Honorah Coughlan b. 2 Dec 1885 (died young between 1901 and 1910)
Charles Coughlan b. 25 Jan 1887 d. 30 Aug 1952 [m. 24 April 1917 Kathleen Brosnan]
Daniel/Danny Coughlan b. 5 Nov 1888 d. 16 Dec 1967 [m. Eva Conner]
William/Billy Coughlan b. 31 Sept 1890 d. 1972 [m. Mollie Nason]
May/Mary Honorah b. 28 Sept 1892 d. 1933 [m. Dermot O’Brien]
Ellen/Ellie Coughlan b. 24 Feb 1894 [m. 21 Feb 1922 Reginald Augustus Pinker]
Madge/Margaret Coughlan b. 12 May 1897 d. 12 May 1975 [m. 14 Jan 1923 Albert Henry Barnes]
John Joseph Coughlan b. 25 July 1900
Cornelius/Neilus Christopher Coughlan b. 7 Nov 1902 d. 1 May 1960 [m. Jean Murphy]
Baby Girl born 1905 but she did not survive.
Elizabeth/Lil Coughlan b. 22 Jan 1906 [married Arthur Heapes]
Seán Coughlan b. 25 July 1909 d. 3 Apr 1960 [married Peggy]
Coughlan Bros Builders was established as a business at some stage between 1910 and 1920. The brothers were Charles, Daniel and William (Billy).
In the 1911 Census the family are listed as living at 164 Bandon Road. Link to the census record.
John is 47 and Ellen is 46. They had been married for 26 years. They had 12 children and 9 survived. 8 are listed on this census and Charles the eldest age 25 was working in Timoleague at the time (most likely working for John Sisk & Sons as they had a job on there for Montifort Longfield JP). He is listed on the census there in a boarding house.
Johns brother William also lived with them, he was 49 at the time and had not married. Strangely the youngest Seán Coughlan is not listed on the census, he was born in 1909 and should have been present. Hanorah the eldest daughter had passed away between 1901 and 1911 census.
To read more about the building work and Coughlan Bros Builders please click here
Kathleen Brosnan (age 30/31) married Charles Coughlan (age 30) on 24th April 1917 in St Finbarrs South, Dunbar St, Cork Click for Marriage records
Kathleen had been living in Cork for about 6 years. Her address was 14 Barrack St at the time of her marriage. Click here to read about Kathleen Brosnan of Tralee and her early life and family
Children of Charles Coughlan and Kathleen Brosnan
1918 12th July – Eileen Coughlan
1920 2nd August – Patricia Coughlan
1923 21st January – Sean Coughlan
1924 19th July – Charles Coughlan (twin)
1924 19th July – Michael Coughlan (twin)
1927 24th August – Dominic Coughlan
To read about the Coughlan family’s participation in the Irish War of Independence click here
1930s onwards
Back Row : (1) Daniel Coughlan; (2) Eileen Coughlan; (3) Cornelius Coughlan; (5) Sean Coughlan; (6) Madge Coughlan; (7) William (Billy) Coughlan
Front Row : (1) Charles Coughlan and (2) Ellie Coughlan (Mother); (3) John Coughlan (Father) (4) May(Mary) Coughlan
missing from photo Hanorah, Elizabeth/Lil, John Joseph (son)
During this time Coughlan Bros worked on many building projects.
1932 Irish Industrial Fair
NAMES TO BE CONFIRMED
According to family lore every summer the Coughlan family went to Crosshaven for the holidays. In fact I know many of you reading this will remember those summers well.
John Joseph Coughlan died on Oct 28 1939
Mary Ellen (Ellie) O’Sullivan Coughlan died on Nov 22 1947
Just a short 5 years later her son Charles passed away at the age of 65.
The ages in some of the older documentation may not be exactly correct, please ignore any minor discrepancies.
Death of Charles Joseph Coughlan 1952
Through family knowledge the health of Charles Coughlan was never the same after his time in Ballykinlar. At the age of 65 he passed away.
Charles Coughlan died in 1952 and is buried in St Finbarrs Cemetry in Cork.
If you would like to learn more about the Irish Revolution , I highly recommend this book Atlas of the Irish Revolution. Another book every home should have.
So ….. this is where we are now ….. from approx 1800 to 1952
I would suggest you open this image and save it to your computer or phone to zoom in. Otherwise it is not possible to view properly.
I will find a way to better display the tree over the weekend!
PLEASE NOTE:
The content of this part of the Family Tree is not complete. I know many of you have sent on fantastic photos and I will be adding these over the next few weeks.
These few pages only cover one part of the tree and I chose to add all this information first as it stemmed from Charles Coughlan who made the research more exciting with his involvement in Irish Politics. For military records, there are more available online for Madge Barnes than any of the others, so it is difficult to document their involvement. I would be very confident that their involvement was even greater and we will learn more as we go along.
I will continue to add information to this and keep you informed. I would love if anyone with photos or information or stories could send them by email to me at [email protected]