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Nora was born in 1897 in Castletownroche under name of Shanahan. She is in Ballyhooly in 1901 and 1911 census under the name of Dwan. I have the birth certificate (although only from the Cork genealogy website). It is rumoured that she was born from a relationship between Julia Shanahan and a farm worker called Dwan. Her mother Ellen Shanahan named herself as mother on the birth certificate to stop any rumours, although she called her a Dwan afterwards.
The McCarthy situation is less clear cut, cannot proceed until i have confirmed what county Patrick was born in (1926 census should tell me this), as i cannot confirm which Patrick is the real one in both 1901 and 1911 census. His full name is Patrick Joseph - i have found some but they cover Waterford (x1), Tipperary (x1), Limerick (x1) and Cork (x1) for births in 1893 ish. So without this i cannot trace much further back.
His wedding certificate to Nora states his father as Michael but the only Patrick Joseph McCarthy born in1893 in Cork had a father called John - don't know if this is the same (they used to swap middle and first names a lot to suit in those days i believe).
Confused now??!