Hi, I am new to this thread having only just come upon it;
My Mum has been trying to search for her birth mother. After her 'parents' had passed away and she looked for a birth cert to get a passport her Aunt then told her she was 'fostered/boarded out' and her birth surname was different. She managed to get her birth cert which showed she was born to Mary Cullen in the Rotunda hospital on December 30th, 1939, the address given for Mary Cullen was 540 NCR. She also managed to get a baptismal cert for the pro-cathedral on 3rd January 1940 with the sponsor name Brigid Cosgrave.
she has written to the HSE, TUSLA, etc, but was directed to contact the Rotunda through FOI. They confirmed that the 1939 Hospital Labour Ward Book showed a Mary Cullen gave birth on 30th NOVEMBER 1939.. a different date. But they refused to provide Mary Cullen's DOB, so the trail ends here. Any advice is welcome, it is awful to keep hitting brick walls.
