	25	17	15	5	–	3	–	1	1	1	–	2	–	–	–	454
40	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	6	5	13	13	18	20	31	24	27	28	27	27	23	31	14	8	6	4	3	2	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	335
41	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	1	2	3	1	1	7	10	14	11	14	22	22	14	18	21	22	20	20	13	7	8	3	1	5	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	263
42	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	1	–	6	3	5	9	7	13	16	15	9	20	21	15	21	16	13	7	5	5	4	2	–	2	–	3	–	–	–	220
43	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	4	6	5	4	13	16	9	11	15	13	25	12	17	12	6	8	4	2	1	6	–	2	1	1	–	–	–	195
44	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	5	4	6	9	6	8	11	14	9	10	10	5	9	6	4	6	4	4	2	2	–	1	1	–	–	138
45	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	1	2	8	5	7	11	12	8	6	5	5	8	–	6	6	3	4	1	3	1	1	1	–	–	–	107
46	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	1	1	3	–	3	3	8	8	6	7	6	6	3	6	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	–	–	–	78
47	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	1	2	–	1	1	1	2	7	1	3	4	5	5	6	6	5	3	2	6	1	1	2	4	–	–	–	71
48	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	2	–	2	–	3	1	–	–	3	4	6	4	3	4	5	3	4	2	3	–	–	4	–	–	–	55
49	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	1	2	–	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	–	3	1	1	4	5	5	4	3	3	1	–	–	47
50-54	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	1	1	–	1	2	1	2	–	2	5	5	5	4	6	1	2	2	4	6	9	4	12	8	19	3	–	–	108
55-59	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	1	–	1	4	1	1	4	1	–	1	1	–	1	3	–	7	7	2	–	37
60-64	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	4	4	–	15
65 & over	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	4	5	13

Table 22 Marriages registered in 2012 classified by age and previous marital status of groom

Age	Single Men	Widowers	Divorcees	Total
Total	19,019	185	1,509	20,713

Age of groom
Under 20	102	–	–	102
20-24	515	–	1	516
25-29	4,506	3	14	4,523
30-34	8,173	4	68	8,245
35-39	3,688	9	199	3,896
40-44	1,298	8	279	1,585
45-49	454	14	298	766
50-54	159	22	271	452
55-59	64	28	166	258
60 and over	60	97	213	370

Average age of groom	33.3	59.3	49.0	34.7

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Table 23 Marriages registered in 2012 classified by age and previous marital status of bride

Age	Single women	Widows	Divorcees	Total
Total	19,340	116	1,257	20,713

Age of bride
Under 20	237	–	–	237
20-24	964	–	4	968
25-29	6,440	3	42	6,485
30-34	7,860	6	150	8,016
35-39	2,593	6	228	2,827
40-44	740	14	241	995
45-49	291	20	231	542
50-54	126	25	189	340
55-59	50	12	106	168
60 and over	39	30	66	135

Average age of bride	31.7	52.4	44.6	32.6

Table A Divorce, Judicial Separation and Nullity applications received and granted by the courts in year ending December 2012

		Divorce Applications		Judicial Separation Applications		Nullity Applications
Court	County	Received	Granted	Received	Granted	Received	Granted
TOTAL		3,482	2,892	1,290	858	28	19

CIRCUIT COURT
Leinster		2,042	1,612	729	464	16	9

Carlow	Carlow	47	13	16	7	-	-
Dublin	Dublin	1,273	997	461	286	12	2
Naas	Kildare	109	65	53	31	-	-
Kilkenny	Kilkenny	56	44	12	16	-	-
Portlaoise	Laois	45	49	25	12	1	-
Longford	Longford	26	19	9	5	-	-
Dundalk	Louth	76	73	23	29	-	-
Trim	Meath	82	52	37	18	-	3
Tullamore	Offaly	65	57	13	11	-	-
Mullingar	Westmeath	55	44	24	17	2	1
Wexford	Wexford	115	109	22	14	-	-
Wicklow	Wicklow	93	90	34	18	1	3

Munster		929	762	342	218	10	4

Ennis	Clare	60	58	27	26	-	-
Cork	Cork	424	305	150	87	3	4
Tralee	Kerry	68	81	35	23	4	-
Limerick	Limerick	131	107	60	32	2	-
Clonmel	Tipperary	158	141	48	33	-	-
Waterford	Waterford	88	70	22	17	1	-

Connacht		322	351	140	147	2	5

Galway	Galway	156	223	76	109	2	2
Carrick on Shannon	Leitrim	24	19	10	3	-	1
Castlebar	Mayo	60	53	18	20	-	-
Roscommon	Roscommon	38	32	22	6	-	2
Sligo	Sligo	44	24	14	9	-	-

Ulster		169	143	58	11	-	-

Cavan	Cavan	43	35	24	6	-	-
Letterkenny	Donegal	87	91	21	-	-	1
Monaghan	Monaghan	39	17	13	5	-	-

TOTAL CIRCUIT COURT		3,462	2,868	1,269	840	28	19
TOTAL HIGH COURT		20	24	21	18	-	-
TOTAL SUPREME COURT		-	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Courts Service.

