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Hello Helena
Thank you for your response...
Our Samuel Robinson...all we know is that he was born in Larne - Antrim around 1859 ...I've trawled through all the records on the LDS family search web site and there is only one record confirming the year of marriage in Australia as 1898 to Florence Edith Craven (born Sydney in 1876) their children were born in West Australia at various places..so perhaps he was a labourer...theres no mention of either of their parents  but their kids where Florence Winnifred 1899, Edith 1901, Arthur James 1903, Samuel 1905, Alfred Henry 1909 (our G grandfather) and Frederick 1918?
According to these dates Samuel Snr would have been 40 at his marriage and 58 when the youngest child was born...I cannot find an online death record of him in WA... but he must have died after 1918 and roughly before  1940's...I suspect he may even have been married in Antrim perhaps to a first wife.....I think I may have to visit the library's and records office though I've only tried the online resources so far....Do any of the names ring a bell...I tried most of them to see if perhaps Samuel senior had any brothers or sister named as such around his birth date lots of result but nothing conclusive to link them to a Samuel....we dont actually  have any documents at all for him - only the online records...... Anyway Thanks for your help Helena and I will keep checking and post another message again soon...
Kind Regards Christine Casey Robinson 
PS.
Its actually my hubbie's father Alfred Raymond Robinson born here in Fremantle WA in the 30's who is the only son of Alfred Henry Robinson and i'm doing all the research on the family ....so Ray never knew his grandfather I dont think... 

Hi Tracey
I'm hopeful that Seumas may contact me at some point too regarding the Cummiskey links and as for the Casey's...well I'm a Casey myself so I'm a bit partial to them...my parents had five daughters and my father was the only son...so our Casey's may not continue for much longer ...however Ive named my son Jamie Casey Robinson...so hopefully he'll pass it on to the next generation.....one of my sisters is Patricia Casey, my father was James Casey his  father was James Casey - his father was Patrick Casey - his father was James Casey and his  father was Patrick Casey born 1805 in Muckno Monaghan .....not too many names for us to remember....Good luck in your searching and maybe we'll connect again at some point...Kind Regards  - Christine Casey Robinson

Hello Jack
My name is Christine Casey Robinson...I understand you have copied old records from  parish churches in Monaghan ...I had a post on Irish Roots web and I was looking for info on Gillilands - Maxwell's  we think from Ballybay or Clontibret I'm  hopeful it was you who said your wife's sister married a Gilliland from Ballybay... is it possible for you to post any info regarding marriages or births from before 1820's...The earliest name we have is a John Gilliland born around 1820 - a farmer who married Jane / Margaret Maxwell - marriage around 1840's we think ...they had three kids that we know of...Joseph Gordon, George  Ernest and Rachel....John died in a Quarry accident around 1850's and the family were allowed to live in the gatehouse of Clontibret parish church..by the minister Swanzy...that's all we know and would love to get a bit of earlier information   eg parents / siblings of John Gilliland and Jane/ Margaret Maxwell and accurate dates of birth and marriage if possible ....would very much answer a lot of brick walls for us too.....All of our modern Gilliland family live mostly in Glasgow Scotland which started with George Ernest... up to and including my mother....Barbara Gilliland (Casey) Thank you Jack... kind regards... Christine Casey Robinson