Limerick Maternity Hospital is celebrating a bumper crop of babies, including sets of quads, triplets and twins in recent weeks.
Lisa Fenton from Caherconlish, County Limerick, made a little bit of history when on October 5th she gave birth to the first set of quadruplets born in Limerick in 50 years.
Other quads from the Mid-West born in the intervening years had been delivered in the major Dublin maternity units. Babies Alexander, Ashley, Maxwell and Kayla are the first children born to Lisa and her partner Wayne Downey and were delivered at UMHL by Professor Amanda Cotter and her team. The quads have been doing very well in Neonatal Unit ever since.
Triplets Dáire, Liam and Aisling Cussen were born on October 27th to parents Olive and William and will soon be strong enough to go home to Raheen, Limerick.
Twins Ashton and Leo Mulcahy were born on October 13th to mum Lydia O’Doherty and dad Calum Mulcahy, from Annacotty.
And representing the 12 tiny singletons currently being looked after in the Neonatal Unit in PJ’s photo is little Maggie Roche from Charleville, County Cork, born to mum Mairead and dad Kieran on October 26th.
