He was catholic. He married Mary MacAvoy in Canada. They had 9 children. One of which was Mary, my grandmother on my father's side. He was from Mayo. Parish? Don Gillespie
Don:
Welcome back!
Do you have Patrick's parents names? Roots Ireland has two 1840 baptismal records and one in 1846 for a Patrick Mulhern. Also, many Mayo parishes do not have records back to the 1840s.
Roger McDonnell