Marriages (Ireland) Act 1844

A General Registry Office to be provided in Dublin.

LII. And be it enacted, That, in order to provide the Means for a Register of the Marriages of Her Majesty’s Subjects in Ireland who shall be married under the Provisions of this Act, it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant to provide a proper Office in the City of Dublin, to be called “The General Register Office,” for keeping a Register of such Marriages in and to appoint for the said Office a Registrar General of Marriages in Ireland, and from Time to Time at pleasure to remove the said Registrar General, and appoint some other Person in his Room.