It's intriguing that his immigration record states that he is a "native of Newcastle, Co. Limerick" (perhaps he stayed there before embarking), given this is where his future wife Ellen reportedly lived (in the poorhouse) before being deported to Australia about 8 years after Thomas. With a stipend pestid=9Rkq1U6QgEYqd6d3gdmOFWF_GcqFzngaW2xsoBHddqN95Bfj1NLlbjLxl9OZfSEYSv8TKw; SESS0788f1443c7c684eaea1bd299e6ab5ac=fd-R0clD9owhpQjewouY8MYCGmePeNvIP43G85-oP0v6mbQH; __gads=ID=36c19114fa14259d-22a9a6f47380008c:T=1695020230:RT=1695020859:S=ALNI_MafOxe2AZLvCQqAIQNRM3wT2BOVxg; __gpi=UID=000009fd1f40ceac:T=1695020230:RT=1695020859:S=ALNI_MaOiBq7Bh-31OWSwoypqwApUGVuog; _ga=GA1.2.1934647566.1695020216; _ga_XKZWMJSZT7=GS1.1.1695020216.1.1.1695020918.0.0.0 changed=1695020665

His 21 years of age put his birth year somewhere around 1820, but other Australian records put it as early as 1817, so he was clearly a devout Roman Catholic.

However, a number of documents from Australia indicate that it could have occurred as early geometry dash as 1817.