possible birth references for Alice and James from the BMD Index :
Name: Alice Curtin
Registration district: Lismore
Event type: Birth
Year: 1877
Volume: 4 / Page: 860
Name: James Curtin
Registration district: Lismore
Event type: Birth
Quarter and year: Apr-Jun 1878
Volume : 4 / Page: 795
Lismore is the registration district which includes the town of Tallow.
also a possible marriage for the parents :
Name: John Curtin
Registration district: Lismore
Event type: Marriage
Year: 1876
Volume: 4 / Page: 817
name: Catherine Power
[same index references as John]
see :
Ordering Certs from GRO RoscommonShane