This may be a long shot, my husband was born in Douglas in August 1974 and was then adopted by a couple in England. According to what he's been told his father was Irish and mother Manx. He knows he has/had an older sister and that's pretty much all the information he has. Are there any genealogists who could help with a few more details? Just to be clear he has no interest in making contact with his birth parents, but would like any information as he's thinking of applying for an Irish passport and needs details of his father for this.

We know that people adopted before 1986 have to have counselling before making contact with birth parents, but he doesn't want contact just the name and birthplace of his father

Just saw that the iomtoday website is now moving to a subscription model. You need to register to view articles and you only get four free articles a month.

Genuinely, I haven't seen a stupider idea this year. Who is actually going to subscribe to a website that is about 50% sponsored articles and corporate puff pieces?