Thanks Sinann, hallmark and dathai for your prompt and very helpful info and links.
Mary Kate Hicks was also known as Mabel.
Kate Devlin and Albert Hicks first two children were Jessie 1882 and Mary Kate (Mabel) 1884, both born in Cobh.
After that Kate and Albert moved to Newport, Wales, between 1884 and 1886 where all their other children were born.
(I note Kate's dad died in 1886 in Cobh - maybe that had something to do with the move?).
Strangely they left Jessie (aged between 2 and 4 years) behind in Cobh - family lore says with her grandmother (confirmed by one of the links you sent me) - though another census document has her as niece. This leaving behind a very young child seems very weird to me, though they must have had their reasons.
With regards to Henry Devlin and Mary Power (parents of Kate Devlin) it seems they had their first three children in 1859, 1863, and 1867, then there's a 6 year gap for the next three 1873, 1876 and 1879. Henry was in the British Army so he may have been posted far from home?
My aim now is to go backwards from Henry Devlin and Mary Power.
Thanks so much.
