I saw Tommy's post...

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... and checked, and yes, unless there's another Thomas Cassidy who calls himself 'Black Tom', I think Sean's cousin is one of the fugitives from that prison break in Ireland. Apparently it happened during a prisoner transfer.

I imagine Sean probably knows this already, since he's over there and all, but I think I'll try and get in touch with him anyway. Just to make sure everything's all right.