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People on Anc* seem to believe that this Thomas moved to Dalry in Scotland, so perhaps he is not the father of your James. The Dalry Thomas was indeed a blacksmith, so I'm not really sure. Dalry Thomas married an Agnes McGooken in Dalry in 1859, but these trees claim that she was his second wife, after the first Agnes (Armstrong) died?

Okay, I think maybe I have found more evidence to support this being incorrect.

We know from his marriage certificate to Agnes Armstrong that Thomas' residence was Lismenary (?) and that he was the son of James McGookin.

In 1894, the death of an 84-year-old James McGookin of Lismenary was registered by Thomas McGookin, son of the deceased with the same place of abode. Thomas cannot be in Scotland if he was in Antrim in 1894, so he could certainly be the father of your James.

Queenie 

Possible marriage for Thomas here, taking place in Ballyeaston in 1857:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1857/09521/5450866.pdf

Thomas is 21, a blacksmith, and a Presbyterian. His father is James, a farmer.
Agnes Armstrong is his wife.

People on Anc* seem to believe that this Thomas moved to Dalry in Scotland, so perhaps he is not the father of your James. The Dalry Thomas was indeed a blacksmith, so I'm not really sure. Dalry Thomas married an Agnes McGooken in Dalry in 1859, but these trees claim that she was his second wife, after the first Agnes (Armstrong) died?

I'm afraid I know absolutely nothing about Scottish research, so I can neither confirm nor deny. Maybe ignore this suggestion for now, unless more concrete evidence is found.

Queenie 

James is fairly consistent with his year of birth being around 1860. Here is his death:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1920/05113/4406054.pdf

Unfortunately, this is before civil registration so there will not be a birth certificate for him. Furthermore, he was Presbyterian, so he won't appear in the Catholic parish registers.

Queenie 

You mentioned a birth of a son in 1865 I presume to Daniel & Eliz Walsh.

If you go to irishgenealogy.ie's civil records section and then enter "odonnell" into the Last Name section and "Midleton" into the Civil Registration District section and then sort them by date, you can peruse through the various BMD documents for the family. The first three births registered in the district (Patrick, Ellen, Timothy) are all children of Daniel.

Make sure you enter "odonnell" without an apostrophe after the 'o' as the system doesn't seem to recognise it and instead returns results for "McDonnell".

Parish registers for the various parishes can be viewed for free via the NLI:
https://registers.nli.ie/

Queenie