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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).
You didn't list an est DOB for your grandfather. Assuming he was B late 19th cent., I found 4 rcds for an Edmund Donnelly: 1885 Tipperary, 1889 Antrim 1896 Tyrone, and 1897 Tipperary. Father's forenames were Richard, John, Patrick, and Thomas respectively. With this info you should be able to tie into AUS genealogy resources.
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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