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I research the Irish Family History Foundation's database. It contains 12,000,000 surviving rcds for abt 65% of Irish counties. Rcds are increasingly sparse B4 1840, rare B4 1800.
Note 1 - Without a KNOWN parish, the chance of an ancestor's rcds NOT being in this database is AT LEAST 35%.
Note 2 - Only 1/2 of Co. Cork's rcds are in this database.
Note 3 - The RC church kept control over most parish rcds from Tipperary (north). These are ONLY available thru the Tipperary Family History Research center at a substantial fee (regardless of outcome).
For the O'Bryant surname, there are 44 B rcds and 42 M rcds in all Ireland in this database. The small number suggests a misspelling at some point in history, or it is an English transplant. There are no "Nathans" among several hundred thousand rcds I sampled. There are a very few Nathaniels.
The use of "Nathan" for your ancestor's forename suggests he was at least 2nd or 3rd generation Irish-American whose family had close contact with more Anglo-Americans.
Google the Foundation's name to lead you to this database. Register, opt to be notified as rcds are added and browse. Pls post your search results to my genforum msg.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
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