Birth, baptism, adoption records - Ireland 1940s

[CiJaNiPa]

Hi everyone. I think I'm getting better at researching ancestry but need advice regarding obtaining records that are more recent. My husband's biological father was born and baptized in Westmeath in 1945 and was adopted from an orphanage in Westmeath when he was around 4 years old. I know his birthdate and his adoptive parents' names, but that is it. I would like to obtain his birth and adoption records (baptism too if possible). He died in 2009 and his immediate adoptive family members are no longer living.

What are the steps I should take to obtain records from Ireland? Can I request these records all at once without knowing his biological parents' names? Would his adoption record have his birth parents' names or at least his mother's name? I'd like just the info for research purposes, although a digital scanned copy would be nice to have as well.

I would appreciate any advice or help.

[Sinann]

The law was changed recently so it’s a lot easier to get information, a relevant person is an adopted person, a qualifying person is the child of a deceased relevant person, so your husband would need to apply.
https://www.tusla.ie/services/birth-information-and-tracing-and-adoption/information-and-tracing/seeking-your-personal-and-birth-information/faqs/

[CiJaNiPa]

Thank you for the info! This is a little tricky, though.

My husband is the biological son of an adopted person. So, the father was adopted from Ireland, and then he grew up and had my husband and gave him up for adoption.

Would my husband be considered a relevant person (because he is adopted) even though he isn't asking for his own birth/adoption records, but those of his biological father who is deceased?

Or would he be considered a qualifying person? A qualifying person who is a child of the relevant person must show that the grandparents are deceased... 

[CiJaNiPa]

Actually, now that I'm looking at it again, I'm thinking he would be considered a relevant person because he was adopted. It says that an adopted person can trace any relative - and in this case, that relative is his birth father who was also adopted.

I made it more complicated than it needed to be. Sorry!

Thanks again for the information.