I'm looking to connect with relatives of my greatgrandmother Catherine McAndrews

I have a gg-grandmother, Bridget McAndrew, who was born in Mayo circa 1800, but several parishes to the southeast of Lacken, in the parish of Killasser.  We're probably distant relatives, though presumably too far back for a paper trail connection, but I can tell you about the surname.  I've never seen McCandra as a variant, but it's not unlikely, given the pronunciation of the name in Irish, and the fact that the priests were often inconsistent in what they wrote down.  In Irish, the surname McAndrew is Mac Aindriu.  According to MacLysaght’s Surnames of Ireland, the McAndrew surname was adopted by a branch of the Barrett family in Mayo.  The Barrett’s were an Anglo-Norman family which became completely Hibernicized, and their surname became Bairéid in Mayo and Baróid further south in Munster.

There were other McAndrew families where my gg-grandmother lived, in Killasser and surrouinding parishes.  People sometimes married spouses from several parishes away, so there's an off chance that we have a dna match.  If you want to check it out, I have my results uploaded at GEDMatch, and my kit number there is T780556, in case you want to compare our kits.

John, Catherine McAndrews was my paternal greatgrandmother. I'm happy to learn that It is a Mayo name and Kilcummin as well. We plan a viait to Mayo in May 2018. I'd very much appriciate you offer of suggertions of places to see, things to do, and any family historical sites. By the way, I'm also looking for information about my Maternal greatgrandfather Patrick Mulhern, also from Co. Mayo. I understand that it is a much more common name in Mayo from several areas. Unfortunately, I do not know his parish. I don't believe that they knew each other in Ireland but both ended up moving to Fillmore Township, Wycoff, MInnesota and their children Mary Mulhern and Patrick E Gillespie met and married in Minnesota. Their son was my father, Donald L Gillespie MD and I am his son Donald N Gillespie MD.    Don