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Catharine and Her Three Eldest Sons, c. 1840
This seems to be a pre-Famine-Era "schooldays" photo of Catharine Nolan Coogan and her three eldest sons, Patrick (standing), James, left, and Hugh, right.
Date: about 1838-1841. If the next photo in sequence, probably of Mathew as a child, was taken on the same occasion, then the date is early 1840s and the photo to the left includes only the boys attending school (James & Hugh) or working in the family shop (Patrick).
The original from which this scene was cropped is badly deteriorated, and we are still attempting to restore it.
Clockwise from upper left:
Patrick, 1823-91
Catharine, 1798-1883
Hugh, 1835-88
James, 1830-1918 
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