Anyone know of Frank Lawlor?

CabanSail

Posting this here on the off chance that someone here may know the family of this man. It is a long shot.

I was listening to ABC Radio National (Australia equivelent of RTE 1) this morning and there was this moving story. A homeless man who died back in June has finally been buried after his identidy was discovered. His name was Frank Lawlor and not much else is known about him. It is thought that he came to Australia from Ireland in the early 1980's. There are no know relatives or close friends.

The story and audio on the ABC RN site is here

Lollipops23

That makes me so sad. He must have been so full of hope leaving for Australia all those years ago.

No way to end things.

Red Kev

Ring Liveline on 1850715815. The age profile of the listeners would fit that age group.

Or ring RTE or any newspaper.

suicide_circus

On liveline right now!

Greenman

CabanSail wrote: »

Posting this here on the off chance that someone here may know the family of this man. It is a long shot.

I was listening to ABC Radio National (Australia equivelent of RTE 1) this morning and there was this moving story. A homeless man who died back in June has finally been buried after his identidy was discovered. His name was Frank Lawlor and not much else is known about him. It is thought that he came to Australia from Ireland in the early 1980's. There are no know relatives or close friends.

The story and audio on the ABC RN site is here

Well done Tony in Northern Oz.

somesoldiers

CabanSail wrote: »

Posting this here on the off chance that someone here may know the family of this man. It is a long shot.

I was listening to ABC Radio National (Australia equivelent of RTE 1) this morning and there was this moving story. A homeless man who died back in June has finally been buried after his identidy was discovered. His name was Frank Lawlor and not much else is known about him. It is thought that he came to Australia from Ireland in the early 1980's. There are no know relatives or close friends.

The story and audio on the ABC RN site is here

G'day- ask Joe abut his wages!!

feargale

somesoldiers wrote: »

G'day- ask Joe abut his wages!!

Some decent people want to bring closure to this tragic story. But don't let that come in the way of your agenda.

There is so little information on this poor man. I don't know if Rev. Bill is familiar with different Irish local accents. Maybe the quest could be narrowed down if somebody could provide him with a recording of different accents. It's just a suggestion.

Satriale

On the LDS Familysearch there are 9 Francis Lawlors born here between 1952 and 1960.

Maybe one to run by the experts on Boards Genealogy section.

Ken.

This shouldn't be allowed slip down the pages for a while.

Samaris

Satriale wrote: »

On the LDS Familysearch there are 9 Francis Lawlors born here between 1952 and 1960.

Maybe one to run by the experts on Boards Genealogy section.

That's a good notion, might get something there.

Winterlong

11 of them appear if you lock the filter on 'francis Lawlor' with birth between 1940 and 1962.

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/results?count=75&query=%2Bgivenname%3Afrancis%20%2Bsurname%3Alawlor%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1940-1962~&collection_id=1408347

Would need to dig in to see how many of those have since died or got married in ireland since 1980 as that rules them out and further narrows things down.

MadYaker

How do you know he wasn't married?

LandoCalrissian

Jesus I just got that "sickening butterflies in the stomach feeling" when I saw this thread

I am related to Frank Lawlor admittedly he was not living in Australia

CabanSail

I was asked by the producers on Liveline to be on the show but did not see why I was needed as they had made contact with Rev. Bill Crews who started the search. I explained that my only involvement was to pass the story on. They asked if they did ring back would I be willing to speak to Joe and I agreed. Anyway they did call and I spoke but did not add much other than giving Boards a plug.

Maybe a relative will be found.

LandoCalrissian wrote: »

I am related to Frank Lawlor admittedly he was not living in Australia

Technically this Frank Lawlor is not living in Australia either.

Stigura

CabanSail wrote: »

Technically this Frank Lawlor is not living in Australia either.

Sorry. I Am SO Sorry! But, reading that? I just sprayed a mouthful of beer across the f**king room!!!

Moonbeam

That is so sad

Sam Quentin

PROVE ME WRONG..... Hundreds if not thousands of Irish have met a similar fate through the years in London, New York, Boston to name but a few... And I'll just throw it out there as I'm an avid advocate of non empathy or sympathy towards people who love nothing more than a pint... Anyway I bet drink was his downfall!?!?.....

Edups

Sam Quentin wrote: »

PROVE ME WRONG..... Hundreds if not thousands of Irish have met a similar faith through the years in London, New York, Boston to name but a few... And I'll just throw it out there as I'm an avid advocate of non empathy or sympathy towards people who love nothing more than a pint... Anyway I bet drink was his downfall!?!?.....

It's time to stop. It has no relevance what the man suffered with, the fact is he deserves to be returned to his family, if he has any living.

endacl

Sam Quentin wrote: »

PROVE ME WRONG..... Hundreds if not thousands of Irish have met a similar faith through the years in London, New York, Boston to name but a few... And I'll just throw it out there as I'm an avid advocate of non empathy or sympathy towards people who love nothing more than a pint... Anyway I bet drink was his downfall!?!?.....

'Fate'. Not 'faith'.

I only point it out because your post was so dickish.

endacl

Perhaps he wasn't ever Frank Lawlor. I had two uncles who left Ireland for their own reasons in the early 70s and never contacted family again. Each went by a new name. One died in Bristol. The other in Sydney.

Sam Quentin

endacl wrote: »

'Fate'. Not 'faith'.

I only point it out because your post was so dickish.

Yeah but I just edit that.. You can't edit your brain and way of thinking!?:rolleyes:

Sam Quentin

Sam Quentin wrote: »

Yeah but I just edit that.. You can't edit your brain and way of thinking!?:rolleyes:

Guessing you haven't read Rule #1 of the Internet:

"Don't be a d1ck".

josip

endacl wrote: »

Perhaps he wasn't ever Frank Lawlor. I had two uncles who left Ireland for their own reasons in the early 70s and never contacted family again. Each went by a new name. One died in Bristol. The other in Sydney.

OT, but curious how you know where they went and the new names if they didn't contact family?
Was there some contact via a third party?

endacl

josip wrote: »

OT, but curious how you know where they went and the new names if they didn't contact family?
Was there some contact via a third party?

One got in touch years later after his marriage broke down. He was a bit wild as a young man. I'd imagine his alias was for 'administrative purposes' in Australia. The other is a sadder story. He left after a bitter fight, and was never spoken about, but when my grandmother reached the end of her life she expressed a wish to see him before she died. He was eventually tracked down to Bristol, by means of various acquaintances and organisations, where he was living in sheltered accommodation having spent many years living homeless. He didn't make it in time though. We were both told of his existence and introduced to him the day after the burial. He was the youngest of his siblings. Late 40s at that time, but he looked older than my grandad. Weird. Sad.