Registering Birth from baptismal certificate

Dear all, Just because I searched here a few times and didn't really find any answers I wanted to post to say that if your grandparent doesn't have a birth certificate then search for their baptismal certificate on https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/ My grandfather wasn't listed on here because of when he was born. I reached out to his diocese and after several months and a lot of nagging they found him. They mailed me an official baptismal certificate for free, and then I sent in the application to register his birth using Civil Registration Act 2004. I wrote a letter and sent my documents to them, including the official baptismal certificate. They confirmed receipt the same day the application arrived, Mar 10, 2025. They said it would take a few weeks to process my application and responded to emails immediately. I can't explain why, but I preferred to do it this way rather than send in the non-responsive Birth Certificate letter along with the Baptismal Cert. It's like I've come this far, might as well register the man's birth!!

It was difficult to find his parents' birth details, even though everyone was born in the same small town. I've spent a lot of time in irishgenealogy.ie

If people are interested I'll keep posted with what the turn around actually looks like!