there was a biddy (bridget) tobin in graiguecullen and her daughter biddy was married to a man named o''shea (known locally as "the hog") and i believe whe still lives in graiguecullen in carlow and may be of help to you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Brennan" <mb006r9209@blueyonder.co.uk> To: "Irl-Carlow" <irl-carlow@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, 3 July, 2010 18:07:23 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Roll Call: Tobin and Brennan From: Robert Maskell Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 4:05 PM To: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com Subject: Roll Call: Tobin and Brennan Searching for additional information on my great-grandfather Thomas Tobin, his brother James and parents Thomas Tobin and Bridget Brennan, or any Tobin of Carlow origin My great-grandfather Thomas Tobin, baptised RC Chapel, Leighlinbridge, on 26 October 1834; listed in Parish Register as Tom Tobin; parents: Tom Tobin and Bridget Brennan; witnesses: Unable to be read on microfilm; Townland of parents: Leighlin Bridge (Leighlinbridge); immigrated to Victoria, Australia, aboard the ship "Elizabeth Ann Bright", arriving November 1861 His brother James Tobin, baptised RC Chapel, Leighlinbridge, on 28 October 1832; parents: Thomas Tobin and Biddy (sic Bridget) Brennan; witnesses: James Tobin and Mary Kelly; Townland of parents: Leighlin Bridge (Leighlinbridge); arrived in Victoria in June 1857 on the "War Spirit" Their mother Bridget Brennan, born about 1806, County Carlow, arrived in Victoria in January 1871 aboard the ship "Essex"; her parents were Dennis Brennan and Bridget (surname unknown) Their father Thomas Tobin is most likely identified in the Index to Deaths Registered in Ireland, 1868, Thomas Tobin, Registration District of Carlow, County Carlow, Volume 13 Page 276 (at age 81) Robert Maskell Perth WA Australia ======================================= Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe to the List. Its FREE! --------------------------------------- To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Anna!

Thanks to Alan McGrath and Anna Golan. I will access the County Carlow telephone directory and try and find Bridget O'Shea. Three years ago I wrote to every Tobin in the Carlow telephone directory and received only one reply. Persistence was rewarded in borrowing the Parish Register microfilms in finding the baptism of my great-grandfather Thomas Tobin at the RC Capel Leighlinbridge on 26 October 1834 and I will follow up on any leads. Robert Maskell Perth WA Australia -----Original Message----- From: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of annagolan@eircom.net Sent: Sunday, 4 July 2010 7:34 AM To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] Roll Call: Tobin and Brennan there was a biddy (bridget) tobin in graiguecullen and her daughter biddy was married to a man named o''shea (known locally as "the hog") and i believe whe still lives in graiguecullen in carlow and may be of help to you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Brennan" <mb006r9209@blueyonder.co.uk> To: "Irl-Carlow" <irl-carlow@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, 3 July, 2010 18:07:23 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Roll Call: Tobin and Brennan From: Robert Maskell Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 4:05 PM To: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com Subject: Roll Call: Tobin and Brennan