According to his civil birth registration, Patrick Sands was born at Urbal, Co. Tyrone on 20 August 1884, no father specified, the mother Mary Jane registered him on 11 September 1884.
I can see a transcript of a baptism in Coagh for a Patrick McCanny on 31 August 1884, the parents transcribed as Joseph McCanny and Mary Jane Crooks. I would like to see an original image of the register to see if it is possible that "Crooks" could be a mistranscription of "Sands", for there is a comment at the bottom of the record indicating that he was illegitimate and that he went on to marry "Mary Sand" on 24 October 1916 in "Gorran" (Govan?).