Miracle:Proud dad's joy after wife gives birth to miracle quadruplets following FOUR miscarriages

A delighted dad has told of his joy after his wife gave birth to quadruplets following FOUR miscarriages.

James Slattery will forever be known amongst his family and friends as "The 'Quad Father" after wife Grace, 31, gave birth to healthy quadruplets on Monday morning.

The couple's three darling baby girls and a bouncing boy entered the world at 3.54am at 32 weeks and six days weeks old.

The quads ranged in weight - from the biggest, Amelia Helen, at 4lbs 3oz, to the smallest Mollie Rose (2lbs 15 oz) - who were born within minutes of each other at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin along with their brother Lucas James (3lbs 10oz) and Lily Grace May (3lbs 4oz).

And the self proclaimed "Quad Father" revealed how he had to get a police escort from Limerick to Dublin after getting a phone call from his wife late on Sunday night that she had to have an earlier than planned C-Section.

James explained: "I got a phone call at 12.30pm from my wife in the Rotunda to say that her waters were after breaking, and (for me) to be on standby and get ready to go. So I got myself sorted and eventually I was told it was 3am that she was going to have them. It wasn't supposed to happen until Tuesday.

"My parents picked me up, I got in the car and we headed to Dublin, and we rang the gardaí to see what they could do for us and they literally gave us an escort all the way to the Rotunda, and I literally ran in the door and I just made it in time.

"She was the one who came up with the idea to ring the gards. We didn't know what to do. We were literally getting in the car and driving, and Grace said to me: 'Look, you're not going to make it here on time. See if you can get onto the gards and see what you can do and see if you can get an escort up'.

"Sure, I thought she was away with the birds. I didn't think it would happen at all. So, eventually, we rang Henry Street garda station in Limerick and they were brilliant and they put us onto someone in Nenagh (Tipperary) and they looked after us all the way up. They were brilliant.

"I was lucky enough, because the garda in Limerick was happy enough, because his wife only had twins recently, so he said, 'not a bother, I'll look after you'," added James.

"We left at about 1.20am and we got up to the Rotunda at about 2.40am. My dad was pretty motoring along the motorway."

But despite all the fuss and effort to get to the hospital in time, when James arrived at the hospital, his wife was calmly doing her hair up to look her best for her impending arrivals.