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CSO statistical release, 15 April 2016, 11am

Marriages and Civil Partnerships

2015

	2015	2014
Marriages	22,025	22,045
Marriages per 1,000 population	4.8	4.8
Average Age of Groom	35.3	35.0
Average Age of Bride	33.2	33.0
Civil Marriage Ceremonies	6,156	6,167
Civil Partnerships	376	392

The average age of brides and grooms is the highest recorded to date

Fig. 1 The average age of brides and groom is the highest recorded to date

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The average age of grooms in 2015 was 35.3 years , 0.3 years more than the average age in 2014. In the past 50 years, the average age of grooms has decreased from 29.4 years in 1965 to a low of 26.2 years in 1977 and has increased to a high of 35.3 years in 2015. A similar trend is evident for brides with the average age decreasing from 26.0 in 1965 to 24.0 in 1977 and has increased to a high of 33.2 in 2015. See table 1 and Fig 1.

The number of marriages registered in 2015 was 22,025 which equates to a crude (unadjusted) marriage rate of 4.8 per 1,000 population. This is just 20 marriages less than in 2014 when 22,045 marriages took place. There is no change in the corresponding marriage rate of 4.8 per thousand of the population. See table 1.

In 2015, religious ceremonies accounted for the highest porportion of marriages (66.3%). There were 12,486 (56.7%) Catholic Marriage ceremonies, 393 (1.8%) Church of Ireland ceremonies, 73 (0.3%) Presbyterian ceremonies while The Spiritualist Union of Ireland, performed 822 (3.7%) marriage ceremonies in 2015. The remaining 831 (3.8%) couples opted for other religious ceremonies. Civil Marriage ceremonies were the most popular choice for non-religious marriage ceremonies accounting for 6,156 (28%) of all marriages. In recent years the Humanist Association has also risen in popularity with 1,264 (5.7%) of marriages in 2015. See tables 1, 3 and 17, and fig. 2.

X-axis label	Marriages by form of ceremony, 2015
Roman Catholic	56.7
Civil Marriages	28
Humanist Association	5.7
Spiritualist Union	3.7
Other Religious	4.1
Church of Ireland	1.8

Civil marriage ceremonies were the most common form of ceremony for 58.2% of grooms and 63.4% of brides aged 45 and over. See table 3.

In 2015, the average age of the groom in Civil marriages was 37.8 years and the average age of the groom in Roman Catholic marriages was 33.7 years. The average age of the bride in Civil marriages was 35.2 years and the average age of the bride in Roman Catholic marriages was 31.9 years. See table 3.

At a NUTS3 regional level, 37.5% of grooms and brides in the Dublin region had Civil marriage ceremonies. By contrast, 19.9% of grooms and 19.2% brides living in the Border region opted for a Civil marriage ceremony. See tables 14 and 15.

August was the most popular month for marriages in 2015

For the fourth consecutive year, August was the most popular month for marriage. In 2015, 13.3% (or 2,927) of marriages occurred in August. Over a quarter (26.5%) of all marriages took place in the months of July and August. January continued to be the least popular month for marriage ceremonies with only 767 (3.5%) of marriages occurring during that month. See table 16.
Friday and Saturday were the most popular days of the week to get married with 69.2% of marriages occurring on those days. The least popular day was Sunday when 437 couples wed (2%). See table 16.
Friday 31st July and Saturday 1st August were the most popular dates for marriage in 2015 with 276 (over 1%) marriages taking place on each of these days. These were followed by Friday 4th September, when 248 (over 1%) marriages occurred. Other sought after dates were New Years Eve, Saturday 30th May and Friday 7th of August with 247 marriage celebrations on each of these days.
In 2013 (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 and Slovenia had the lowest rates, with 3.0 marriages per 1,000 population. In 2013 Ireland had a marriage rate of 4.5 per thousand population and was ranked 13th, along with Croatia and the United Kingdom. Ireland had a marriage rate of 4.8 per thousand population in 2014 and 2015. (The latest available data for Belgium and France was for 2012, and 2011 was the latest data available for the UK) See fig. 3.

EU-28	Marriage rate
Lithuania	6.9
Cyprus	6.4
Malta	6.1
Lavtia	5.7
Romania	5.4
Sweden	5.4
Denmark	4.9
Ireland 2015	4.8
Greece	4.7
Poland	4.7
Slovakia	4.7
Finland	4.6
Germany	4.6
Ireland 2013	4.5
United Kingdom	4.5
Croatia	4.5
Austria	4.3
Estonia	4.3
Czech Republic	4.1
Belgium	3.8
Netherlands	3.8
France	3.7
Hungary	3.7
Spain	3.3
Italy	3.2
Luxembourg	3.2
Portugal	3.1
Bulgaria	3
Slovenia	3

Groom older than bride in just over 63% of marriages

The average age of grooms and brides in 2015 was 35.3 years and 33.2 years respectively. The average age of grooms marrying for the first time was 33.9 years and for brides the average age was 32.3 years. See tables 22 and 23.

In 2015, the groom was older than the bride in 63.1% of marriages. This was generally witnessed across all age groups except in the case of grooms under 25, where the bride was older in 44.3% of marriages, the same age in 18.3% and younger in 37.4%. See tables 7, 8.

In 2015, 2.9% of grooms were under the age of 25 and 39% of grooms were aged 35 and over on their wedding day. For brides, 5.1% were under the age of 25 and 27.3% were aged 35 and over on their wedding day. See table 1.

At a local authority level, Carlow, Donegal, Monaghan and Roscommon all had the lowest average age for grooms at 34.4 years. At the other end of the scale, Waterford County had the highest average age for grooms at 36.7 years. Monaghan had the lowest average age for brides at 31.5 years and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown had the highest average age at 34.7 years. See tables 9 and 10.

88% of marriages were first time marriages

In 2015, 88.1% (19,400) of marriages were the first marriage for both the groom and bride. The breakdown between grooms and brides was 20,250 (91.9%) grooms and 20,546 (93.3%) brides marrying for the first time. See tables 17, 22 and 23.

There were 2,442 marriages involving at least one divorced person in 2015, including 486 marriages where both parties were divorced. Civil ceremonies accounted for 1,612 of these marriages, 220 were Humanist ceremonies, 200 were other religious ceremonies, 190 were Catholic ceremonies, 178 were Spiritualist Union of Ireland ceremonies, 34 were Church of Ireland ceremonies and 8 were presbyterian ceremonies. See table 17.

Couples residing outside Ireland before marriage account for nearly 12% of marriages

Marriages where both the bride and groom were residing in Ireland before marriage accounted for 85.9% (18,920) of marriages. In 2015, 2,612 (11.9%) marriages involved both the bride and groom living outside the State before marriage. See tables 11 and 12.

A total of 92.1% of grooms residing in Dublin City married brides who were also residing in Dublin City. In contrast, just 75.4% of Leitrim grooms married brides living in Leitrim. In relation to brides, 91.8% of brides residing in Dublin City married grooms from the same area, while at the other end of the scale over three-quarters (75.7%) of Roscommon brides married grooms residing in Roscommon. See tables 11 and 12.

The future permanent residence of married couples was stated to be outside Ireland in 12.9% (2,845) of marriages in 2015. This compares to 2,668 (12%) in 2014. See table 1.

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

In 2015, 22.8% (5,020) of all marriages involved the bride and groom being of the same socio-economic group.

Over half (55.6%) of grooms and two-fifths (41%) of brides in the 'Professional Occupations’ socio-economic group married an individual in the same group, 18.8% of grooms and 25% of brides in the ‘Associate Professional and Technical Occupations’ married within their own group. Almost 14% of grooms and 18.5% of brides in the 'Managers, Directors and Senior Officials’ category married persons in the same socio-economic group. In the ‘Elementary Occupations’ group, 13.9% of grooms and 23.1% of brides married within the group.

There was a greater disparity apparent for the following socio-economic groups – In the 'Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown' group 41.6% of grooms and 16.4% of brides married within their group. In the 'Caring, Leisure and Other Services Occupations' only 3.5% of brides and 25.3% of grooms married a partner from this group, 2.2% of grooms and 22.6% of brides in the ‘Process Plant and Machine Operatives’ category married a partner within the group. In the ‘Skilled Trades Occupations’ category 2.5% of grooms and 39% of brides married within their own group. For those in the Administrative and Secretarial Occupations’ 25.5% of grooms and 7.7% of brides married within the group. In the ‘Sales and Customer Services group', 20.9% of grooms and 11% of brides married within the group. See table 6 and background notes.

Civil Partnerships - over three-quarters (78.2%) resident in Leinster

There were 376 civil partnership ceremonies in 2015, 250 male unions and 126 female unions. Over three-quarters or 78.2% (294) of these same-sex couples resided in the Leinster area with over half (248 or 66%) living in the Dublin Region. The Mid-East (Kildare, Meath and Wicklow) had the next highest number of civil partnerships registered in 2015 (25) and this accounted for 6.6% of all civil partnerships registered in that year. There were no civil partnerships registered in, Carlow, North Tipperary, Leitrim, Roscommon, Cavan or Monaghan. See Table 1A.

