Barry McGlynn of Ballycanew and formerly Walkinstown in Dublin is one of the fathers to have had a child born in a mother and baby home in Ireland.
Bredeen Keane was born in St Patrick's on the Navan Road in the late 60s and adopted. This was not what Barry wanted, nor what her birth mother wanted.
His girlfriend at the time was not allowed leave the home until she signed the papers, Barry said. He fought to keep the baby but had no rights.
Today, he and Bredeen have a close relationship. They met at Dublin airport over 20 years after her birth.