Table 1A Civil Partnerships registered in 2012 classified by future area of residence of partners

Area of residence of partners	All partnerships	Male partnerships	Female partnerships
TOTAL	429	263	166

LEINSTER	298	192	106

Carlow	4	3	1
Dublin City	148	99	49
South Dublin	28	15	13
Fingal	18	7	11
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	37	25	12
Kildare	9	7	2
Kilkenny	6	3	3
Laois	2	-	2
Longford	2	2	-
Louth	6	4	2
Meath	13	9	4
Offaly	3	3	-
Westmeath	4	3	1
Wexford	4	4	-
Wicklow	14	8	6

MUNSTER	72	32	40

Clare	9	3	6
Cork City	11	5	6
Cork County	28	11	17
Kerry	3	2	1
Limerick City	7	3	4
Limerick County	7	5	2
North Tipperary	2	-	2
South Tipperary	2	1	1
Waterford City	2	2	-
Waterford County	1	-	1

CONNACHT	17	9	8

Galway City	7	4	3
Galway County	10	5	5
Leitrim	-	-	-
Mayo	-	-	-
Roscommon	-	-	-
Sligo	-	-	-

ULSTER (part of)	7	5	2

Cavan	1	1	-
Donegal	5	4	1
Monaghan	1	-	1

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Border	13	9	4
Midland	231	146	85
West	36	24	12
Dublin	25	11	14
Mid-East	11	8	3
Mid-West	19	13	6
South-East	42	18	24
South-West	17	9	8

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

OUTSIDE THE STATE	35	25	10

Table 2A Civil Partnerships registered in 2012 classified by previous civil status and average age of partners

Total	Single	Widows/Widowers	Divorcees	Former Civil Partner	Average age of partner

858	794	1	60	3	41.6

Table 2B Civil Partnerships registered in 2012 classified by previous civil status, and average age of male partners

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

526	500	-	24	2	41.1

Table 2C Civil Partnerships registered in 2012 classified by previous civil status and average age of female partners

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

332	294	1	36	1	42.2

Table 3A Civil Partnerships registered in 2012 classified by older partners age and younger partners 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	50-55	55-59	60 and over

Total all ages	429	3	26	62	85	81	59	61	30	14	8

Under 20	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20-24	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
25-29	27	1	9	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
30-34	60	-	9	21	30	-	-	-	-	-	-
35-39	70	1	3	12	29	25	-	-	-	-	-
40-44	75	-	1	9	17	27	21	-	-	-	-
45-49	67	-	-	1	5	17	22	22	-	-	-
50-54	51	-	1	-	3	6	9	21	11	-	-
55-59	33	-	-	-	1	1	4	11	13	3	-
60 and over	43	-	1	2	-	5	3	7	6	11	8

Table 4A Civil Partnerships registered in 2012 classified by older male partners age and younger male partners 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	263	3	18	49	49	43	34	39	18	5	5

Under 20	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20-24	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
25-29	20	1	5	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
30-34	38	-	6	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
35-39	37	1	3	8	15	10	-	-	-	-	-
40-44	48	-	1	8	10	16	13	-	-	-	-
45-49	40	-	-	1	5	10	13	11	-	-	-
50-54	28	-	1	-	2	3	2	14	6	-	-
55-59	22	-	-	-	1	1	4	9	7	-	-
60 and over	28	-	1	2	-	3	2	5	5	5	5

Table 5A Civil Partnerships registered in 2012 classified by older female parter age and younger female partners 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

Total	166	-	8	13	36	38	25	22	12	9	3

Under 20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20-24	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
25-29	7	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
30-34	22	-	3	5	14	-	-	-	-	-	-
35-39	33	-	-	4	14	15	-	-	-	-	-
40-44	27	-	-	1	7	11	8	-	-	-	-
45-49	27	-	-	-	-	7	9	11	-	-	-
50-54	23	-	-	-	1	3	7	7	5	-	-
55-59	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	3	-
60+	15	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	1	6	3

Table 6A Civil Partnerships registered in 2012 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	429	32	7.5	177	41.3	116	27.0	104	24.2

Male Partnerships	263	19	7.2	96	36.5	70	26.6	78	29.7

Female partnerships	166	13	7.8	81	48.8	46	27.7	26	15.7