Hi Michele,
Thank you for your message and also for your offer to share information. I hope that someone makes a connection with you and can help you fill in some of your gaps.
Civil registration did not begin in Ireland until 1864 so for records of births, marriages, deaths prior to this you have to look at Church records.
Unfortunately, Catholic records for Glanworth parish do not begin until 1836. You can see this on the Irish TImes website:
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Cork%20East&parish=Glanworth&churchid=54
Church of Ireland records generally tend to have an earlier start date, so if the family followed this church you may be lucky and find a birth record for Michael and Mary, which will list their parents names. If you could find their marriage record it may also list the couple?s fathers? names. For information on CHurch of Ireland records check:
http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/.
I did a search of the Stackpole surname in the Tithe Applotment Books. These are land records compiled between 1823 and 1837 in order to determine the amount which occupiers of agricultural holdings should pay in tithes to the Church of Ireland. However they do not give any genealogical information, so it is hard to determine what records are relevant to you. If you would like to see the results anyways though, you can find them here:
http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?surname=+Stackpole&firstname=&county=Cork&parish=&townland=&search=Search
Some other websites that you may find useful are:
The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/
The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx
The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/
The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm
Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/cork/index.html
Failte Romhat: http://www.failteromhat.com/
It may also be an idea to contact Mallow Heritage Centre in North Cork for some assistance, however a fee may apply. mallowheritagecentre@gmail.com
I hope that some of these links are helpful to your research. Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
