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Have found these children but nothing helping with Mary Driscoll's background.
Can't make out the places in the original records though.

Children baptized Schull East Church

Florence McGrath 15th Jan 1870
Sponsors: Timothy Sullivan and Mary McCarthy

Patrick McGrath baptized 23 Mar 1872
Robert Swanton and Mary Donegan Ratmore (?)

Mary McGrath baptized on 3 May 1874 Ratmane?
Sponsors: John Mahony and Margaret Sullivan


Michael McGrath baptized on 30 Jan 1876 Ratmane?
Sponsors: Thomas McCarthy and Ellen Swanton



Edward McGrath baptized on 30 April 1877 Gurteengarth?
Sponsors: John Sullivan and Marg Ann Swanton


James McGrath baptized on 18 August 1878 Schull East Gurteengath?
Sponsors: Denis Sullivan and Ellen Sullivan
Note in column: Married St Francis de Salle Church, Boston, 10 March 1910 to Mary Carten of Ballykelby (?)

Margaret McGrath baptized on 3 Jan 1880 Sera?hanaleary?
Sponsors: John Sullivan and Kate Sullivan

Kerry

use familysearch to look for info

https://familysearch.org/

I have however found another set of children born to Patrick and Ellen which makes me think that unfortunately there were two couples.
This child, for example,

Name: Denis Mcgrath
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 29 Mar 1878
Birthplace: Cork, Ireland
Father's Name: Patrick Mcgrath
Mother's Name: Ellen Driscoll Mcgrath

could not be from the same parents as above as the birth coincides with Patrick and Edward above.

:-S

Yes, I saw that too. I wondered if maybe this first one died and her sister took over for her..........or maybe she was Ellen Mary and did not use Ellen. I wonder if there is a later marriage for Patrick?

This caught my eye and is puzzling me a bit
Is it the same couple or are there two Patricks marrying Driscoll girls in the same town?

Name: Patrick Mc Grath
Spouse's Name: Ellen Driscoll <<<<<<<
Event Date: 25 Feb 1868
Event Place: Skull, Cork, Ireland
Father's Name: Patrick Mc Grath
Spouse's Father's Name: Timothy Driscoll

Sorry
I hadn't seen that one in 1911. I don't know much about the family except through DNA, I have a 3rd cousin match to a descendant from this family and Mary Driscoll is the stand out person. Much as though the family has been explored and recorded by the family, Mary has no information.

I am keen to find a marriage to see who her father was, and where from.

That is great info above. Thank you very much. Anyone see a marriage?

Kerry

I wonder why Kerry says that they 'stayed' in Ballyhebob, as they obviously didn't, which would be why I couldn't find them in the censuses using that location as a search tool

RG

Didn't notice the difference in surname.........'specsavers' moment!

Kerry

The age in 1901 is perfectly feasible for Mary to be Katie's mother.

1911 age is probably a guess

Mary is widowed in 1911 and living with married daughter Katie.

Census Years1911CorkCoolaghGurteennakillaResidents of a house
Residents of a house 8 in Gurteennakilla (Coolagh, Cork)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion
Coughlan Daniel 32 Male Head of Family Catholic
Coughlan Kate 25 Female Wife Catholic
Coughlan Daniel 2 Male Son Catholic
McGrath Mary 73 Female Mother in law Catholic

.???

Name: Michael Mcgrath
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 20 Mar 1876
Birth Place: Cork, Ireland
Father's Name: Patrick Mcgrath
Father's Birth Place: Gurteenakilla
Mother's name: Mary Mcgrath Driscoll
FHL Film Number: 255956



Name: James Mcgrath
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 15 Aug 1878
Birth Place: Cork, Ireland
Father's Name: Patrick Mcgrath
Mother's name: Mary Driscoll Mcgrath
FHL Film Number: 256013

Name: Margaret Mcgrath
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 1 Mar 1880
Birth Place: Gurteenakilla, Cork
Father's Name: Patrick Mcgrath
Mother's name: Mary Driscoll Mcgrath
FHL Film Number: 256050

Maybe?

1901

Census Years1901CorkCoolaghGurteenakillaResidents of a house
Residents of a house 10 in Gurteenakilla (Coolagh, Cork)


Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion

Mc Grath Patrick 60 Male Head of Family R Catholic
Mc Grath Mary 60 Female Wife R Catholic
Mc Grath James 20 Male Son R Catholic
Mc Grath William 18 Male Son R Catholic
Mc Grath Katie 16 Female Daughter R Catholic

Yes Dea, Ballydehob seems to be in the Skull registration district :-)


EDIT

Schull or Skull[1] (/'sk?l/ skul; Irish: Scoil Mhuire or An Scoil)[1] is a town in County Cork, Ireland. The name derives from a medieval monastic school, of which no trace remains.

Sorry Jacqueline. That was me but it was the wrong marriage. Senior moment, I had it in my head that we were looking for a marriage to Patrick McCarthy instead of McGrath. Apologies again.

It 'is' strange - I seem to remember it took place in 1875 though - registration district was down as 'SKULL'.

Dea x

Someone posted the marriage..........and has now deleted it. How very odd!

Perhaps the 'last of the babies' was an illegitimate grandchild?

You refer to census records..........posting them on here for our info would be helpful.

I am trying to find any information about her prior to marriage, or even find a marriage for them.

They can be seen in the Ballydehob area of Schull, and they stayed there. I believe other family members went to other places including London. Very keen to find the Driscoll side of that family.

Marry and Patrick must have married in the early 1870's and there are a lot of marriage registrations I need to narrow down, but church records might be more helpful.

They had a number of children
Mary 1875
Patrick 1878
Edward 1878
Michael 1880
James 1881
William 1883
Katie 1885

Maybe there are some baptism records that might help identify her family?
It is Mary Driscoll who I am trying to find any information about. She must have been born between 1845 - 1855 but the census results later have her the same age as her husband, but that would make her too old to be having the last of the babies I would think.

Any assistance would be most appreciated.

Kerry