Previous Marital Status of partners in registered Civil Partnerships

Of the 752 individual partners, 719 or 95.6% were previously single, while 27 (3.6%) were divorcees and 4 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 2015 was 37.5 years, the average age of male partner being 36.1 (average age of groom in marriage is 35.3) and female partner slightly higher at 40.1 (average age of bride in marriage 33.2). See Tables 2A, 2B and 2C.

Of all the male partnerships, 37.6% indicate that there is a 1- 4 year difference in ages. Almost 52.4% of female partnerships indicate that there is 1-4 year age gap between couples. In 2015, 6% of males and 9.5% of female partnerships show no age difference between partners. See Table 6A.

91 same-sex marriages in 2015

Same-sex marriages legislation came into effect on the 16th November 2015. In the period to the end of 2015, there were 91 same-sex marriages in the State. This figure comprised of 47 male couples and 44 female couples.

Number of divorces granted decreased by over 10%

The most recent divorce data available is for 2014. There were 2,629 divorces granted by the Circuit Court and the High Court in 2014. This was an decrease of 320 on the 2013 figure. See Table A.

Population

The estimated population (usual residence) in April 2015 was 4,635,400.

Show Table 1 Summary data for marriages 1994-1996, 2002 and 2004-2015

Table 1 Summary data for marriages 1994-1996, 2002 and 2004-2015

	1994	1995	1996	2002	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
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	22,025

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	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	35.3

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	33.2

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	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	2.4
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	18.5
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	39.7
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	20.6
40 and over	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	18.4

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	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	4.0
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	27.2
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	40.4
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	15.1
40 and over	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	12.2

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	12,486
Church of Ireland	434	425	483	781	539	553	530	526	534	447	427	448	433	453	445	393
Presbyterian	51	76	91	112	127	119	161	176	160	111	89	67	84	72	81	73
Methodist	33	25	38	40	21	17	26	20	32	21	27	15	19	25	27	26
Jewish	3	1	2	6	4	5	2	1	–	5	–	–	–	1	1	1
Other religious	50	28	25	26	24	32	32	33	184	205	279	401	883	1,112	538	804
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	6,156
Humanist Association	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	895	1,264
Spiritualist Union of Ireland	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	819	822

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	2,845
Northern Ireland	235	216	271	256	281	257	346	330	367	362	289	304	318	319	432	421
England and Wales	1,477	1,338	1,295	1,119	1,047	990	932	915	981	899	810	846	925	947	1,058	1,117
Scotland	60	66	64	86	78	67	84	75	95	86	76	92	64	80	74	97
Europe (remainder)	166	203	222	182	130	129	115	113	114	124	146	139	148	152	157	150
U.S.A	509	490	570	480	353	281	248	211	165	158	164	169	176	198	192	214
Elsewhere	214	189	182	170	168	166	192	154	187	206	277	293	434	620	755	846
Not stated	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	49	12	1	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	12.9

Table 2 Age specific marriage rates, 2012-2015

Age	Marriages per 1,000 males at specified ages				Marriages per 1,000 females at specified ages
Age	2012	2013	2014	2015	2012	2013	2014	2015
All ages, 16-49	17.7	17.9	19.4	19.5	17.8	18.1	19.4	19.5

16-19	0.9	1.1	0.7	0.8	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.2

20	2.3	2.5	2.4	2.4	3.9	3.6	5.3	4.4
21	2.6	1.8	2.3	3.5	4.8	4.6	5.6	5.6
22	2.4	3.1	3.5	3.5	5.5	5.6	6.5	6.4
23	4.8	4.1	4.3	4.8	7.5	8.9	8.6	9.6
24	6.5	6.9	7.8	7.9	12.6	12.0	13.6	12.1

20-24	3.7	3.7	4.1	4.5	7.0	7.0	8.1	7.8

25	10.3	10.2	12.1	11.6	17.9	18.4	19.9	19.6
26	16.4	16.2	17.8	17.8	26.9	27.9	27.4	27.7
27	26.3	22.9	27.2	26.1	38.3	35.7	38.4	36.3
28	37.3	36.2	37.5	37.1	45.2	45.5	49.7	51.0
29	44.3	45.3	49.6	48.0	49.7	51.0	57.9	58.2

25-29	27.7	26.9	29.7	29.0	36.5	36.6	39.8	39.9

30	48.3	51.1	56.0	55.8	51.7	51.4	55.3	62.5
31	47.7	49.9	56.5	55.9	46.0	50.5	54.7	55.3
32	45.3	46.6	52.9	53.6	39.9	39.5	45.0	47.9
33	39.9	42.1	45.5	48.8	34.1	34.9	37.4	40.0
34	33.8	37.4	37.4	40.5	26.6	28.6	30.3	30.7

30-34	43.1	45.3	49.3	50.5	39.9	41.0	44.3	46.6

35	31.5	29.7	34.5	33.7	21.9	24.3	26.7	25.0
36	22.7	24.1	28.4	29.8	17.4	19.1	20.8	20.3
37	20.3	19.9	21.0	25.2	15.2	14.6	15.6	16.6
38	17.6	19.2	19.3	18.7	12.0	12.3	12.3	13.1
39	15.0	15.7	16.9	16.9	10.6	11.9	11.4	11.3

35-39	21.5	21.8	24.1	25.0	15.5	16.5	17.5	17.5

40	11.8	13.4	14.6	12.8	8.5	9.1	9.2	8.6
41	9.9	12.0	11.0	13.1	6.7	5.8	7.4	8.0
42	9.1	8.9	9.7	11.5	5.6	6.6	6.7	6.7
43	9.0	7.8	8.5	8.6	4.7	4.5	5.8	6.7
44	7.0	6.7	7.8	7.4	4.0	4.5	4.8	6.0

40-44	9.4	9.8	10.3	10.7	6.0	6.2	6.8	7.2

45	6.4	5.6	7.2	7.3	4.0	4.4	5.0	4.8
46	5.3	5.7	5.3	5.8	4.2	3.9	3.3	4.3
47	4.5	4.8	5.6	5.5	3.2	3.6	3.5	4.5
48	4.6	3.9	4.4	4.6	3.3	2.5	3.3	3.1
49	4.1	3.9	3.8	4.8	2.8	2.9	3.4	3.7

45-49	5.0	4.8	5.3	5.6	3.5	3.5	3.7	4.1

Table 3 Marriages registered in 2015 classified according to age of groom/age of bride and form of ceremony

Age	Form of ceremony							Total
	Catholic	Church	Presbyterian	Other religious	Civil Marriages	The Humanist	The Spiritualist
		of Ireland		denominations		Association	Union of Ireland
Age of groom
Under 20	86	–	–	1	6	–	–	93
20-24	186	10	3	36	291	3	6	535
25-29	2,453	76	26	142	1,095	169	114	4,075
30-34	5,826	154	28	222	1,682	511	311	8,734
35-39	2,615	84	5	181	1,147	314	198	4,544
40-44	853	32	5	115	669	111	85	1,870
45-49	292	12	2	44	445	57	49	901
50-54	92	10	1	44	293	51	33	524
55-59	30	6	1	26	231	23	12	329
60 and over	53	9	2	20	297	25	14	420
Total	12,486	393	73	831	6,156	1,264	822	22,025

Age of bride
Under 20	127	–	–	10	101	–	–	238
20-24	300	11	4	68	475	11	21	890
25-29	3,885	122	38	156	1,330	273	181	5,985
30-34	5,822	154	23	260	1,753	562	331	8,905
35-39	1,694	62	3	161	997	239	159	3,315
40-44	435	17	2	82	606	78	63	1,283
45-49	135	15	1	45	377	48	35	656
50-54	34	5	2	32	235	28	16	352
55-59	22	3	–	7	149	16	11	208
60 and over	32	4	–	10	133	9	5	193
Total	12,486	393	73	831	6,156	1,264	822	22,025

Average age of groom	33.7	35.4	33.3	37.1	37.8	36.6	36.6	35.3

Average age of bride	31.9	33.2	30.7	34.7	35.2	34.5	34.5	33.2

Table 4 Marriages registered in 2015 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	–	7	142	385	220	64	33	18	15	21	905	35.7
Associate professional and Technical occupations	10	47	584	1,405	722	264	108	62	38	48	3,288	35.0
Caring, Leisure and Other service occupations	1	16	64	127	67	30	30	13	8	8	364	36.1
Elementary occupations	10	78	392	714	378	204	103	67	29	29	2,004	35.3
Managers, Directors and Senior officials	4	20	283	675	429	221	118	62	46	60	1,918	37.1
Process, Plant and Machine operatives	1	17	192	422	319	166	98	73	43	44	1,375	38.1
Professional occupations	1	36	841	2,318	1,115	372	147	81	45	75	5,031	34.9
Sales and Customer service occupations	3	37	228	266	133	40	18	4	7	6	742	32.7
Skilled trades occupations	8	102	1,116	2,188	1,041	446	217	126	79	73	5,396	35.0
Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown	55	175	233	234	120	63	29	18	19	56	1,002	33.3

