CONNOLLY and SHEEHAN are in the top 50 most common surnames in Ireland . CONNOLLY's occurring all over the place, whereas almost 50% of SHEEHAN's are located in Cork. However TAGAN is extremely rare so I would search for that surname first. Since you have an approximate date for a birth for that name. Remember to check for alternate spellings TEIGAN; TEEGAN; TEGAN; TEGAn; & TEAGAN. The FHL film numbers for births are Index of births 1868 --------------------- 0101045 Index of births 1869 --------------------- 0101046 The registration district for cork are:- Cork...........Bandon Cork...........Bantry Cork...........Castletown Cork...........Clonakilly Cork...........Cork Cork...........Cork North Cork...........Dunmanway Cork...........Fermoy Cork...........Kanturk/Kenturk Cork...........Kenturk/Kanturk Cork...........Kilmallock Cork...........Kinsale Cork...........Lismore Cork...........Mallow Cork...........Middleton Cork...........Millstreet Cork...........Mitchelstown Cork...........Skibbereen Cork...........Skull Cork...........Youghal Gus Ellis