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Hello Mark:
I Research the Irish Family History Foundation's database. It contains 12,800,000 surviving rcds for abt 70% of Irish counties. Rcds are increasingly sparse B4 1840, rare B4 1800. Cos. Donegal and Derry were recently added to the database.
Note 1 - Without a KNOWN county, the chance of an ancestor's rcds NOT being in this database is AT LEAST 30%.
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).
Note 4 - Each county has its own set of quirks, and limitations. Since you are an avid genealogist, you should be able to work your way around them.
For Robert Phelan B 1898 (exact), somewhere in Ireland, with a father forenamed Th(omas), I found 1 rcd in 1898, Co. Galway, Ahascragh CP. I found no evidence of siblings B in this civil parish.
For Thomas Phelan B 1901 ditto, I found 2 rcds: 1901 Menlough RC parish, and Mountbellew CP. For POTENTIAL siblings B in Menlough, I found Bridget 1902, and Margaret 1900.
For Thomas Phelan B 1860 +/- 1 yr, ditto, with the father's forename unknown, I found 9 rcds: 3-1859 Kilkenny, 3-1860 Kilkenny, 1860 Tipperary, and 2-1861 Kilkenny. Fathers' respective forenames were Edmund, Michael, John, Thomas, Pat(rick), John, Daniel, Thomas, and John.
You will need exact DOB, parent(s) name(s), and/or placename(s) to pick which, if any, rcds are for these ancestors.
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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