Total	93	535	4,075	8,734	4,544	1,870	901	524	329	420	22,025	35.3

Table 5 Marriages registered in 2015 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	5	50	690	1,273	558	205	111	59	34	33	3,018	34.4
Associate professional and Technical occupations	8	41	592	1,167	380	147	63	38	20	11	2,467	33.5
Caring, Leisure and Other service occupations	12	118	928	921	306	140	102	57	30	19	2,633	32.9
Elementary occupations	41	173	306	313	167	93	56	32	16	10	1,207	32.6
Managers, Directors and Senior officials	–	14	315	605	258	118	55	32	25	16	1,438	34.8
Process, Plant and Machine operatives	1	6	35	47	16	13	7	4	1	3	133	34.8
Professional occupations	1	72	1,927	3,325	1,021	274	87	57	35	24	6,823	32.8
Sales and Customer service occupations	11	88	454	496	181	96	46	19	9	7	1,407	32.6
Skilled trades occupations	2	10	97	107	61	34	17	8	4	11	351	35.1
Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown	157	318	641	651	367	163	112	46	34	59	2,548	32.6

Total	238	890	5,985	8,905	3,315	1,283	656	352	208	193	22,025	33.2

Table 6 Marriages registered in 2015 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	231	97	71	18	60	3	311	47	6	61	905
Associate professional and Technical occupations	412	617	310	94	257	17	1,097	195	28	261	3,288
Caring, Leisure and Other service occupations	43	31	92	22	13	3	63	28	9	60	364
Elementary occupations	276	132	343	279	100	12	240	206	37	379	2,004
Managers, Directors and Senior officials	271	268	180	71	266	9	514	120	29	190	1,918
Process, Plant and Machine operatives	241	88	259	119	71	30	217	105	29	216	1,375
Professional occupations	546	592	300	45	299	17	2,796	138	47	251	5,031
Sales and Customer service occupations	88	65	86	73	37	3	138	155	9	88	742
Skilled trades occupations	850	513	903	377	285	36	1,305	365	137	625	5,396
Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown	60	64	89	109	50	3	142	48	20	417	1,002
Total	3,018	2,467	2,633	1,207	1,438	133	6,823	1,407	351	2,548	22,025

Table 7 Marriages registered in 2015 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	212	863	4,195	2,863	8,901	3,691	1,300	22,025
16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	2
18	–	–	11	24	3	–	–	38
19	1	5	14	13	20	–	–	53
Under 20	1	5	25	38	24	–	–	93
20	3	5	14	10	24	–	–	56
21	9	8	21	7	35	–	–	80
22	3	9	28	15	26	2	–	83
23	10	18	32	10	34	10	–	114
24	6	32	49	35	69	11	–	202
20-24	31	72	144	77	188	23	–	535
25	11	24	116	45	82	20	–	298
26	14	36	158	81	154	29	1	473
27	19	55	233	149	237	36	–	729
28	17	65	345	266	366	39	7	1,105
29	11	72	435	307	595	43	7	1,470
25-29	72	252	1,287	848	1,434	167	15	4,075
30	12	69	473	355	765	83	10	1,767
31	8	62	423	337	857	112	15	1,814
32	12	58	393	259	915	198	14	1,849
33	10	59	336	219	892	223	17	1,756
34	8	35	214	167	812	295	17	1,548
30-34	50	283	1,839	1,337	4,241	911	73	8,734
35	7	36	188	123	591	317	29	1,291
36	2	28	132	85	500	306	32	1,085
37	5	25	89	67	364	306	43	899
38	5	10	59	39	270	238	47	668
39	5	23	53	38	222	200	60	601
35-39	24	122	521	352	1,947	1,367	211	4,544
40	3	14	41	34	141	175	47	455
41	4	14	48	35	147	155	55	458
42	3	11	51	21	115	136	69	406
43	3	7	32	15	86	93	59	295
44	2	7	22	13	72	81	59	256
40-44	15	53	194	118	561	640	289	1,870
45	1	5	21	13	78	72	57	247
46	1	8	21	8	51	47	51	187
47	4	4	13	10	45	51	48	175
48	3	4	15	6	39	46	30	143
49	2	6	16	13	35	42	35	149
45-49	11	27	86	50	248	258	221	901
50-54	2	23	51	16	116	146	170	524
55-59	4	16	25	12	72	76	124	329
60-64	1	6	13	11	34	51	81	197
65-69	1	3	10	2	23	33	63	135
70-74	–	–	–	2	9	11	31	53
75 and over	–	1	–	–	4	8	22	35

Table 8 Marriages registered in 2015 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	1,300	3,691	8,901	2,863	4,195	863	212	22,025
16	1	1	3	–	–	–	–	5
17	1	3	6	1	–	–	–	11
18	15	27	47	24	–	–	–	113
19	23	28	42	13	3	–	–	109
Under 20	40	59	98	38	3	–	–	238
20	24	33	20	10	11	–	–	98
21	18	33	48	7	13	–	–	119
22	15	39	57	15	16	–	–	142
23	29	60	104	10	25	–	–	228
24	35	81	130	35	22	–	–	303
20-24	121	246	359	77	87	–	–	890
25	41	130	248	45	35	6	–	505
26	45	182	397	81	59	5	–	769
27	42	230	560	149	112	4	–	1,097
28	78	332	792	266	161	15	–	1,644
29	68	342	971	307	262	20	–	1,970
25-29	274	1,216	2,968	848	629	50	–	5,985
30	85	317	989	355	394	20	1	2,161
31	68	293	879	337	422	18	4	2,021
32	72	255	800	259	432	49	2	1,869
33	80	208	622	219	415	46	4	1,594
34	47	167	420	167	391	63	5	1,260
30-34	352	1,240	3,710	1,337	2,054	196	16	8,905
35	55	131	342	123	279	66	8	1,004
36	46	111	249	85	221	79	6	797
37	31	89	184	67	196	49	8	624
38	26	66	123	39	137	77	12	480
39	27	57	140	38	93	48	7	410
35-39	185	454	1,038	352	926	319	41	3,315
40	28	49	100	34	58	35	10	314
41	23	47	85	35	50	33	13	286
42	35	36	69	21	41	27	12	241
43	22	39	60	15	51	31	16	234
44	28	41	56	13	46	17	7	208
40-44	136	212	370	118	246	143	58	1,283
45	18	34	43	13	33	14	7	162
46	17	24	38	8	32	14	4	137
47	25	20	37	10	25	14	13	144
48	15	18	25	6	12	15	7	98
49	20	18	23	13	18	11	12	115
45-49	95	114	166	50	120	68	43	656
50-54	49	72	90	16	68	32	25	352
55-59	36	40	46	12	33	29	12	208
60-64	9	22	27	11	15	15	7	106
65-69	3	10	20	2	11	7	5	58
70-74	–	3	7	2	3	2	3	20
75 and over	–	3	2	–	–	2	2	9

Table 9 Marriages registered in 2015 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	93	535	4,075	8,734	4,544	1,870	901	524	329	420	22,025	35.3

LEINSTER	56	335	2,040	4,250	2,326	996	446	276	181	220	11,126	35.3

Carlow	1	7	64	89	46	17	6	3	6	5	244	34.4
Dublin City	14	143	614	1,079	595	227	122	62	36	55	2,947	34.7
South Dublin	4	38	192	459	268	112	38	19	24	21	1,175	35.3
Fingal	6	28	210	451	272	120	50	32	17	18	1,204	35.5
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	1	13	110	380	190	79	28	20	22	36	879	36.6
Kildare	1	19	158	353	198	80	37	24	15	15	900	35.6
Kilkenny	–	3	75	143	83	41	14	8	2	8	377	35.5
Laois	1	5	69	124	69	26	19	5	5	2	325	35.0
Longford	4	5	25	70	33	8	7	1	4	3	160	34.7
Louth	3	12	92	160	81	38	17	13	5	6	427	34.8
Meath	3	9	117	287	138	67	28	25	21	11	706	36.0
Offaly	4	11	59	95	55	20	13	13	1	3	274	34.6
Westmeath	4	12	71	136	64	34	18	13	6	5	363	35.1
Wexford	5	21	93	213	117	63	29	19	10	13	583	35.9
Wicklow	5	9	91	211	117	64	20	19	7	19	562	36.3

