Cork councillor adopted from mother and baby home reunited with birth parents and six siblings

A chance discovery during lockdown helped uncover a hidden family history stretching from Dublin to Westmeath

Dominic Finn (right) deputising for the Mayor of the County of Cork and Jessica Bonenfant looking at an artwork by Matt Ind in the kitchen at Fota House. 'From the very beginning, I always knew that I was adopted,' says Dominic. 

A county councillor and assistant school principal has described his incredible journey after being adopted from a mother and baby home.

He initially thought he was a Cork man, but was actually a Dub, he has been ‘baptised’ three times and now some extraordinary quirks of fate have led him to meet his birth parents and six siblings.