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Lynn McDevitt with her son Harry National Maternity Hospital
New Years Babas
Ireland's first baby of 2023 born just minutes into the New Year
Here’s a roundup of some of the first newborns of 2023.
LAST UPDATE | 1 Jan 2023
THE FIRST BABY of 2023 in Ireland is believed to have been born just minutes past the stroke of midnight.
Little Harry McDevitt was welcomed into the world at 12.03am by his mother Lynn at the National Maternity Hospital.
The hospital said that he was 3.745kg – or eight pounds and two ounces – and that he had his aunt Ciara, Lynn’s sister, for company.
Lynn McDevitt and her son Harry, Irelands newest arrival at NMH at 12.03 weighing 3.745kg supported by her sister Ciara. #HappyNewYear2023 #newbaby @Marybrosnan13 @helpinghollesst pic.twitter.com/i7GJOIuP4D
— The National Maternity Hospital (@_TheNMH) January 1, 2023
Elsewhere, the first newborn of 2023 in the Rotunda Hospital was born a little later at 12.47am, where baby girl Laura was delivered by her mother Anna Gec.
Just three minutes later, baby boy Frantisek Olejik was born to his mother Katarina and dad Frantisek at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH). The couple live in Tallow, Co Waterford.
At University Hospital Kerry, Anne Marie Aherne and her partner Martin Murphy, from Castleisland, welcomed an as yet unnamed baby boy at 01.07am, while in Waterford, the first baby of 2023 came some time later.
A girl named Emily was welcomed by her parents Rebecca Purcell and Gary Butler of Earlscourt, Waterford city, at 09.06am.
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