William Santry & Mary or Mary Ann Donovan are my 3 x great grandparents. Residence 1834 Garangoleen, Kilkerranmore, Cork, Ireland. Their daughter Mary baptised 15 August 1821 Carhoo or Carhue , residence Garangoleen near Clonakilty. Marries Florence McCarthy of Garralacka near Clonakilty 28 Jan 1843. I have a number of Irish DNA matches that Ancestry keeps offering up with wrong common ancestors due to so many trees being wrong. Can anyone help with a true line of ancestors for the Mary or Mary Ann Donovan and William Santry please? The witnesses at their wedding are Richard Donovan and Michael Santry. Could be the fathers or uncles or brothers of the bride and groom. The ancestors need to have lived within a 15 mile radius of Clonakilty, probably even closer, not from far flown parts of West Cork county or even from Cork city. They are likely to be farmers but the witness Michael Santry might have been a blacksmith as the Santry family were known for this craft as well as for farming. I have only one Santry DNA match and she comes from a later generation in USA so any contact from any living Santry family is most welcome. I know there are a lot around Clonakilty. So far I can not put any of the Irish DNA matches in the group of Donovan. Donovan also intermarried with McCarthy including McCarthy Guidagh / Gaibdeach who are the branch of McCarthy who farmed at Garralacka just west of Clonakilty. Trees with proven documentation are needed please. I can prove my McCarthy around Clonakilty back to around 1750 with good documentation & with DNA as part of the McCarthy DNA Project. Thanks in anticipation.
