I feel like Alice, as this is getting curiouser and curiouser
Elizabeth declared on the 1911 census that she'd had 9 children, 4 of whom were still living. I have found birth register entries for 9 with matching details for parents.
Thanks to Sinann sharing the knowledge about firkling in the other forms than the missing household return, I looked at Form N, the enumerator's abstract.
That says there were 4 males -likely to be Dad, Patrick, and the three boys listed in 1911 - Michael, Edward and Patrick and 3 females - likely to be Mum, Elizabeth and Ellen listed on the 1911 plus one other not yet identified, possibly one of the three known girls born to this family who had died by 1911.
I am still looking for deaths for Female born Feb 1884, Marianne/Mary Ann born Dec 1884 and Catherine/Kate born August 1890 (not 1892 as I posted in error earlier, sorry)
So I searched for Walsh deaths in Shillelagh 1901 -1911
and came up with Katie, died 22 April 1903, at Drummin, informant Patrick Walsh, father, Tradesman, present at death, Drummin.
looked good for being the child born in 1890 till I saw that this child was aged 1 year and 6 months when she died!
Can't find a matching birth registration 1901-1903 to match the parent'snames/district I'd expect it to be registered in.
he he, I wish I'd just gone to bed!
Though I have sent emails to both the Wicklow Heritage Organisation and the National Archives of Ireland (who I think hold the originals of the census returns) asking if they can advise how I request to have this checked. May not get a result, but Granda always told me that shy bairns get nowt and its always worth asking :-)
Boo