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Looking for the Parish of St Johns

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My great grandfather, Patrick John McCarthy, was born in Cork on 2 November 1849. He enlisted in the British Army in 1867 and his enlistment papers says that he was born in the Parish of St Johns (I think - it's not easy to read) 'in or near the town of Cork in the County of Cork'. Can anyone help me identify where this is more precisely, please? I know that his father was called Michael but I can't find out any more information about him at the moment.

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Joan:

There is a St. John the Baptist church in Ovens in the western suburbs of Cork City. The church goes back to 1831. http://www.corkandross.org/parishes.jsp?parishID=51

I can't find a Catholic St. Johns church in Cork city. Looks like there was a Church of Ireland church at one time.

www.irishgenealogy.ie has records for the Ovens church. This is a free Irish government site.

Roger McDonnell

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