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I research the Irish Family History Foundation's database. It contains 12,000,000 surviving rcds for abt 65% of Irish counties. Rcds are increasingly sparse B4 1840, rare B4 1800.
Note 1 - Without a KNOWN parish, the chance of an ancestor's rcds NOT being in this database is AT LEAST 35%.
Note 2 - Only 1/2 of Co. Cork's rcds are in this database.
Note 3 - The RC church kept control over most parish rcds from Tipperary (north). These are ONLY available thru the Tipperary Family History Research center at a substantial fee (regardless of outcome).
For Thomas Barry B 1823 +/- 2 yrs somewhere in Ireland with the father's forename unknown, I found 34 rcd.
For Cath(erine) O'Brien B ditto, I found 137 rcds.
For Thomas Barry M 1845 +/- 4 yrs somewhere in Ireland, I found 35 rcds.
For Cath(erine) O'Brien M ditto, I found 164 rcds.
By carefully listing ALL of Thomas' rcds and then checking which ones match for yr and county with those of Catherine, you can find a much smaller set of POTENTIAL matches. Screening each element of this set at the parish level, you MIGHT be able to find matching M rcds. If so, that match is highly likely to be for your ancestors. This process is extremely tedious. Set aside several hours for it once you start.
Google the Foundation's name to lead you to this database. Register, opt to be notified as rcds are added and browse. Pls post your search results to my genforum msg.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
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