MUNSTER	20	102	798	1,931	1,007	452	202	127	79	108	4,826	35.7

Clare	3	9	77	165	104	35	20	7	7	12	439	35.7
Cork City	3	13	73	174	92	49	22	16	11	13	466	36.3
Cork County	2	33	258	683	346	129	58	47	18	39	1,613	35.6
Kerry	2	6	79	209	120	51	25	12	8	9	521	35.9
Limerick City	1	16	45	98	31	35	15	6	6	6	259	35.5
Limerick County	4	7	95	219	123	53	13	12	11	11	548	35.6
North Tipperary	2	8	42	105	58	30	12	5	2	4	268	35.2
South Tipperary	2	6	55	116	58	32	18	7	3	7	304	35.7
Waterford City	1	2	37	60	29	9	7	6	4	2	157	34.9
Waterford County	–	2	37	102	46	29	12	9	9	5	251	36.7

CONNACHT	11	50	350	867	445	147	89	40	24	43	2,066	35.2

Galway City	–	13	39	136	74	27	7	4	4	14	318	35.7
Galway County	2	9	112	283	149	39	31	16	8	15	664	35.6
Leitrim	1	2	21	57	32	5	6	2	–	4	130	35.1
Mayo	3	10	83	190	90	36	26	8	5	4	455	34.8
Roscommon	3	7	49	105	48	13	6	4	5	4	244	34.4
Sligo	2	9	46	96	52	27	13	6	2	2	255	35.0

ULSTER (part of)	2	19	262	427	199	82	40	16	14	19	1,080	34.6

Cavan	1	3	56	121	53	19	13	7	2	6	281	35.1
Donegal	1	13	147	220	104	50	22	8	8	7	580	34.4
Monaghan	–	3	59	86	42	13	5	1	4	6	219	34.4

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Border	8	42	421	740	364	152	76	37	21	31	1,892	34.7
Midland	13	33	224	425	221	88	57	32	16	13	1,122	34.9
West	8	39	283	714	361	115	70	32	22	37	1,681	35.2
Dublin	25	222	1,126	2,369	1,325	538	238	133	99	130	6,205	35.2
Mid-East	9	37	366	851	453	211	85	68	43	45	2,168	35.9
Mid-West	10	40	259	587	316	153	60	30	26	33	1,514	35.5
South-East	9	41	361	723	379	191	86	52	34	40	1,916	35.6
South-West	7	52	410	1,066	558	229	105	75	37	61	2,600	35.8

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	89	506	3,450	7,475	3,977	1,677	777	459	298	390	19,098	35.4

NORTHERN IRELAND	1	8	112	174	87	36	23	11	8	2	462	34.7
BRITAIN	3	10	250	528	249	89	55	35	10	17	1,246	34.9
ELSEWHERE	–	11	263	557	231	68	46	19	13	11	1,219	34.3

Table 10 Marriages registered in 2015 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	238	890	5,985	8,905	3,315	1,283	656	352	208	193	22,025	33.2

LEINSTER	162	523	2,934	4,378	1,720	701	353	183	119	113	11,186	33.3

Carlow	4	15	80	103	31	14	2	3	4	3	259	32.4
Dublin City	63	200	732	1,127	449	172	98	56	30	28	2,955	33.1
South Dublin	24	58	290	466	197	69	36	24	9	11	1,184	33.3
Fingal	13	47	321	491	207	85	41	16	12	9	1,242	33.5
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	2	17	173	398	150	61	20	17	16	16	870	34.7
Kildare	4	26	262	363	125	59	32	13	10	12	906	33.6
Kilkenny	3	8	94	175	58	20	6	5	8	2	379	33.3
Laois	4	19	93	121	53	15	9	3	–	3	320	32.5
Longford	6	9	45	63	25	7	3	4	1	–	163	32.1
Louth	6	17	150	149	54	29	8	6	5	5	429	32.7
Meath	2	22	210	258	107	51	27	11	10	4	702	33.7
Offaly	12	15	75	100	40	11	6	2	1	2	264	31.8
Westmeath	9	16	104	125	47	27	12	3	2	6	351	33.1
Wexford	6	29	155	214	82	39	30	12	8	4	579	33.7
Wicklow	4	25	150	225	95	42	23	8	3	8	583	33.6

MUNSTER	41	176	1,273	1,947	742	302	154	98	49	44	4,826	33.5

Clare	5	16	113	190	64	21	21	7	–	3	440	33.2
Cork City	6	20	111	177	78	28	12	11	10	5	458	34.0
Cork County	8	53	432	663	244	98	47	33	22	15	1,615	33.6
Kerry	5	19	134	225	87	33	16	6	3	3	531	33.2
Limerick City	4	28	61	85	34	20	16	6	2	2	258	33.3
Limerick County	5	18	139	218	98	40	9	12	2	5	546	33.4
North Tipperary	2	4	86	118	37	15	6	5	3	1	277	33.0
South Tipperary	4	9	74	116	41	18	10	13	–	4	289	33.8
Waterford City	2	4	53	69	20	10	5	3	3	1	170	33.0
Waterford County	–	5	70	86	39	19	12	2	4	5	242	34.6

CONNACHT	24	70	532	869	346	119	59	31	10	18	2,078	33.3

Galway City	3	15	47	143	65	19	7	7	5	2	313	34.1
Galway County	4	22	172	275	120	42	23	8	1	8	675	33.6
Leitrim	–	3	35	62	15	8	–	–	1	1	125	32.7
Mayo	5	15	144	182	71	19	18	7	1	2	464	32.7
Roscommon	9	7	69	106	29	14	3	5	2	3	247	32.5
Sligo	3	8	65	101	46	17	8	4	–	2	254	33.4

ULSTER (part of)	6	49	401	444	145	48	29	9	8	6	1,145	32.2

Cavan	1	12	87	132	35	13	11	2	2	3	298	32.8
Donegal	3	28	218	221	87	30	13	4	4	3	611	32.2
Monaghan	2	9	96	91	23	5	5	3	2	–	236	31.5

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Border	15	77	651	756	260	102	45	19	14	14	1,953	32.5
Midland	31	59	317	409	165	60	30	12	4	11	1,098	32.5
West	21	59	432	706	285	94	51	27	9	15	1,699	33.3
Dublin	102	322	1,516	2,482	1,003	387	195	113	67	64	6,251	33.4
Mid-East	10	73	622	846	327	152	82	32	23	24	2,191	33.6
Mid-West	16	66	399	611	233	96	52	30	7	11	1,521	33.3
South-East	19	70	526	763	271	120	65	38	27	19	1,918	33.5
South-West	19	92	677	1,065	409	159	75	50	35	23	2,604	33.6

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	233	818	5,140	7,638	2,953	1,170	595	321	186	181	19,235	33.3

NORTHERN IRELAND	1	12	134	134	55	24	12	8	3	–	383	32.9
BRITAIN	3	27	327	555	161	53	26	11	9	4	1,176	32.8
ELSEWHERE	1	33	384	578	146	36	23	12	10	8	1,231	32.5

Table 11 Marriages registered in 2015 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	244	204	40	–	83.6
Dublin City	2,947	2,714	207	26	92.1
South Dublin	1,175	1,054	113	8	89.7
Fingal	1,204	1,104	95	5	91.7
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	879	765	109	5	87.0
Kildare	900	826	69	5	91.8
Kilkenny	377	319	54	4	84.6
Laois	325	283	42	–	87.1
Longford	160	133	26	1	83.1
Louth	427	381	39	7	89.2
Meath	706	616	84	6	87.3
Offaly	274	219	52	3	79.9
Westmeath	363	310	49	4	85.4
Wexford	583	529	54	–	90.7
Wicklow	562	509	50	3	90.6

Clare	439	385	53	1	87.7
Cork City	466	385	69	12	82.6
Cork County	1,613	1,442	158	13	89.4
Kerry	521	458	57	6	87.9
Limerick City	259	228	27	4	88.0
Limerick County	548	453	92	3	82.7
North Tipperary	268	216	51	1	80.6
South Tipperary	304	241	62	1	79.3
Waterford City	157	142	15	–	90.4
Waterford County	251	210	40	1	83.7

Galway City	318	262	48	8	82.4
Galway County	664	580	78	6	87.3
Leitrim	130	98	28	4	75.4
Mayo	455	390	58	7	85.7
Roscommon	244	187	54	3	76.6
Sligo	255	216	37	2	84.7

Cavan	281	244	31	6	86.8
Donegal	580	528	33	19	91.0
Monaghan	219	180	35	4	82.2

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Border	1,892	1,716	134	42	90.7
Midland	1,122	984	130	8	87.7
West	1,681	1,534	123	24	91.3
Dublin	6,205	5,932	229	44	95.6
Mid-East	2,168	1,976	178	14	91.1
Mid-West	1,514	1,364	141	9	90.1
South-East	1,916	1,743	167	6	91.0
South-West	2,600	2,443	126	31	94.0

PROVINCES

Leinster	11,126	10,773	276	77	96.8
Munster	4,826	4,601	183	42	95.3
Connacht	2,066	1,903	133	30	92.1
Ulster (part of)	1,080	973	78	29	90.1

