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Baptism length of time after birth

LimerickMurroe Boher (Limerick)

How long is baptismal done after the birth of a child?

david brown

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There seems to be a shortage of marriage records for Murroe, is that accurate?

 

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david brown

Well it would depend but on average it would be from the day the child was born to 2-4 days after may be a bit longer it some cases but in my own research i found it to be only 2-3 days after.

Nope there is no shortage of marriages it just would depend on the amount of people of certain name in a parish to have 1-2 Bourke etc marriages a year would be about  right and where  you could have 10-15 Ryan or O'Brien marraiges as those family would have been the most common at the time.

IrelandXO member

Hi 

How unusual would it be for a family to wait a year and a half to baptise their daughter?

 

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david brown

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