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Mayo teacher becomes first single man to adopt a child in Vietnam Mayo man John Hennigan and his son Liam. Photo: VietNam News Source:Con-telegraph A Mayo teacher living in Vietnam has become the first single man in the country to adopt a child. John Hennigan, a native of Ballina, spoke on national radio about the bond he has created with a baby boy who had been abandoned. He told the Ryan Tubridy Show on RTÉ Radio One that he has officially adopted little Liam, who was left at an orphanage because of his cleft palate. After two surgeries and a protracted process to adopt the boy, he is now Liam’s dad – and enjoying the many challenges of parenthood. John is an English teacher at the British-Vietnamese International School and, last June, a Vietnamese friend sent him a picture of a newborn baby with a cleft palate who had been ...