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Banns not read in Ireland?

By Adam FshMedia ⋅ June 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Filed Under banns, ireland

I was hoping for some advice.

Myself and my partner have recently gotten engaged, she is UK national and i am Irish. I am currently job hunting in the UK but still resident in Ireland. We have spoken with my fiance’s local church and they have agreed to marry us but they mentioned that I need to have bann’s read in my local church here, but as i have discovered we don’t read the bann’s in Ireland anymore.

I can’t seem to find any information as to what we should do next so any advice you can give would be fantastic!

Thanks so much for your help.

http://www.nwdwedding.co.uk Jan Harney

Hi
The purpose of Banns is to ensure that anyone getting married has not already got a wife/husband and it was historically assumed that people in your local community would be aware of such issues and speak up. Banns are still read on 3 consecutive Sundays before the wedding. A certificate is then produced to give to the Priest who is conducting the service to confirm that no-one objected.

You’ll need to chat with your minister back home in Ireland to see what the system is there. It could be that you’ll need a license but the Vicar here advise you of this and we do have Diocesan Registrars who are Lawyers to call upon.

Sorry not to be more help but I can only find this from 7 years ago.http://www.ireland.anglican.org/index.php?do=news&newsid=1151
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