Father Dermott Dolan (born Luke Slater) is the son of Kat Moon and Harry Slater. He is the adoptive son of Peter and Iris Dolan, as well as being the twin-brother of Zoe Slater. He is also the half-brother of Tommy, Bert and Ernie Moon. He made his appearance in Kat and Alfie: Redwater. He was portrayed by Oisín Stack.
Backstory[]
Luke Slater was conceived after his biological mother, Kat Slater, was raped when she was 13 by her uncle, Harry Slater. He was born at a Nun's convent called Saint Sebastian, which later went on to become a Nun care/retirement home. Kat attempted suicide before his birth, but was found and saved by her mother, Viv Slater and one of the Nuns, Sister Ruth. She had a difficult labour. After first giving birth to a daughter, Zoe Slater, she kept screaming the place down and then passing out. The Nuns realized that Kat was having twins. As soon as he was born, Kat's mother demanded that the second baby, a boy, be taken away. She didn't want the Nuns to tell Kat, who was exhausted and didn't know what was going on. Viv told her that his birth was just the afterbirth. She had called her own mother, Mo Harris, to come and collect them and bring them all home. When she arrived however, Viv said they were only taking Zoe. She said that she couldn't pass herself off as having twins and that the family couldn't afford two. Viv also said that her reason for choosing to keep Zoe was because she was firstborn and that made sense, but the truth is that Viv didn't want him. She knew that Harry was the father and was worried that the boy would turn out like him. Mo never got to see him. The Nuns pleaded with Viv, but she was adamant. She left the boy at Saint Sebastian's, with instructions that he be adopted. She never spoke of him again. The Nuns at the Convent named the boy Luke, after the Evangelist. Luke was later adopted by an Irish woman, Iris Dolan, who had travelled to the UK to have her own baby. Iris' son was stillborn and after returning to Ireland with Luke, she passed him off as their own to her husband, Peter. They named/renamed him "Dermott" and only Iris and her aunt, Agnes Byrne, knew the truth. Years later, Viv took her other daughters, Belinda Peacock, Little Mo Mitchell and Zoe with her to Ireland, so that she could visit "Luke", now Dermott, in the town of Redwater.
Kill Count[]
- Lance Byrne - Pushes him underwater while praying for his soul and drowns him.