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Molly Brown

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

By Irish America Staff

April 16, 2012 by 4 Comments

“I'm Unsinkable” Margaret Tobin Brown was reading a book in her first-class cabin on the Titanic when she heard a crash and was thrown to the floor by the impact. Pulling herself up, she went out into the corridor to investigate and saw her fellow passengers standing around in their nightwear. It was then she noticed that the engines had stopped. She went up on deck and was … [Read more...] about The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Irish Roots:
The History of the Tobins

By Siobhán Tracey, Contributor
December / January 2003

December 1, 2002 by 1 Comment

The Tobin Family Crest.

Tobin is not an indigenous Irish name, but the family can be regarded as having become completely hibernicized. Its Irish form, Toibín, is a gaelicized version of the Norman 'St. Aubyn.' Another interpretation is that the name was first called de St. Aubyn and the original bearers were from Aubyn, in Brittany, France. According to the renowned Irish historian and genealogist, … [Read more...] about Irish Roots:
The History of the Tobins

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