Parish or Town in Galway

[Sinann]

Didn't know you had his father's name, I assume you searched for him in the Applotment books.

[Sinann]

Trying to narrow down the area but I don't think I've got any where.
Looked for Whyte children born to Patrick +\-5 1822 got 4.
Than went through each parish with those names, 3 were in Loughrea, Mary 1820, michael 1824 and Patrick Joseph 1827 so not likely to be your Patricks family as there would be 2 living Patricks.

The other was In East Galway but when I searched for him there were 2 one in Castlegar and one in St. Nicholas combined N&E, haven't got around to looking what townlands these parishes would serve yet.

[Jane Masri]

Hi Sinann,
Patrick's fathers name is from his marriage in India in 1848.  I also suspect he had a brother, Michael.  As on the baptism of his son, James (1851, Madras) he (Patrick jnr) stands proxy for a Michael Whyte.  I would presume as a godfather.
I'm not familiar with the Applotment books, I'll have to do some reading, so not sure if they list whole family's or just the tenant.
Now, I'm going to ask you a BIG question    If this was your piece of research where would you start looking for Patrick's baptism?  Just as an aside, I think the family might have been Church of Ireland as opposed to RC as on his son's RN service record he states, C of E,

Jane

[Sinann]

To be honest I'd be so delighted and somewhat amazed to have gotten the father's name of someone born in 1822 I wouldn't expect to find any thing more.

It would be great to figure out that place name, to get so close is madding.

The records may not survive or are not online yet, unless you can personally check each COI parish I think all you can do is hope his record will come online someday.

[Jane Masri]

Firstly an apology to ammeneedia, I didn't mean to ignore your input, it was appreciated 
I've narrowed down those spellings to, 'Kilcarn' & 'Kilcurrn' & I've been chanting them all day long trying to find what they might sound like but I'm no nearer to an answer 
I've looked down the list of parish registers for Ireland held at the LDS in London & so many do not cover the dates I need so perhaps my quest is a bit pointless
Many thanks for your fortitude on this Sinann,

Jane

[Flattybasher9]

Jane, you de realise that you have the 2 options in language, Irish Gaelic and English. Depending what was used, the recorder may have been using a pronunciation of either, and spelt the pronunciation as he/she understood.

Regards

Malky

[Jane Masri]

A good point Malky 

Jane