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NouNou,
I did not include the Cork entries in the origianl posting in this series because as far as I can tell the McKechnies in Cork arrived (soon) after 1860. I have been told that they came from Scotland to start a chemical business in Cork. I think I recall being told that it was two brothers who came over from Scotland to Cork then. I cannot just at present lay my hands on all the records I extracted some time back; but one of the brothers would appear, from what I can find, to have been Alexander McKechnie. The records seem to suggest that his first wife (Ellen McArthur) died age 33 in 1873 (children: Alexander b. 1868; James b. (and d.) 1870; Mary Ellen b.1873) and his second wife (Margaret) died in 1877 (children: James Hunter b. 1875;Jane Edith Crawford b.1876; Margaret Agnes b.1877). If my surmise is correct that they came to Ireland after 1860, you may be able to find a trace of the marriage of Ellen McArthur and Alexander McKechnie in the Scottish records. I have not persued it that far since I found no personal connection to this line.
I hope this might be of some help but I suspect you know most of it already.

Sarah,
What were her parents names? You should be able to find that on the certificate of her marriage to Thomas Barker. With that I might be able to tell you whether she links in to the parts of my family tree I know about.

Hi!
Sorry. I have no knowledge of her. All the information I have on Irish McKechnies in this period is posted on this site. If she died in Scotland (after 1855) her death certificate should have the names of her parents on it. You could do the double surnmae search (McKechnie/McGowan) on the scotlandspeople site to get that information. Then you might be able to link the parents to others on the list above. Good luck.

Item 16 to add to the above list:
16. Robert McKechnie was born in Ireland (place unknown) about 1810. He married Margaret Watters in Cardross Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on 9 March 1833. Their son, Robert McKechnie, was born in Glasgow 16 June 1834. He emigrated to Canada, married Isabelle Ross (17 Jan 1858) and settled in Dundas, Ontario.

I have found two marriages, as set out below, in the Index of Marriage Licences in the Diocese of Down, Conor and Dromore. I would be grateful if someone could advise me on how to find the exact place of marriage. (I have no other clues as to where in Ireland these couples lived. This is what I am trying to discover.)
1. 1835 John Hay and Sally Wilson
2. 1843 Daniel Rankin and Mary Church
These couples left Ireland soon after their marriage. The Hays went to Scotland (Dunbartonshire and then Greenock) in about 1836 and the Rankins to Albany County New York in about 1846/8. So there is no subsequent trace of either in Ireland.