The Irish Government has extended the online availability of birth, death, and marriage records by a further 12 months.

Available at www.irishgenealogy.ie., the Birth Register now includes the years 1864 to 1921, while the Marriage Register has been updated to include records from the years 1845-1946.

The Death Register, meanwhile, now includes the years 1864 until 1971.

The website is free and users do not require any subscription to access the records.

A total of 6,943,532 Civil Death register entries, 6,784,749 Civil Birth Register entries, and 1,939,623 Civil Marriage Register entries are now available to view online.