1,147 same-sex marriages in 2016

A total of 1,147 same-sex marriages have taken place in Ireland since the marriage-equality legislation came into effect in November 2015.

The CSO has released its marriage and civil partnership data for 2016, which was the first full 12-month period for which same-sex marriage statistics are available.

In 2016, there were 1,056 same-sex marriages, with 606 male and 450 female same-sex couples saying ‘I do’.