How do I get proof of my Irish grandmother's birth?

[PrawnDumplings]

I don't know where to begin.

Do you know where she was born? My FIL had to visit the parish in Ireland to get a copy of the birth certificate. Old school style but they visit often

try this one. it goes up to 1958 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347

Is this to establish Irish citizenship through descent? First check whether new applications through a grandparent are being taken - they weren't for a while. You'll need the full suite of birth, marriage and death documents for the grandparent and for the intervening parent as well. You have to order replacement copies if you don't have the originals from the relevant office.

If you’re doing it to get Foreign Births Registration, join the Irish Citizenship Application Facebook page. Lots of useful info.

They are being taken

In my case it was through a lot of guesswork, process of elimination and spending many days trawling through birth, marriage and death records on Ancestry. I had to work backwards; I found her death certificate before her birth, and only found her birth record through the name of her parent on her marriage certificate.

Do you have any documents or info from your mum/dad (whichever one the child of your grandmother) parish/town/etc? My grandparents would be 100 now so I'm finding the eire records patchy so far back.

Www.gov.ie is the best website to tell you how to go about it

Bear in mind that depending when and where she was born you may need to look for her by the Irish version of her name. We've had that when DP needed his mother's BC. His auntie went to the local records office on his behalf and they couldn't find details of her sister. Then they looked for the Irish version of her name (which she was never known by).

That's interesting thank you!

Thanks

It seems they are at the moment

There can be lots of variations to the name in Ireland. eg. Rita would often be Margaret. People would often be known by their middle name eg. Michael John could be known as Mick, Micky, John, Johnny, Miceal etc

Also could be more than one way of spelling the same name Brigid or Bridget and this person could be known as Bridey or Brid.

Good luck it can be difficult. Might be worth looking at 1911 Irish census as it's freely available online.
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

If you have any details of her birth etc but no actual records I am more than happy to take a look for you; I love trawling the records!

When I was applying for my Irish passport 18mths ago, I contacted the records office in Dublin to get my dads birth certificate (then found the original with my mums docs in my loft!)

I did have his DOB, place and mothers maiden name, so if you have these, this may be the easiest route.

How old would your grandmother be? My dad was born in 1924.

My kids have just got their FBR certificates, so they are being actioned. Took just under a year.

DP has applied for his auntie's marriage certificate from the GRO in the UK recently for his cousin (born in UK to Irish parents, now looking to get a new Irish passport) and we've discovered auntie and uncle's names are misspelled on the office copy of the certificate. The one they were handed by the registrar has correct spellings and was used when his cousin last got an Irish passport. He now lives in the US...

You may also want this thread moved to the Craicnet part of Mumsnet talk.

You will likely get more help, as it is the section for all things Irish!