The Coughlan/Coughlin surname was first found in Munster where Dealbha, brother of King Blad of Thomond/ Munster, is the traditional ancestor of this family in the 5th Century approx 550. Their father was Tal Cass King of Thomond and can be traced back further through to approx the 3rd century.
The Cork sept of Coughlans occupied the territories known as the baronies of Carbery and Ballymore which was essentially all of West Cork. O’Cochlain would have been the original spelling in Cork.
We can surmise that our ancestors the Coughlans on Magazine Road and Bandon Road are descendants from the above. We do not have any records of where in Cork they came from before they appear in 1848 in Griffiths Valuation.
There has been a note in a family members documents that Charles Joseph Coughlan d.1883 was buried in Innishannon but this has not been confimed at all so for now we have no earlier leads.
The first Coughlan we have in records connected to the family is John Joseph Coughlan born approx 1800 …. so let’s start there …
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