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Births on Irish Genealogy have a hundred years restriction so Catherine's won't be viewable yet.

Your grandfather (although gives DOB as 16th October, not 5th):
Name ANDREW SHARKEY
Date of Birth 16 October 1908
Group Registration ID 622736
SR District/Reg Area Castlerea
Sex Male
Mother's Birth Surname BRUIN
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and brother, John:
Name JOHN SHARKEY
Date of Birth 20 February 1906
Group Registration ID 303491
SR District/Reg Area Castlerea
Sex Male
Mother's Birth Surname BRUIN

From the same site- looks like a sister:

Name MARGARET SHARKEY
Date of Birth 30 October 1913
Group Registration ID 1127769
SR District/Reg Area Castlerea
Sex Female
Mother's Birth Surname BRUIN

and

Name BRIDGET SHARKEY
Date of Birth 31 August 1910
Group Registration ID 728741
SR District/Reg Area Castlerea
Sex Female
Mother's Birth Surname BRUIN

From this site:

http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/-

Michael's birth registration, giving MMN:

NameMICHAEL SHARKEY
Date of Birth 24 November 1911
Group Registration ID944260
SR District/Reg AreaCastlerea
SexMale
Mother's Birth Surname BRUIN

Edit: I can't find anything on the same site for Catherine.

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You can also search here:
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gritty what site are you using to get that info from

thanks to everyone I have to close down tonight as I live in Australia got to go to work early in the morning

Possible birth for Michael?

First name(s) Michael
Last name Sharkey
Registration year 1912
Registered quarter/year Jan - Mar 1912
Registration district Castlereagh
Volume 4
Page 125
Country Ireland
Record set Irish Births 1864-1958
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Perhaps for Catherine (although not registered same place as other births)??

First name(s) Catherine
Last name Sharkey
Registration year 1914
Registered quarter/year Jul - Sep 1914
Registration district Boyle
Volume 4
Page 69
Country Ireland

or possibly this one?
First name(s) Kate
Last name Sharkey
Registration year 1915
Registered quarter/year Jul - Sep 1915
Registration district Castlereagh
Volume 4
Page 113
Country Ireland

thanks for that I got his mum and dad but it don't show Michael and Catherine

You can view the 1911 census on this link:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Roscommon/Loughglinn/Cartron_More/766117/

Snap, Gritty!

If that is the correct family in 1911, this looks like Andrew snr and Bridget's marriage:


Party 1 Name
ANDREW SHARKEY

Party 2 Name
BRIDGET BRUEN

Date of Event
21 January 1905

Group Registration ID
2049322

SR District/Reg Area
Castlerea

From this site:

http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32&Itemid=117

Possible birth for Andrew:

First name(s) Andrew
Last name SHARKEY
Registration year 1908
Registered quarter/year Oct - Dec 1908
Registration district Castlereagh
Volume 4
Page 97
Country Ireland
Record set Irish Births 1864-1958

Possible for Andrew in the Irish 1911 census. Was his father also Andrew? Andrew and Bridget had been married for 6 years and had had 3 children, all living:

Residents of a house 4 in Cartron More (Loughglinn, Roscommon)

Sharkey Andrew 37 Male Head of Family Roman Catholic
Sharkey Bridget 38 Female Wife Roman Catholic
Sharkey John 5 Male Son Roman Catholic
Sharkey Andrew 3 Male Son Roman Catholic
Sharkey Bridget 1 Female Daughter Roman Catholic
Bruin Margaret 80 Female Mother in Law Roman Catholic

Were Michael and Catherine older or younger than Andrew?

1911- your step grandfather?

Residents of a house 4 in Cartron More (Loughglinn, Roscommon)

Sharkey Andrew 37 Male Head of Family Roman Catholic Farmer
Sharkey Bridget 38 Female Wife Roman Catholic
Sharkey John 5 Male Son Roman Catholic
Sharkey Andrew 3 Male Son Roman Catholic
Sharkey Bridget 1 Female Daughter Roman Catholic
Bruin Margaret 80 Female Mother in Law Roman Catholic

Who did Andrew list as his father on his marriage certificate?

Have you found him on the 1911 census?
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

that's them

This one?

Birth: 1908
Death: Sep. 25, 1969
Kingston-Upon-Thames
Greater London, England

Last address,8 Onslow House,Acre Road,Kingston,Surrey.

Family links:
Spouse: Elizabeth Roberts Sharkey (1904 - 1976)*

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=121670096&ref=acom

England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Andrew Sharkey
Birth Date: 5 Oct 1908
Date of Registration: Sep 1969
Age at Death: 60
Registration district: Kingston upon Thames
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 5c
Page: 1724

Andrew sharkey and I am working on that as well I have down at the moment as killarney,Ireland he married my nan in 1938 and died 1969 Richmond surrey

What is your step grandfather's name? When was he born?

to your question Jacqueline they are my stepgrandfathers brother and sister .
I know off the family home in Ireland but have not put 2 and2 together until Griity put the Roscommon bit there I have bits of paper and photos with some writing on the back
sharkey homestead
cortoonmore
near ballaghadrreen
co,roscommon
but I don't know if they were born there and I know its been empty since 1992