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	19,098	18,920	–	178	99.1

NORTHERN IRELAND	462	338	118	6	73.2
BRITAIN	1,246	1,126	101	19	90.4
ELSEWHERE	1,219	1,104	96	19	90.6

Table 16 Marriages registered in 2015 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	4	53	44	45	133	305	183	767
February	7	41	31	35	102	337	306	859
March	16	98	58	42	139	457	464	1,274
April	20	74	77	83	247	504	461	1,466
May	79	73	86	82	250	878	842	2,290
June	29	92	88	83	275	775	674	2,016
July	38	87	81	154	504	1,200	840	2,904
August	107	125	108	138	421	922	1,106	2,927
September	29	80	94	117	349	899	841	2,409
October	32	76	58	77	251	819	730	2,043
November	16	44	52	44	145	443	404	1,148
December	60	242	276	334	148	391	471	1,922

Total	437	1,085	1,053	1,234	2,964	7,930	7,322	22,025

Table 12 Marriages registered in 2015 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	259	204	50	5	78.8
Dublin City	2,955	2,714	195	46	91.8
South Dublin	1,184	1,054	112	18	89.0
Fingal	1,242	1,104	125	13	88.9
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	870	765	89	16	87.9
Kildare	906	826	77	3	91.2
Kilkenny	379	319	54	6	84.2
Laois	320	283	32	5	88.4
Longford	163	133	28	2	81.6
Louth	429	381	28	20	88.8
Meath	702	616	77	9	87.7
Offaly	264	219	43	2	83.0
Westmeath	351	310	39	2	88.3
Wexford	579	529	43	7	91.4
Wicklow	583	509	70	4	87.3

Clare	440	385	51	4	87.5
Cork City	458	385	65	8	84.1
Cork County	1,615	1,442	156	17	89.3
Kerry	531	458	68	5	86.3
Limerick City	258	228	30	–	88.4
Limerick County	546	453	89	4	83.0
North Tipperary	277	216	58	3	78.0
South Tipperary	289	241	43	5	83.4
Waterford City	170	142	26	2	83.5
Waterford County	242	210	27	5	86.8

Galway City	313	262	45	6	83.7
Galway County	675	580	88	7	85.9
Leitrim	125	98	23	4	78.4
Mayo	464	390	64	10	84.1
Roscommon	247	187	57	3	75.7
Sligo	254	216	33	5	85.0

Cavan	298	244	46	8	81.9
Donegal	611	528	46	37	86.4
Monaghan	236	180	32	24	76.3

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Border	1,953	1,716	139	98	87.9
Midland	1,098	984	103	11	89.6
West	1,699	1,534	139	26	90.3
Dublin	6,251	5,932	226	93	94.9
Mid-East	2,191	1,976	199	16	90.2
Mid-West	1,521	1,364	146	11	89.7
South-East	1,918	1,743	145	30	90.9
South-West	2,604	2,443	131	30	93.8

PROVINCES

Leinster	11,186	10,773	255	158	96.3
Munster	4,826	4,601	172	53	95.3
Connacht	2,078	1,903	140	35	91.6
Ulster (part of)	1,145	973	103	69	85.0

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	19,235	18,920	–	315	98.4

NORTHERN IRELAND	383	338	40	5	88.3
BRITAIN	1,176	1,126	33	17	95.7
ELSEWHERE	1,231	1,104	105	22	89.7

Table 13 Marriages celebrated in each county and city during 2015 classified by form of ceremony
Province, county or city	Form of ceremony							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	12,486	393	73	831	6,156	1,264	822	22,025

LEINSTER	5,257	217	22	586	3,579	828	671	11,160

Carlow	207	19	–	7	109	20	10	372
Dublin City	583	37	7	105	1,780	170	42	2,724
South Dublin	318	7	2	58	43	26	31	485
Fingal	326	5	3	45	61	33	43	516
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	211	25	2	71	28	32	19	388
Kildare	509	18	1	80	250	115	118	1,091
Kilkenny	365	2	–	10	141	11	22	551
Laois	271	15	1	6	37	13	7	350
Longford	138	2	–	–	53	–	1	194
Louth	331	6	1	19	194	27	27	605
Meath	632	12	3	62	207	158	164	1,238
Offaly	236	5	–	10	72	9	10	342
Westmeath	279	3	–	27	53	29	29	420
Wexford	458	15	–	10	223	27	84	817
Wicklow	393	46	2	76	328	158	64	1,067

MUNSTER	3,999	76	1	152	1,449	331	96	6,104

Clare	466	4	–	25	53	35	6	589
Cork City	288	3	–	16	458	24	4	793
Cork County	1,153	44	1	60	181	151	21	1,611
Kerry	728	7	–	26	185	66	17	1,029
Limerick City	109	1	–	1	260	4	–	375
Limerick County	432	4	–	6	21	11	6	480
North Tipperary	284	6	–	11	60	13	7	381
South Tipperary	252	3	–	2	81	14	8	360
Waterford City	60	1	–	1	89	2	11	164
Waterford County	227	3	–	4	61	11	16	322

CONNACHT	2,010	31	6	72	637	79	26	2,861

Galway City	185	5	3	17	72	22	7	311
Galway County	620	4	–	27	290	23	7	971
Leitrim	158	6	1	3	29	2	1	200
Mayo	574	5	1	15	98	17	9	719
Roscommon	246	–	–	4	49	5	1	305
Sligo	227	11	1	6	99	10	1	355

ULSTER (part of)	1,220	69	44	21	491	26	29	1,900

Cavan	285	16	3	8	195	16	19	542
Donegal	681	35	28	8	240	5	–	997
Monaghan	254	18	13	5	56	5	10	361

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Border	1,936	92	47	49	813	65	58	3,060
Midland	924	25	1	43	215	51	47	1,306
West	1,625	14	4	63	509	67	24	2,306
Dublin	1,438	74	14	279	1,912	261	135	4,113
Mid-East	1,534	76	6	218	785	431	346	3,396
Mid-West	1,291	15	–	43	394	63	19	1,825
South-East	1,569	43	–	34	704	85	151	2,586
South-West	2,169	54	1	102	824	241	42	3,433

Table 14 Marriages registered in 2015 classified by area of residence of groom and form of ceremony
Area of residence of groom	Form of ceremony							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	12,486	393	73	831	6,156	1,264	822	22,025

LEINSTER	5,436	190	20	519	3,593	756	612	11,126

Carlow	165	9	–	3	59	4	4	244
Dublin City	1,006	45	4	154	1,355	237	146	2,947
South Dublin	523	10	2	102	358	105	75	1,175
Fingal	565	12	6	60	360	105	96	1,204
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	411	31	5	27	256	106	43	879
Kildare	486	19	–	47	232	53	63	900
Kilkenny	260	3	–	8	96	7	3	377
Laois	220	12	1	9	71	2	10	325
Longford	117	1	–	2	36	3	1	160
Louth	249	3	–	21	111	17	26	427
Meath	396	6	1	29	167	44	63	706
Offaly	203	3	–	11	49	4	4	274
Westmeath	230	1	1	8	96	9	18	363
Wexford	359	9	–	9	168	7	31	583
Wicklow	246	26	–	29	179	53	29	562

MUNSTER	3,096	46	1	108	1,338	172	65	4,826

Clare	297	3	1	10	119	8	1	439
Cork City	230	3	–	13	196	17	7	466
Cork County	1,032	28	–	43	401	89	20	1,613
Kerry	368	3	–	9	121	11	9	521
Limerick City	112	–	–	12	128	7	–	259
Limerick County	399	3	–	6	120	13	7	548
North Tipperary	197	5	–	5	55	2	4	268
South Tipperary	206	–	–	3	81	9	5	304
Waterford City	85	–	–	3	55	7	7	157
Waterford County	170	1	–	4	62	9	5	251

CONNACHT	1,448	21	3	55	473	48	18	2,066

Galway City	159	1	1	14	127	12	4	318
Galway County	486	8	–	13	135	14	8	664
Leitrim	98	4	–	3	23	2	–	130
Mayo	337	–	1	13	93	6	5	455
Roscommon	185	1	1	7	44	5	1	244
Sligo	183	7	–	5	51	9	–	255

ULSTER (part of)	794	34	24	16	191	7	14	1,080

Cavan	198	5	3	4	58	4	9	281
Donegal	425	22	18	9	104	1	1	580
Monaghan	171	7	3	3	29	2	4	219

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:

Border	1,324	48	24	45	376	35	40	1,892
Midland	770	17	2	30	252	18	33	1,122
West	1,167	10	3	47	399	37	18	1,681
Dublin	2,505	98	17	343	2,329	553	360	6,205
Mid-East	1,128	51	1	105	578	150	155	2,168
Mid-West	1,005	11	1	33	422	30	12	1,514
South-East	1,245	22	–	30	521	43	55	1,916
South-West	1,630	34	–	65	718	117	36	2,600

