Search Ireland, Newspaper Birth Notices
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Who are you looking for?
Search for your ancestors’ births in these newspaper notices published in three Irish newspapers.
Each record includes a thin index and the original newspaper announcement. The index is meant as a finding aid and you should always click through to the image of the announcement to see fuller details. The amount of information listed varies greatly according to newspaper and date, but the records usually include a combination of the following information:
Note that many entries do not name the child born, or give the mother’s name in full. A common format of announcement is that which states merely "to the wife of Patrick O’Connor, a daughter" or similar. In other words, First Name(s) and Mother's First Name(s) fields are often blank in the search results and transcriptions. For this reason, we recommend searching initially by surname and year.
Explore this collection of newspaper birth notices and discover how births were announced in the press. All notices were paid announcements usually written by a family member and sent in to the newspaper; the fact that they had to be paid for will have influenced the phrasing and length of announcements.
The three periodicals included in this collection as follows:
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