Were sponsors' maiden names used on baptism records?

[eadaoin]

In parts of Kerry (I think particularly Dingle) I understand that the woman kept their maiden names after marriage.

[myluck!]

I agree eadaoin and probably so would anyone who learned Irish in school in Ireland for many years

Peig Sayers Bn Uí Guithín; being the wife of Paádraig Ó Guithín but nearly always known as Peig Sayers.

The difficulty here really is that the names of the sponsor will be the name she used and determining if what that actually was!

My Grandmother was known as Mrs Peter which was neither her first or last name but her husband's first name. If some one wrote that down I'll never find some records!

[Sinann]

I agree eadaoin and probably so would anyone who learned Irish in school in Ireland for many years

Peig Sayers Bn Uí Guithín; being the wife of Paádraig Ó Guithín but nearly always known as Peig Sayers.

Correction, not anyone, only those who had a breeze notion what Peig was going on about.

[Ghostwheel]

My impression is that the answer is sometimes.  It depends on the parish.

Sometimes it seems evident that it is a married couple acting as sponsors, and they give the wife's maiden name.  I've seen virtual confirmation of this, in one family, as the putative couple seems to have had a daughter that later married into the family to which they were acting as sponsors.

[what0101]

My impression is that the answer is sometimes.  It depends on the parish.

Sometimes it seems evident that it is a married couple acting as sponsors, and they give the wife's maiden name.  I've seen virtual confirmation of this, in one family, as the putative couple seems to have had a daughter that later married into the family to which they were acting as sponsors.

This is what I am seeing, as well. I have a few sponsors where the name is that of a married couple, but it appears the maiden name is used. So for example John Ahern and Joanna Doody, but they are married so it should say John Ahern and Joanna Ahern. It's a small enough town that I am looking at that I know there are no other Joanna Doodys in the right age range, so I'm pretty sure this must be the same person.