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I read it as struma, which is a swelling/tumor/enlargement of tissue.

I've never heard of that phrase before but it certainly seems to fit better than my own attempt. Hmmm, I must look that up. Thank you

I've emailed the parish in Waterford to ask for an image of the original record, not just a copy of information as above. Hopefully it can shed some light on the situation.

Is there any other reason a dispensation might be granted?

Eliza married a man who worked in Guinness. According to those records she provided a baptism record  dated 23rd December 1850. A note says it was it was certified so the note taker must have seen the cert. There isn't any record of the cert itself.

Quote from: Gadget on Tuesday 19 November 19 16:50 GMT (UK)

Your link does look like father's name is Jane though, doesn't it! Though it's probably Jame with an absent  s 

Notice how there's a line through occupation,as though it either wasn't the dad's name,or he'd long gone and she didn't know his name?

I think this is more likely to imply he was unemployed. I have something similar elsewhere in my tree  but I know the father in that case was an "invalid" after a stroke.

I have an ancestor who married in a Dublin registrars office 28th December 1885. The image I found on Irishgenealogy.ie isn't very clear so I'm unsure of details like the occupations. I think they say coachman or something similar.

Would records from the registrars office show any further details? Irishgenealogy.ie just shows the registry entry.

The reason I'm asking is that my ancestor John Edney had two daughters called Margaret. Margaret born 31 Dec 1859 and Margaret Mary born 11 may 1863. I'm not sure which Margaret is the bride in this marriage. Marrying in a registrars office would mean it's unlikely there was a parish marriage that would have shown the mother, clearing this up. Even if there was a blessing ther most likely isn't a record of it.