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You've probably got answers years ago but the one with the dog is taken on the hill above Allihies in West Cork, fishing boats probably Castletownbere

Thank you. I have had help from various people over the last few years and you are right it is Allihies.
The fishing boats I think is Dingle harbour as the long white building in the background still exists and best of all I discovered the school is in Chapeltown which confirms where my grandmother lived. Her family were from Kilfenora near Tralee.
It’s great to know that if I had not managed to find all this out I may still have got answers years later so thanks for your reply.

I see that Grays Inn (Holborn) workhouse is represented in the 1871 census. Not seeing Catherine, though.

Is she the Catherine Holleday (washerwoman) in the 1881 census? Looks like that woman's birthplace is listed as "Whitecross Street, Middlesex". That would be (or was) near St Luke's.

If the 1861 and 1881 census reports list her birthplace as Middlesex why do you think she's from Ireland? Is it just the 1851 census which gives her birthplace as Ireland? Or do other sources give Ireland as her birthplace?

By the way, I'm seeing five RC baptisms for their children (1839-1850).

Out of interest can you give me a link or reference for the Grays Inn entries in 1871 please?

I see that Grays Inn (Holborn) workhouse is represented in the 1871 census. Not seeing Catherine, though.

Is she the Catherine Holleday (washerwoman) in the 1881 census? Looks like that woman's birthplace is listed as "Whitecross Street, Middlesex". That would be (or was) near St Luke's.

If the 1861 and 1881 census reports list her birthplace as Middlesex why do you think she's from Ireland? Is it just the 1851 census which gives her birthplace as Ireland? Or do other sources give Ireland as her birthplace?

By the way, I'm seeing five RC baptisms for their children (1839-1850).

Yes she is the washerwoman in 1881.
In the 1851 census when she is living with her parents they are both listed as from Ireland, as is she. I have assumed that the parents knew her correct birthplace, but she either forgot or did not want to state it on future returns. I yeah may be wrong though.

I am still looking for the family in the 1841 census too. Samuel & Catherine married in 1836 in Saint John at Hackney and son William was born 1839 at Adam & Eve Court, St Luke’s. Ellen on 1st April 1841 at Harwick Place, St Luke’s (I haven’t found that location). So they must be around there.

Check the 1871 census using just initials (C and H), in case she's an "inmate" somewhere.

This brings up 6000+ hits on Ancestry even if I put exact for C and H. Is there a better way to do it?

Samuel and Catherine in 1861

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M2-1YLN

Samuel, Catherine and Eliza are at the bottom of one page and abother daughter Mary aged 13 is on the next page but fs don't seem to allow for entries split over two pages.

If it helps to find it on Anc* the ref is RG09/206/F36/p27

Fantastic! That really helped. It turns out the image on Ancestry was so faint they hadn’t been able to transcribe the names. I haven’t come across that before. Also I must remember to check other sites when I can’t find something.