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Roscommon / Re: Thomas Tobin, Ballyfarnon, County Roscommon Possible Old IRA Volunteer
« on: Thursday 19 November 15 23:01 GMT (UK)  »
Shellyesq, thank you very much for going out of your way to look up Thomas' information.

hump99, I've sent you a personal message.

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Roscommon / Re: Thomas Tobin, Ballyfarnon, County Roscommon Possible Old IRA Volunteer
« on: Monday 16 November 15 08:45 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: humph99 on Sunday 15 November 15 20:52 GMT (UK)
Richard Tobin aged 2 was my grandfather his older brother Thomas did I believe die in. 1926

Now that is interesting. I have two records for my great grandfather that show him arriving in New York City in November, 1924. One of the records confirms that he came from Lisseevin in Ireland and his father was a Patrick Tobin. Really all that I have is hearsay after this from my family until the 1950 census records release for the US.

Kathleen Hegarty Thorne, the author of "They Put The Flag a-Flyin: The Roscommon Volunteers 1916-1923" had reached out after I bought a copy of the book and was able to confirm that Thomas Tobin, listed as being born in Ballyfarnon did leave Ireland after the civil war and that he had been sent to a Tin Town for much of the conflict.

This pretty much fits the narrative of my family's description of events. From what they had told me, he didn't leave Ireland under very good circumstances  due to being in league with the IRA and he did so in a hurry bringing very little belongings. He then left Ireland to start a new life in the US. I'm not sure when exactly he died but I do believe he was older since he had retired after working as a bus driver.

I apologize if I'm rambling a bit, but does this seem to corroborate with any information that you know Humph?

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Roscommon / Re: Michael Tobin 1836 Roscommon
« on: Saturday 22 March 14 07:44 GMT (UK)  »
James, my family is from County Roscommon, specifically the townland of Lisseevin right next to Ballyfarnon in the northwest region bordering Sligo. My great, great grandfather Patrick was born to Edward Tobin in 1859, who owned the land there. Although I have yet to find anything related to Edward's birth, it's possible that he may have been born around the same time that Michael was. If you want to look up birth records the parish is Kilronan.

Trying to find Tobins in Roscommon is akin to the needle in a haystack expression given the sheer size of the county, but I wish you luck and I hope you find this information useful!

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Roscommon / Re: Thomas Tobin, Ballyfarnon, County Roscommon Possible Old IRA Volunteer
« on: Friday 23 August 13 18:46 BST (UK)  »
I appreciate all of the responses! After looking at the census record myself, I believe that the 's' at the end may have been someone's poor attempt at cursive or, in the case of some of my family members, a mistake made by the writer. Nobody in my family is aware of a name change.

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Roscommon / Thomas Tobin, Ballyfarnon, County Roscommon Possible Old IRA Volunteer
« on: Friday 23 August 13 01:35 BST (UK)  »
Hello all, I am searching for information about my great grandfather and his family, Thomas Tobin born in Ballyfarnon, County Roscommon in 1901 and may have been an Old IRA volunteer, according to the elders in my family. Any information over Thomas and/or his family is greatly appreciated!

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