Can you read this word?

[SupremeDreamz]

Posting for traffic, sorry.

Can anyone tell what the word before "Northern Ireland" says on this birth certificate?

I've included a shot of other words to make it easier.

Additionally, does anyone know how to find out your mother's maiden name if you do not know what it is?

If your DP was born in England or Wales a website called FreeBMD should have his birth record which will include his mother's maiden name.
I agree that your record says Newry.

Definitely Newry. My elderly aunts write their capital N and M like that.

Newry, Co Down.

Any chance it's Newry?😂

No

It's Newry 100%

Try freebmd. If you can locate your dm birth it should (post 1910) show her mother's maiden name.

Newry, in Co.Down

Newry in Northern Ireland. It’s down south towards the border with the republic.

Another one confirming Newry.

It's Newry in Co. Down, Northern Ireland.

100% Newry

Newryis a city in Northern Ireland, divided by the Clanrye river in counties Armagh and Down, 34 miles (55 km) from Belfast and 67 miles (108 km) from Dublin. It had a population of 26,967 in 2011.

I'm toying with the idea of tracking down Irish grandparent to get an EU passport - problem is his name was used for a character in a teen tv series, so google brings up acres and acres of teen chat forums🙄

Thank you to every person who replied, my DP sends his thanks to you all too. He thinks he has what he needs to work things out now. It's been an emotional day.

@ThinWomansBrain I know this is awful but from what my DP said this evening it's easier to get a copy of a death certificate than a marriage (depending on what you know). Maybe some of the other tips on here will be helpful to you.

It’s Newry , I lived there for years 🙂

Census data is really helpful. I sent off for a marriage certificate from a few possible locations, 2 refunded me and one sent me the certificate. I think it was about £10. Also had to get birth and death certificates, but knew the locations for these. Ancestry is worth joining just for the time you're researching, I got tonnes of helpful suggestions on there. It's a long process for citizenship, but well worth it for the peace of mind.

I think there are companies out there who can research for you if you get really stuck. Good luck

Family Search has a massive database and is free.

I think so 😂

That's correct on Free BMD , but if you look the birth up on the GRO index (at least for England) the mothers Maiden name is on nearly all records.

Definitely Newry.

It is definitely Newry; a town in NI just north of the border.

I was born in Belfast with cousins in Newry: but we can tell from the fact we know The word “Northern” begins with an N and the initial letter of the word before “Northern” is written exactly the same way that it is also an N and therefore “Newry”.

@SupremeDreamz thanks - I hadn't thought of that, (had mostly just googled in anti brexit huff🙄)
I know when (approx) and where my grandfather died, and I have my fathers death certificate, so should be fairly straightforward.

Hello again, I have another question if anyone is still around.

We are trying to work out what the words are in the bottom, right hand box, so on row 111.

Sorry this image might be clearer.

Also, does anyone know how to find your mother's birth certificate if she was born in Northern Ireland but registered in the Republic?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.