This is reply I got in Sept 2015. I too wanted to know who the bride and grooms mothers were. I ended up taking a short break there and visiting the church where they married to get the information. Think the cut off was March 1881 for what I wanted which was Oct 1881 - bummer!
Appreciated the break though and found it quite overwhelming visiting the church and surrounding villages.
Good morning Barbara and thank you for your e-mail.
We are delighted that you are enjoying using our site.
The National Library of Ireland currently has no plans to acquire and digitise any further Parish Church Records. We have digitised those that we hold on microfilm here, which were originally filmed by us in the 1950’s and 1960’s, which are those up to 1880/81.
The reason we didn’t film after that date, is because Civil Registration started here in 1864. From 1864, births, marriages and deaths have been registered and are held in the General Registers Office (GRO). See:
www.groireland.ie An index to these records may be found on
www.familysearch.org – this is a free site, and also
www.findmypast.com which is a subscription site. Once you have the index, you may go to the General Registers Office Research Facility, Werburgh Street, Dublin and for € 4.00 you may purchase a copy of the certificate. If you are not in a position to go to the facility, you may order the certificate online, see
www.groireland.ie