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	10,774	291	48	698	5,595	983	709	19,098

NORTHERN IRELAND	243	23	17	22	110	30	17	462
BRITAIN	759	51	6	51	190	140	49	1,246
ELSEWHERE	710	28	2	60	261	111	47	1,219

Table 15 Marriages registered in 2015 classified by area of residence of bride and form of ceremony
Area of residence of bride	Form of ceremony							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	12,486	393	73	831	6,156	1,264	822	22,025

LEINSTER	5,455	190	24	525	3,610	771	611	11,186

Carlow	177	10	–	4	61	3	4	259
Dublin City	1,002	48	5	150	1,357	250	143	2,955
South Dublin	517	12	4	103	365	102	81	1,184
Fingal	582	13	6	65	375	109	92	1,242
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	409	28	6	31	249	108	39	870
Kildare	488	16	–	48	239	52	63	906
Kilkenny	264	4	–	8	91	7	5	379
Laois	216	8	1	10	72	4	9	320
Longford	117	2	–	2	39	2	1	163
Louth	260	3	–	21	102	18	25	429
Meath	395	4	2	28	163	44	66	702
Offaly	194	3	–	12	48	3	4	264
Westmeath	225	2	–	7	90	10	17	351
Wexford	357	9	–	8	169	6	30	579
Wicklow	252	28	–	28	190	53	32	583

MUNSTER	3,100	47	1	110	1,330	172	66	4,826

Clare	299	4	1	10	116	8	2	440
Cork City	227	5	–	13	187	17	9	458
Cork County	1,024	25	–	47	414	87	18	1,615
Kerry	379	2	–	7	120	14	9	531
Limerick City	115	–	–	12	122	9	–	258
Limerick County	398	3	–	6	120	11	8	546
North Tipperary	203	6	–	5	56	3	4	277
South Tipperary	196	–	–	3	76	9	5	289
Waterford City	94	1	–	3	57	7	8	170
Waterford County	165	1	–	4	62	7	3	242

CONNACHT	1,467	21	3	57	464	49	17	2,078

Galway City	161	–	2	14	121	12	3	313
Galway County	495	8	–	12	136	16	8	675
Leitrim	97	2	–	3	22	1	–	125
Mayo	345	2	1	13	92	6	5	464
Roscommon	191	1	–	8	42	4	1	247
Sligo	178	8	–	7	51	10	–	254

ULSTER (part of)	839	39	26	16	199	9	17	1,145

Cavan	211	10	3	5	55	4	10	298
Donegal	446	26	16	8	111	3	1	611
Monaghan	182	3	7	3	33	2	6	236

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:

Border	1,374	52	26	47	374	38	42	1,953
Midland	752	15	1	31	249	19	31	1,098
West	1,192	11	3	47	391	38	17	1,699
Dublin	2,510	101	21	349	2,346	569	355	6,251
Mid-East	1,135	48	2	104	592	149	161	2,191
Mid-West	1,015	13	1	33	414	31	14	1,521
South-East	1,253	25	–	30	516	39	55	1,918
South-West	1,630	32	–	67	721	118	36	2,604

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	10,861	297	54	708	5,603	1,001	711	19,235

NORTHERN IRELAND	194	18	15	18	100	21	17	383
BRITAIN	735	50	3	43	161	135	49	1,176
ELSEWHERE	696	28	1	62	292	107	45	1,231

Table 17 Marriages registered in 2015 classified by form of ceremony and previous civil status of partners
Marriages contracted between	Form of ceremony							Total
Marriages contracted between	Catholic	Church of Ireland	Presbyterian	Other religious denominations	Civil marriages	The Humanist Association	The Spiritualist Union of Ireland	Total
Total	12,486	393	73	831	6,156	1,264	822	22,025

Single men and single women	12,221	350	64	624	4,460	1,039	642	19,400
Single men and widows	19	5	–	3	35	2	2	66
Widowers and single women	46	1	1	4	35	3	–	90
Widowers and widows	10	3	–	–	14	–	–	27
Divorced men and single women	95	16	7	96	638	112	92	1,056
Single men and divorced women	74	8	–	60	543	50	49	784
Divorced men and widows	2	–	–	4	36	2	3	47
Widowers and divorced women	6	1	1	8	45	4	4	69
Divorced men and divorced women	13	9	–	32	350	52	30	486

Table 18 Marriages registered in 2015 classified by county of residence and previous civil status of groom

Area of residence of groom	Single men	Widowers	Divorcees	Total
TOTAL	20,250	186	1,589	22,025

LEINSTER	10,193	97	836	11,126

Carlow	234	2	8	244
Dublin City	2,740	20	187	2,947
South Dublin	1,066	9	100	1,175
Fingal	1,099	12	93	1,204
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	802	8	69	879
Kildare	816	8	76	900
Kilkenny	346	5	26	377
Laois	300	4	21	325
Longford	154	1	5	160
Louth	388	2	37	427
Meath	635	7	64	706
Offaly	252	2	20	274
Westmeath	332	3	28	363
Wexford	526	7	50	583
Wicklow	503	7	52	562
MUNSTER	4,435	41	350	4,826

Clare	403	5	31	439
Cork City	423	3	40	466
Cork County	1,501	16	96	1,613
Kerry	485	3	33	521
Limerick City	230	1	28	259
Limerick County	506	5	37	548
North Tipperary	247	3	18	268
South Tipperary	274	3	27	304
Waterford City	142	1	14	157
Waterford County	224	1	26	251

CONNACHT	1,935	16	115	2,066

Galway City	295	2	21	318
Galway County	611	8	45	664
Leitrim	122	2	6	130
Mayo	430	1	24	455
Roscommon	232	1	11	244
Sligo	245	2	8	255

ULSTER (part of)	1,012	15	53	1,080

Cavan	259	2	20	281
Donegal	547	8	25	580
Monaghan	206	5	8	219

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:

Border	1,767	21	104	1,892
Midland	1,038	10	74	1,122
West	1,568	12	101	1,681
Dublin	5,707	49	449	6,205
Mid-East	1,954	22	192	2,168
Mid-West	1,386	14	114	1,514
South-East	1,746	19	151	1,916
South-West	2,409	22	169	2,600

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	17,575	169	1,354	19,098

NORTHERN IRELAND	409	4	49	462
BRITAIN	1,143	7	96	1,246
ELSEWHERE	1,123	6	90	1,219

Table 19 Marriages registered in 2015 classified by county of residence and previous civil status of bride
Area of residence of bride	Single women	Widows	Divorcees	Total
TOTAL	20,546	140	1,339	22,025

LEINSTER	10,395	68	723	11,186

Carlow	242	1	16	259
Dublin City	2,755	18	182	2,955
South Dublin	1,099	8	77	1,184
Fingal	1,147	5	90	1,242
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	810	7	53	870
Kildare	843	4	59	906
Kilkenny	354	1	24	379
Laois	298	3	19	320
Longford	154	–	9	163
Louth	401	4	24	429
Meath	654	5	43	702
Offaly	249	1	14	264
Westmeath	323	3	25	351
Wexford	517	4	58	579
Wicklow	549	4	30	583

MUNSTER	4,492	36	298	4,826

Clare	416	2	22	440
Cork City	423	4	31	458
Cork County	1,512	10	93	1,615
Kerry	507	2	22	531
Limerick City	233	2	23	258
Limerick County	505	6	35	546
North Tipperary	259	2	16	277
South Tipperary	260	2	27	289
Waterford City	162	3	5	170
Waterford County	215	3	24	242

CONNACHT	1,968	11	99	2,078

Galway City	295	2	16	313
Galway County	635	6	34	675
Leitrim	120	1	4	125
Mayo	445	1	18	464
Roscommon	232	–	15	247
Sligo	241	1	12	254

ULSTER (part of)	1,075	9	61	1,145

Cavan	276	3	19	298
Donegal	575	3	33	611
Monaghan	224	3	9	236

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:

Border	1,837	15	101	1,953
Midland	1,024	7	67	1,098
West	1,607	9	83	1,699
Dublin	5,811	38	402	6,251
Mid-East	2,046	13	132	2,191
Mid-West	1,413	12	96	1,521
South-East	1,750	14	154	1,918
South-West	2,442	16	146	2,604

