Sacrament of Marriage
Congratulations on your decision to get married. It’s an exciting time with lots of wedding planning 
Marriage: The state requires three months notice. This can be done by contacting the Clare Births, Marriages and Deaths Office, Sandfield Centre, Ennis. Tel: 065 6868050.
A Marriage Preparation Course is required by the church and The recognised options by the Diocese of Killaloe are:
Accord – tel. 1850 58 5000. Email: accord.ennis@eircom.net 
website: www.accord.ie
Esker Retreat Centre, Athenry, Co. Galway. Tel; 091 844549
Email: eskerret@indigo.ie
Mount Argus, Harolds Cross, Dublin 6W. Tel: 01 2964257.
See: The Mount Argus ‘Together’ PMC
Pre Nuptial Enquiry Papers can be filled out with the priest at your convenience. For this you will require a
Baptismal Cert. (obtained within the last six months)
Confirmation Cert.
Cert of Pre Marriage Course and Letters of Freedom
These Pre-Nuptial forms are filled by the priest in the parish where you are resident.
Civil Registration
The couple will have to present themselves at the Registrar’s Office, Sandfield Centre, Ennis, at least 3 months before the wedding. (This office is located beside Ennis Swimming Pool). Tel: 065 6868050
They must give details of the wedding and make a declaration of no impediments.
If one or both parties reside outside the state, an application form must be obtained from the Registrars Office completed and returned to that office. The couple must present themselves before the Register at least 5 days before the wedding. They will be given the registration form which they must present to the marriage Solemniser, otherwise the marriage cannot be registered.
The couple must make a verbal declaration of no impediment before the Priest involved in the marriage and the two witnesses either at the rehearsal or on the wedding day, but not earlier than two days before the wedding.
After the wedding, the couple are responsible for returning the signed marriage registration form to the Office of the Register. This has to be done within one month of the wedding.
The Priest officiating at the wedding is called the Solemniser and must be on a registers list. In the case where the Priest who is officiating is from outside the state, or not on the list, he must be registered to solemnise the marriage. This can be done by requesting the local bishop to temporarily register him.
Log onto www.groireland.ie foe all information.
An Irish Divorce
If you have an Irish Divorce, you will be required to produce your Divorce Degree
(Degree Absolute) for the Register. Only a divorce allows remarriage – you may not
remarry if you have a Judicial Decree of Separation or Legal Deed of Separation
only.
A Foreign Divorce
If you have a foreign divorce, you will have to supply a copy of the Divorce Decree Nisi and Absolute. If the Divorce Degree is in a foreign language, you must provide an English translation certified by a relevant official body or recognised translation agency. Not all foreign divorces are recognised under Irish Law.
A foreign divorce will only be recognised in Ireland if at least one spouse was
‘domiciled’ in the state that granted the divorce when the proceedings started. You may have to provide good evidence that this was the case and, therefore, that the divorce is valid under Irish Law.
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