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Hello Arthur:
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 county, 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 Nora Murphy B 1887 +/- 1 yr somewhere in Ireland with the father's forename unknown, I found 5 rcds: 1886 Co. Dublin, 2-1886 Antrim, 1887 Cork, and 1888 Co. Dublin. Note - in earlier Irish decades "Nora" was often a "pet" name used in place of a christened name "Honor," "Honora," or "Hanora." The number of potential matches jumps markedly when they are used to screen the datbase.
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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