info on Culfin, Galway

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Yes Clifden looks most likely.

http://www.logainm.ie/en/18145?s=Culfin

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http://www.rootschat.com/links/01h2q/  gets you all Marriage results for Patrick OMalley

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01h2r/ gets you all Marriage results for Patrick Malley

on irishgenealogy sorted by Year!

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ruthi
Patt MALEY m Honor COYNE Sep 12 1875 in Ballinakill LINK to Church record
Second last from the bottom on the left hand page
There does not seem to be a civil record to match

If you apply to the GRO for the marriage certificates stating both parties names and the dates and locations they may be able to locate the original civil records but it seems strange that both are missing

[dathai]

Had a look for other marriages from that page and 1876 those that i could make out proper spelling on by crosschecking with the births and baptisms and i cant find any of the marriages registered   maybe someone else will but i cant.

Dathai

[dathai]

Eventually found one 16 Nov  Clifden 1876 Martin Thornton to Honor Conroy
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FY38-BT5

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FY3Q-1M2

so who's responsibility was it to register  the couple themselves or priest ?

[myluck!]

In those days dathai it was the parish priest who acted as registrar
I have come across some other records that are with the GRO but for some reason missed being transcribed as well

It is strange that there are so many missing for this parish

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EARLY ORGANISATION OF THE REGISTRATION SERVICE
In the early days, the organisation of the service was based on the "unions" of parishes set up under the Poor Law (Ireland) Act 1838. Initially, these unions formed the registrars' districts (for Protestant and civil marriages) and later the superintendent registrars' districts (for births, deaths and Roman Catholic marriages). The Clerk of the Union was usually the superintendent registrar and also often registrar of Protestant and civil marriages. The medical officer of the dispensary district was usually also the registrar of births, deaths and Roman Catholic marriages.

https://www.welfare.ie/en/downloads/GRO-History.pdf  has a great map of the registration districts!!

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I posted them all, for all areas of Ireland, sorted by year..... they don't seem to be there but it is POSSIBLE they used Gaelic as they were in Gaeltacht  area! 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gaeltachtai_le_hainmneacha2.svg   shows the area...