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Dara Ó Briain: One of the many Irish children taken away from unmarried mothers at birth, and his search for family

Dara Ó Briain searched for his birth family after being one of the many Irish children taken away from unmarried mothers at birth.

Dara Ó Briain is the thinking man’s comedian, famous for his stand-up routines and for hosting Mock the Week but, behind the smile, lies family heartache. Dara says: “What a joy to explore these great monuments to human ingenuity and effort; to sort out the amazing facts from the many, frankly, ridiculous fictions that surround them. This made him the contestant to have scored the most total amount of points in Taskmaster history, beating the previous leader of Liza Tarbuck from series 6.

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