Spanish speakers in Drogheda include Spanish nurses, Latin American families and students who came for a year and stayed. We translate the certificación literal de nacimiento, títulos and sentencias into certified English for Irish offices and employers. From anywhere in Drogheda, upload a scan, pay €29.95 per page and receive your signed translation by email, usually the next day for short documents.
In Co. Louth, 1,138 people spoke Spanish at home at Census 2022; that total counts the whole county, not only the town of Drogheda.
Louth's Spanish-speaking community mixes EU citizens from Spain with people from Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico and Argentina, which matters because the rules differ. Spanish civil records can come with an EU multilingual form, while Latin American actas always need a full English translation and sometimes an apostille. In Drogheda we mostly translate nursing degrees, birth and marriage records, and certificados de antecedentes penales for care and school jobs.
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Nurses from Spain applying to NMBI before joining Our Lady of Lourdes submit the Título de Graduado en Enfermería and a certificación académica personal. We translate every module and credit so the hours can be checked against Irish training standards.
A Colombian or Mexican partner marrying in the Boyne Valley brings an acta de nacimiento to notification in Drogheda. The HSE may want that non-EU birth certificate apostilled in Colombia or Mexico, and we then translate the acta and its apostille together.
Young Spanish adults who settle in Drogheda sometimes begin with a QQI course at DIFE. Admissions may want the Título de Bachiller in English, and we translate it with the final average shown exactly as the Spanish ministry printed it.
Drogheda residents moving to a new Dublin employer are sometimes asked for a translated Título de Grado and a Spanish police certificate. We render both quickly, with the degree title kept in Spanish beside its English version.
Certificado de colegiación
Spanish nurses hired by Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital register with NMBI, which wants proof of current standing at home. The provincial Colegio Oficial de Enfermería issues a certificado de colegiación, and we translate its membership number, dates and any disciplinary note.
Certificado de fe de vida y estado
Spanish partners marrying in the Boyne Valley are often asked to show they are free to marry. The Registro Civil issues a fe de vida y estado confirming civil status, and a recently dated one is usually the safest choice for the Drogheda registrar.
Licencia de conducir
Drivers from Mexico, Colombia or Argentina who settle in Drogheda and commute on the M1 may find insurers want an English version of their licence. We translate the categories, expiry date and issuing authority; exchanging the licence is a separate NDLS question.
Spanish and Latin American names carry two surnames, and Irish forms often have room for only one. Decide which order you use in Ireland and apply it the same way for your PPS number, bank account and any ISD file, then tell us so the translation shows both surnames exactly as the certificate prints them. Mismatched names can hold up a registrar appointment.
€29.95 per page (300 source words) for certified Spanish translation, with free delivery by email. Add a hard copy by tracked post (€14.95) or an apostille for use abroad (from €149.95) at checkout. See all services.
