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Ronah Corcoran-O'Reilly

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Ronah is a dedicated social care advocate, holistic practitioner, and former founder of Carers Network Ireland. Born in Dublin and raised across Ireland, Germany, Italy, and the United States, she has spent over twenty years turning her personal triumphs over adversity into a lifelong mission of support for others. A survivor of profound loss and domestic abuse, Ronah holds deep expertise in Reiki, energy healing, and trauma recovery. She passionely guides individuals toward self-discovery, forgiveness, and inner peace. Today, she writes and lives in Ireland, surrounded by her family, continuing her work as a mentor and author.

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COMING HOME

COMING HOME

An Irish adoptee's search for belonging after loss and dislocation

  • Biography
  • Parenting & Family
  • Self-Help

Born in Dublin in 1971 and adopted with her twin brother through St Patrick's Guild, Ronah Corcoran-O'Reilly grew up between Ireland, Germany, the United States and Italy, never quite sure where she belonged. At fifteen, while at a Bavarian boarding school, her twin, Rory, died in a sudden accident. That grief, and a turbulent bond with her adoptive mother, shaped decades of searching: for roots, for safety, for a voice she could trust. In Italy she found informal mothering with Pina. In Celtic Tiger Ireland she felt like a stranger in her birthplace. An abusive relationship ended in flight while she was pregnant, and single motherhood of her son Keelan became her fiercest vocation. Twenty years in residential childcare and homeless services followed, alongside Reiki, yoga, advocacy, and the founding of Carers Network Ireland. In 2024 her adoption files named a Galway birth father and seven half-siblings, and revealed she was the older twin. Legal closure came when her husband Mike adopted Keelan; emotional peace arrived after her birth mother's death. Coming Home argues that home is not an address or a person, but self-forgiveness, holding contradictory truths, and the courage to keep speaking.

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