the oldest COUGHLAN we have to date is timothy COUGHLAN who died at the family farm Coolnamohoge (various spellings)on the 18th january 1867 aged 86 years (civil registration photocopy) which would have put his birth around C1781. The informant was his daughter in law Ellen COUGHLAN nee MAGUIRE (various spellings).
He married Margaret WHELAN somewhere around 1809/1811 when she would have been only 17/19 years of age and timothy about 28yo which was youngish for the socioeconomics of the time. I know her age because I had a photo of the gravestone in 1990 and I personally saw and photographed it in 1992. Margaret was 68 yo when she died in 1860.
Whether we have all their children we are unsure as Kilbehenny Parish records only start in 1824/1825.
The only baptisms we have are for william 1825, david 1827 and timothy 1831. From Kilbehenny Parish marriage records we can add Johanna C1841 married David FITZGERALD (marriage is missing from parish records),Ellen married Jerimiah FITZGERALD in 1846 and Margaret married john MCGRATH (various spellings) on 30th january 1856. From witness/godparents/sponsors names we have a mary and a james but so far no marriage or death records for them.
I'll update more on those who married from this marriage in separate journals.
john k COUGHLAN
great great grandson