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	17,930	124	1,181	19,235

NORTHERN IRELAND	353	5	25	383
BRITAIN	1,124	3	49	1,176
ELSEWHERE	1,139	8	84	1,231

Table 20 Marriages in 2015 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	11	113	109	98	119	142	228	303	505	769	1097	1644	1970	2161	2021	1869	1594	1260	1004	797	624	480	410	314	286	241	234	208	162	137	144	98	115	352	208	106	87	22025
16 & under	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
18	–	3	24	3	5	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	38
19	–	2	18	13	6	2	1	5	–	3	1	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	53
20	2	1	10	11	10	9	4	–	1	3	–	–	1	1	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	56
21	–	–	14	15	6	7	10	8	2	1	4	1	2	1	–	1	2	2	1	1	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	80
22	–	2	5	10	5	6	15	12	8	5	3	3	1	3	2	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	83
23	1	–	9	6	5	10	13	10	11	8	8	5	10	3	2	–	3	2	3	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	–	–		114
24	–	–	3	8	4	20	18	27	35	21	8	7	13	12	7	–	7	6	1	2	–	–	1	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	202
25	–	–	3	6	11	12	14	28	28	45	40	31	28	17	9	7	4	2	2	4	2	1	1	–	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	298
26	1	1	8	5	7	8	12	29	44	69	81	69	39	25	25	11	12	7	4	2	3	1	3	1	–	2	1	1	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	473
27	–	–	4	3	6	11	12	20	37	67	113	149	81	61	61	30	23	15	9	7	1	5	3	–	1	–	3	1	3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	729
28	–	1	6	6	4	5	11	13	21	50	108	187	266	159	96	51	39	16	21	13	11	4	4	2	1	3	1	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	4	–	–	–	1,105
29	–	–	3	4	5	1	6	11	20	62	105	151	277	307	212	116	62	45	27	17	15	8	5	2	1	1	2	1	–	–	–	1	2	–	1	–	–	–	1,470
30	–	–	–	4	6	8	6	17	14	38	71	122	222	350	355	225	145	67	36	27	23	6	8	5	4	2	1	2	–	–	–	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	1,767
31	–	–	2	5	6	2	4	10	17	34	47	100	170	237	350	337	186	126	70	41	29	12	13	5	3	3	1	3	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,814
32	–	–	2	1	3	3	5	9	19	35	57	78	123	212	277	303	259	177	111	62	43	19	25	6	7	1	2	3	2	2	–	1	–	2	–	–	–	–	1,849
33	–	–	2	1	1	2	5	6	11	10	38	54	110	172	204	237	279	219	174	72	46	44	26	21	5	5	2	4	–	–	2	–	1	1	2		–	–	1,756
34	–	–	–	1	1	1	1	5	8	13	24	43	83	132	158	218	220	216	167	104	52	38	20	11	10	4	4	6	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	–	–	1,548
35	–	–	–	2	1	3	1	4	4	14	16	28	64	86	123	121	169	165	136	123	80	55	34	19	10	11	8	6	1	2	–	3	–	–	2	–	–	–	1,291
36	–	–	–	–	3	–	2	5	5	4	13	27	38	66	78	97	132	146	114	108	85	59	41	21	11	12	5	8	3	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1,085
37	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	4	11	10	15	37	36	69	79	85	95	102	105	62	67	42	26	11	10	8	8	3	5	1	2	–	2	1	–	–	–	899
38	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	3	3	5	5	7	22	22	34	50	58	74	68	66	84	52	39	27	18	6	8	3	3	1	2	1	1	3	–	1	–	–	668
39	–	–	–	1	–	2	1	1	2	2	4	6	15	26	13	41	47	49	50	63	62	54	43	38	18	12	8	15	7	6	4	3	3	1	3	1	–	–	601
40	–	–	–	1	1	1	–	–	2	–	1	4	7	11	19	26	35	33	43	38	41	39	21	40	34	22	7	5	7	2	5	2	4	1	2	1	–	–	455
41	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	2	–	2	3	1	9	7	14	16	30	35	27	29	34	39	36	35	37	35	18	12	12	6	2	5	4	2	5	–	–	–	458
42	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	1	1	2	4	5	5	21	11	17	17	32	32	29	26	23	37	26	29	21	19	15	11	6	3	3	4	3	1	–	–	406
43	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	5	6	6	9	10	20	15	17	21	19	21	28	19	23	16	15	12	5	10	5	1	1	6	1	1	–	295
44	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	2	1	2	–	3	4	6	7	9	11	12	15	16	17	16	17	18	18	19	17	13	11	5	4	2	3	4	2	–	–	256
45	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	2	3	7	6	13	9	11	11	15	12	15	19	15	23	22	18	13	11	7	–	3	5	1	–	–	247
46	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	–	–	2	5	4	8	7	8	4	9	12	9	8	9	9	11	13	13	14	8	9	7	5	8	1	–	–	187
47	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	3	2	2	4	2	3	15	6	9	8	13	4	16	10	8	16	12	9	10	3	5	9	2	1	1	175
48	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	1	2	3	6	3	3	5	2	3	4	5	13	11	13	9	7	13	10	6	5	12	2	2	1	143
49	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	3	2	3	3	3	3	8	3	2	3	12	3	8	7	12	10	9	9	7	13	18	4	2	–	149
50-54	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	6	1	3	4	7	11	8	13	14	8	17	13	15	24	25	28	32	34	28	33	28	28	103	37	1	1	524
55-59	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	2	4	2	4	1	3	3	5	2	8	12	2	11	8	15	11	12	16	13	18	87	63	21	5	329
60-64	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	2	1	–	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	4	5	8	2	5	9	6	10	42	40	40	11	197
65 & over	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	2	–	1	–	2	1	1	–	1	2	–	2	5	3	5	4	5	32	50	38	67	223

Table 21 Marriages in 2015 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	11	113	108	93	114	138	219	288	490	754	1,077	1,608	1,926	2,118	1,961	1,779	1,480	1,149	901	686	532	400	313	227	191	132	133	114	72	58	47	24	21	72	25	12	9	19,400
16 & under	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
18	–	3	24	3	5	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	38
19	–	2	18	13	6	2	1	5	–	2	1	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	52
20	2	1	10	11	10	9	4	–	1	3	–	–	1	–	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	55
21	–	–	14	15	6	7	10	8	2	1	4	1	2	1	–	1	1	2	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	77
22	–	2	5	10	5	6	15	12	7	5	3	3	1	3	2	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	81
23	1		9	6	5	10	13	10	10	8	8	4	10	1	2	–	3	2	3		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	106
24	–		3	8	4	19	18	25	35	21	8	6	13	12	6	–	6	6	1	1	–	–	1	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	195
25	–		3	6	11	12	13	28	27	45	39	30	26	17	9	7	3	2	2	4	2	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	288
26	1	1	8	5	7	8	12	29	43	69	81	69	39	24	24	11	11	7	3	2	2	1	2	–	–	1	–	1	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	463
27	–		4	3	6	11	12	20	37	67	113	149	81	61	59	30	23	14	6	7	1	4	3	–	1		2	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	716
28	–	1	6	6	3	5	10	12	20	50	107	186	263	159	96	49	37	15	20	13	8	3	4	1	1	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,079
29	–		3	4	5	1	6	10	19	60	104	150	275	305	210	114	61	43	25	14	13	8	3	2	1	1	1	1	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	1,441
30	–			4	6	7	6	17	13	38	70	122	221	348	355	222	139	67	35	27	22	6	6	5	4	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1,744
31	–		2	5	6	2	4	10	15	33	46	99	168	235	349	333	182	125	66	40	29	12	12	4	2	1	1	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,783
32	–		2	1	3	2	5	8	19	34	55	75	123	208	274	301	255	174	106	58	40	17	21	2	7	1	1	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,796
33	–		2	1	1	2	4	4	10	10	37	53	107	171	200	234	276	214	170	69	43	42	24	19	5	4	1	4	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1,709
34	–			1		1	1	5	7	9	24	43	81	129	158	213	216	207	161	97	49	35	17	10	9	3	3	4	1	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1,486
35	–			2	1	3	1	3	3	13	16	27	64	80	117	118	161	158	127	118	72	52	31	18	10	9	6	5	1	1	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,219
36	–				2	–	1	5	5	4	13	25	36	62	76	94	125	134	103	102	81	56	36	19	9	9	3	4	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,006
37	–					1		2	4	11	9	13	35	31	67	74	78	87	94	97	58	58	39	23	7	6	7	6	2	3	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	813
38	–			1		–		3	2	3	4	6	20	21	33	50	54	65	60	60	78	44	33	22	14	5	7	2	2	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	591
39	–			1		2	1	1	2	2	3	6	13	24	12	37	43	45	42	58	53	47	38	30	14	10	2	13	5	2	1	2	2	–	2	–	–	–	513
40	–			1		1	–		2		1	4	7	11	17	24	30	30	41	33	36	33	17	31	27	17	6	3	6	2	3	1	1	–	1	1	–	–	387
41	–			1		–	–	2		1	3	1	8	7	12	14	29	27	20	21	26	36	35	26	32	30	15	10	11	1	2	4	2	–	1	–	–	–	377
42	–					1	–	–	1	1	2	3	3	4	18	8	16	13	25	24	20	20	18	25	17	21	14	13	9	8	2	1	2	1	–	–	–	–	290
43	–								1		–	–	4	3	5	6	8	14	13	14	14	15	19	23	13	17	10	10	12	4	10	2	–	–	–	–	1	–	218
44	–								1		2	–	3	3	5	6	8	6	9	11	9	11	12	14	11	13	14	11	10	8	2	1	–	2	2	–	–	–	174
45	–				1						–	–	1	2	3	4	4	9	5	9	4	10	8	13	12	7	13	12	7	9	5	5	–	2	2	1	–	–	148
46	–								1		1	–	–	1	2	3	3	5	5	3	7	8	7	4	7	6	7	9	8	4	4	5	2	2	2	–	–	–	106
47	–								1		–	–	–	2	–	1	2	–	1	11	3	6	5	8	3	8	5	3	10	7	4	3	1	1	1	–	–	–	86
48	–										–	–	1	–	1	2	1	3	1	1	2	1	2	3	3	5	2	4	8	3	5	3	3	1	2	–	–	–	57
49	–										–	1	–	–	1	1	1	1	2	2	6	1	1	2	9	1	4	2	5	6	4	1	–	5	4	–	–	–	60
50-54	–										–	–	1	1	2	1	1	4	3	3	7	3	6	5	4	9	3	10	9	10	12	11	4	1	30	4		–	144
55-59	–										–	–	–	–	2	–	1	1	–	–	1	2	–	1	3	–	2	1	1	1	–	1	3	2	17	5	1	–	45
60-64	–										–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	1	–	–	2	–	1	–	–	1	4	8	8	2	30
65 & over	–										–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	1	2	2	2	6	2	7	25

