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John Liegl

Tobin’s Field

By John Liegl, Contributor
December / January 2003

December 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

The remains of the old Tobin house.

John Liegl travels to Ireland to find his roots. My adventure began 40 years ago when I discovered that my great-great-grandparents John Tobin and Elizabeth Dooley had emigrated to America from Ireland in the 1860s. They settled in Montclair, New Jersey, raised a family and as far as I know never made it back to Ireland for even a visit, but they never forgot where they came … [Read more...] about Tobin’s Field

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