Re Mary Durcan Quite possible. I know she and her husband James had their 2nd.child bapt.at R.C.Dudley in 1853-their 1st born Ireland 1849-50 No sign of them in Dudley in 1851,so likely they moved to England between 1851-53. I've been looking at Durkin marriages on the Deesegenes site, especially interested in those where Rinaneel-Ruchane +Moorehall are mentioned (Ballintober)
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Dudley Worcs:Ellis Durkin Oakley Rich Smith Baggot Saunders Turner Williams Hobbs Harts Hill: Baggot Wright
I found my great-grandparents marriage (McDonough/Oliver) in Kilconduff. There are some baptisms there that might belong to my family too, but the site doesn't really give enough information to go on to narrow down where there are choices and, at 5 euros for each record (transcription only) looked at, it could quickly get expensive, and still need to see original sources, if possible.
Now I know where to look, I will probably need to get a film of the registers (and I'm planning my trip, of course ).
I now know that my GGparents were married in Kilconduff in February of 1851 and had their first child in Bilston at the end of December. As at least one older child, possibly two (or more) were then born in Ireland, they obviously went back soon after but seem to have settled in Bilston by 1857.