Table 22 Marriages registered in 2015 classified by age and previous civil status of groom

Age	Single Men	Widowers	Divorcees	Total
Total	20,250	186	1,589	22,025

Age of groom
Under 20	93	–	–	93
20-24	533	–	2	535
25-29	4,059	1	15	4,075
30-34	8,657	3	74	8,734
35-39	4,336	9	199	4,544
40-44	1,588	16	266	1,870
45-49	588	15	298	901
50-54	214	27	283	524
55-59	88	25	216	329
60 and over	94	90	236	420

Average age of groom	33.9	59.1	49.5	35.3

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Table 23 Marriages registered in 2015 classified by age and previous civil status of bride

Age	Single women	Widows	Divorcees	Total
Total	20,546	140	1,339	22,025

Age of bride
Under 20	238	–	–	238
20-24	878	–	12	890
25-29	5,939	2	44	5,985
30-34	8,738	6	161	8,905
35-39	3,085	14	216	3,315
40-44	1,025	14	244	1,283
45-49	380	16	260	656
50-54	148	21	183	352
55-59	60	24	124	208
60 and over	55	43	95	193

Average age of bride	32.3	53.9	45.2	33.2

Table A Divorce, Judicial Separation and Nullity applications received and granted by the courts in the year ending December 2014

		Divorce applications		Judicial Separation applications		Nullity applications		Civil Partnership applications


	County	Received	Granted	Received	Granted	Received	Granted	Received	Granted


Total	County	3,831	2,629	1,271	649	35	17	41	8

Circuit Court

Leinster

Carlow	Carlow	48	18	10	3	–	–	1	–
Dublin	Dublin	1,433	1,065	459	249	12	5	9	4
Naas	Kildare	149	77	40	19	4	–	–	–
Kilkenny	Kilkenny	51	20	24	15	–	–	–	–
Portlaoise	Laois	60	48	15	13	–	–	1	–
Longford	Longford	31	24	9	6	–	–	–	–
Dundalk	Louth	110	76	45	16	2	–	4	–
Trim	Meath	103	86	29	13	–	–	–	3
Tullamore	Offaly	60	44	16	9	–	–	–	–
Mullingar	Westmeath	79	58	21	19	1	–	–	–
Wexford	Wexford	125	113	26	15	–	–	–	–
Wicklow	Wicklow	85	56	49	12	1	1	3	–

Munster

Ennis	Clare	73	65	41	17	2	1	1	1
Cork	Cork	442	353	143	106	5	6	12	–
Tralee	Kerry	118	66	37	17	1	2	2	–
Limerick	Limerick	161	102	47	15	1	1	–	–
Clonmel	Tipperary	125	49	40	18	–	–	–	–
Waterford	Waterford	101	51	33	12	1	–	–	–

Connacht

Galway	Galway	67	12	45	1	–	–	5	–
Carrick on Shannon	Leitrim	29	22	6	1	–	–	–	–
Castlebar	Mayo	91	64	23	16	1	–	1	–
Roscommon	Roscommon	29	23	12	8	1	1	–	–
Sligo	Sligo	51	23	20	5	–	–	–	–

Ulster

Cavan	Cavan	56	30	22	12	–	–	1	–
Letterkenny	Donegal	94	34	23	4	–	–	1	–
Monaghan	Monaghan	37	24	11	2	1	–	–	–

Total Circuit Court		3,808	2,603	1,246	623	33	17	41	8
High Court		23	26	25	26	2	–	–	–
Supreme Court		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Source: Courts Service

Table 1A Civil Partnerships registered in 2015 classified by future area of residence of partners

Area of residence of partners	All partnerships	Male partnerships	Female partnerships
TOTAL	376	250	126

LEINSTER	294	205	89

Carlow	–	–	–
Dublin City	199	153	46
South Dublin	13	8	5
Fingal	21	11	10
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	15	8	7
Kildare	13	3	10
Kilkenny	3	1	2
Laois	2	2	–
Longford	1	–	1
Louth	8	7	1
Meath	7	5	2
Offaly	1	1	–
Westmeath	1	1	–
Wexford	5	2	3
Wicklow	5	3	2

MUNSTER	40	19	21

Clare	2	1	1
Cork City	6	3	3
Cork County	15	4	11
Kerry	2	1	1
Limerick City	5	4	1
Limerick County	2	1	1
North Tipperary	–	–	–
South Tipperary	2	1	1
Waterford City	2	1	1
Waterford County	4	3	1

CONNACHT	18	10	8

Galway City	7	4	3
Galway County	8	4	4
Leitrim	–	–	–
Mayo	2	1	1
Roscommon	–	–	–
Sligo	1	1	–

ULSTER (part of)	2	1	1

Cavan	–	–	–
Donegal	2	1	1
Monaghan	–	–	–

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Border	11	9	2
Midland	5	4	1
West	17	9	8
Dublin	248	180	68
Mid-East	25	11	14
Mid-West	9	6	3
South-East	16	8	8
South-West	23	8	15

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	354	235	119

OUTSIDE THE STATE	22	15	7

Table 2A Civil Partnerships registered in 2015 classified by previous civil status and average age of partners

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

752	719	2	27	4	37.5

Table 2B Civil Partnerships registered in 2015 classified by previous civil status and average age of male partners

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

500	487	–	10	3	36.1

Table 2C Civil Partnerships registered in 2015 classified by previous civil status and average age of female partners

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

252	232	2	17	1	40.1

Table 3A Civil Partnerships registered in 2015 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	376	3	45	95	99	38	39	27	16	6	8

Under 20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20-24	8	2	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25-29	42	–	14	28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30-34	93	1	15	40	37	–	–	–	–	–	–
35-39	73	–	5	19	37	12	–	–	–	–	–
40-44	47	–	3	5	16	13	10	–	–	–	–
45-49	41	–	2	3	3	9	13	11	–	–	–
50-54	35	–	–	–	5	2	10	10	8	–	–
55-59	15	–	–	–	1	1	4	4	3	2	–
60 and over	22	–	–	–	–	1	2	2	5	4	8

Table 4A Civil Partnerships registered in 2015 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	250	3	39	71	65	25	21	12	7	4	3

Under 20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20-24	6	2	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25-29	29	–	10	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30-34	69	1	15	30	23	–	–	–	–	–	–
35-39	50	–	5	14	24	7	–	–	–	–	–
40-44	31	–	3	5	10	8	5	–	–	–	–
45-49	24	–	2	3	3	7	5	4	–	–	–
50-54	18	–	–	–	4	1	5	5	3	–	–
55-59	10	–	–	–	1	1	4	2	1	1	–
60 and over	13	–	–	–	–	1	2	1	3	3	3

Table 5A Civil Partnerships registered in 2015 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	126	–	6	24	34	13	18	15	9	2	5

Under 20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20-24	2	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25-29	13	–	4	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30-34	24	–	–	10	14	–	–	–	–	–	–
35-39	23	–	–	5	13	5	–	–	–	–	–
40-44	16	–	–	–	6	5	5	–	–	–	–
45-49	17	–	–	–	–	2	8	7	–	–	–
50-54	17	–	–	–	1	1	5	5	5	–	–
55-59	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	1	–
60 and over	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	1	5

Table 6A Civil Partnerships registered in 2015 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	376	27	7.2	160	42.6	114	30.3	75	19.9

Male Partnerships	250	15	6.0	94	37.6	77	30.8	64	25.6

Female partnerships	126	12	9.5	66	52.4	37	29.4	11	8.7