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I have a feeling this might be Sydney’s birth here, with the father’s name incorrectly given as Arthur instead of Archibald. His occupation was butler which fits with working on an estate. Mother’s maiden name is Turner which is correct (parents married Gortin 1882), and the year fits perfectly with Sydney’s age in later censuses etc.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_retur…

The local Church of Ireland baptism records might confirm if this is the right birth.

Elwgn .. thank you .. I had found that record on civil which fits perfectly but I was thrown as someone told me that because there is no first name that person had died at birth .. I have contacted civil who are looking into it for me .. one or two of the children have Arthur as father 

Thank you both for the info 

yes some are registered in gortin and some in Louth .. 

It was common at that time to register a birth without the child’s name. It can mean that the child died young (in which case there should be a matching death), but often it just means they hadn’t decided on a name when the child was registered.

That's what I had thought .. there is no death record around that time .. I presume this is the record of my great grandmother as it seems to match census years , death year etc .. many thanks for your info