Below is summary of my Barry, McCarthy connections in Midleton/Cloyne area BARRY/McCARTHY - MIDLETON, CORK My gx2 grandfather was a shoemaker, Patrick Barry b.1803, living and working at 51 Main St Midleton in the 1840s and 1850s. My 2xgreat grandmother was Catherine (Kate) McCarthy b.1818 of Churchtown, Cloyne, parents - John McCarthy & Elizabeth Barry. Kate at age 15 married Patrick Barry b.1803 of Midleton in 1833 in Churchtown, Cloyne Parish. . Kate had an older sister Johanna b.1808 (living with Kate at 51 Main St in 1841 parish census), brothers David b.1810 and Garrett b. 1812. Kate & Patrick had nine sons and three daughters - Garrett b.1854, the sixth son, was my g/grandfather He became a telegraphist after he migrated to Australia in about 1877. An older brother was Patrick David Barry aka Patrick McCarthy Barry, b.1852 d.1925, aged 73, buried Holy Rosary Church, had continued to operate his father's shoemaker's shop at 51 Main St. He married a Johanna (?McCarthy) who died 1908 aged 57. He then married a May Esther ? who on his death married a Thomas Geaney. May Geaney ran the shoemaking business until her death in 1965 when the business was inherited by her niece who lived in Cork City. Although there were seven sons and three daughters I have never been able to contact any descendants of Kate McCarthy and Patrick Barry. The children were: Mary Ann b.1833 Richard 1835 William 1839 Elizabeth 1842 John 1844 Patrick 1846 Catherine 1849 Patrick David 1852 Garrett 1854 Justin Robert 1856 James Joseph 1859 Robert Henry 1852. I have written to many Barrys in the Midleton phone book and have had a number of kindly replies - none made a direct link although one referred me to the late Canon Bertie Troy who helped a lot! I am currently following up a lead suggested by a resident of Midleton - Hegartys in Kinsale may be descendants of Patrick David (McCarthy) Barry. Over the years, I have also written to newspapers in Cork City (Examiner) and in Midleton - but after 18 y. of searching I wonder if I'll ever make contact with descendants of my g x 2 grandfather Patrick Barry and his wife Kate McCarthy? Thanks, Don Dr D.N. & Mrs J.C.Barry 11 Toolara Circuit Forest Lake Brisbane Qld, 4078 Ph.07 3271 4197