Man Who Received First Ireland Divorce Remarries, Then Dies

Just a few days after he remarried, the man who got Ireland’s first divorce has died.

The man died Friday at his home in Dublin, according to RTE, the state broadcasting service. The cause of death was not reported.

The Irish Times reported Saturday that the man and his partner had married a few days before he died.

The couple had notified the Registrar of Marriages on Jan. 22 of their intention to marry.

The law permitting divorce does not become effective until Feb. 27. But the man went to court in January to speed up his case, citing his illness. The court granted his divorce Jan. 17.

Irish voters narrowly passed a constitutional amendment on Nov. 24, 1995 to allow divorce in the heavily Roman Catholic country.

The man, who cannot be identified because of a court order, had a daughter out of wedlock by his second wife and wished to regularize that relationship.