The following list contains marriages from 1863 that mention places in county Carlow, the year before the full civil marriage registrar comes into Ireland. Whether it was the marriage location, the ancestral home of the bride or the home of the groom.
These records were extracted from news reports of Irish Marriages published in the Limerick Chronicle, 1863:
17 January: Leethem Reynolds & Kate Edgworth Kennedy
At St. Stephen’s Church, Dublin, Leethem Reynolds Esq., Cheapside, London to Kate Edgworth daughter of Mr Thos. Kennedy, Rathvilly, county Carlow.
17 January: William Leader & Sophia Berri Humfrey
At Monkstown Church, county Dublin, the Rev. William Leader, son of Henry Leader, Esq., of Dromaneen, county of Cork, to Sophia Berri, daughter of Alexander john Humfrey, Esq., of Ardiston, county Carlow
17 February: Denis William Pack Beresford & Annette Caroline Browne
In the parish church of Carlow, Denis William Pack Beresford, Esq., of Fenagh, county Carlow, M.P. for that county, son of the late Major-General Sir Denis Pack, K.C.B. to Annette Caroline, daughter of R. Clayton Browne, Esq., of Browne’s Hill, in same county.
31 October: Robert Westley Hall Dare & Susan Henrietta Watson
At Killedmond Church, county Carlow, Robert Westley Hall Dare, Jun , Esq.,son of R.W . Hall Dare, Esq., of Newtownbarry House, to Caroline Susan Henrietta, daughter of Soloman Watson, Esq., of Monkstown, county Dublin.