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Ted:
Actually, Arthur O'Leary/Leary was fairly common in Co. Cork. You may be aware of this but to search for Co. Cork church records, you have to visit two different sites. The free site www.irishgenealogy.ie has the records for parishes in the Diocese of Cork and Ross. For parishes in the Diocese of Cloyne you have to access a subscription site like Roots Ireland. There are also six Co. Cork parishes which are actually in the Diocese of Kerry and those records can be found on the free site www.irishgenealogy.ie but you have to search in Co. Kerry.
I located three other Arthur O'Leary/Leary baptismal records with father John in 1859 1862 and 1863 in addition to the 1868 record you lcoated. None of the three Arthurs had six older brothers.
One other comment, I did locate two 1867 baptismal records for Arthur O'Leary in Cobh (Queenstown) RC parish. The father was not John but the records were in Cobh.
Have you considered DNA testing? Possibly you will locate a 3rd cousin who might have more info on the family.
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
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Thanks Roger. I've explored Irish Genealogy, but have to follow up on that Kerry tip. I guess I'll have to bite the bullet and sign up for Roots Ireland. I am an Ancestry member and have done my DNA testing thru Ancestry and uploaded to GEDCOM and FTDNA. I will be the first to acknowledge the magic of DNA is Greek to me, but have not had any success going through my matches.
I greatly appreciate the time and effort!!
Thank you!!
Ted Cordery