Dominic Kavanagh

Infobox soap character
name = Dominic Kavanagh
series =Fair City
colour=#99CCCC;
first =
children = Kylie Kavanagh (daughter)
occupation =
spouse = Tracy McGuigan (2007-)
residence =
portrayer =

Dominic Kavanagh is a fictional character on the Irish soap opera, "Fair City". Dominic is Kylie's father and is in a relationship with Tracy McGuigan.

Background

After his wife left him, Dominic became very domineering over his daughter. One night when Kylie went out with Mondo, Dominic beat her up for coming home late. When he framed Mondo for the assault, Dominic forced Kylie to tell the Gardaí that Mondo raped her. Mondo was arrested, but he was later released and Kylie found herself trapped in Dominic's house. Mondo went over to the house and confronted Dominic. As Dominic prepared to attack Mondo, Kylie warned her father that the Gardaí were coming. A furious Dominic tried to stop Kylie and Mondo running away, but the two teenagers managed to escape. Kylie dropped the charges and moved into a flat.

When Tracy began a relationship with Dominic, she was horrified to discover that Dominic beat up his daughter. Dominic, in turn, was shocked to learn that Tracy was once a prostitute. Dominic came by this information when Pete Flanagan left an old newspaper in his letterbox. Tracey discovered Dominic's deception when his daughter Kylie told her the terrible truth. Despite these revelations, Dominic and Tracey are now living together in a relationship. Tracy helped Dominic to reconcile with his daughter, who has foolishly forgiven him for abusing her. It seemed that Dominic had changed his ways, but he angrily told Pete to stay away from his family, so he is still very domineering.

Kylie's ordeal has caused Dominic to return to his old ways of dealing with his frustrations. When Kylie was walking down an alleyway at night, she was attacked and raped. Dominic was determined to bring the rapist to justice. When Barry O'Hanlon published an article on the rape in the local newspaper, Dominic informed him that his daughter was the girl who was raped.

Ken Fahey, having read the article, realised that he was in the same area where the attack took place. Ken apologized to Kylie for not being there to protect her, but Dominic believed that this was an admission of guilt and confronted Ken. When Ken refused to reveal the source of his information, Dominic thought that waiting for the Gardaí to catch the rapist is not something he enjoys, so he decided to take matters into his own hands again. When Ken was attempting to return a mobile phone to a girl in an alleyway, the girl thought that he was going to attack her and ran away. Dominic wrongly assumed that Ken was the rapist and beat him up. With Ken unconscious, Dominic made an anonymous call to the Gardaí and told them that the rapist was in the alleyway. As Dominic arrived home, he told a horrified Tracy that justice has been done.

Although Tracy was initially horrified by this, Dominic manipulated her into believing that Ken was the rapist. After waking up in hospital, Ken couldn't remember who attacked him. When the Gardaí talked to Ken, they realised that there was a rapist and a vilganite on the loose. When Terry was attacked by the rapist, Tracy told Dominic that Ken was in Rainbows Bar at the time of the assault, so he couldn't be the rapist. Although Dominic was shocked by this, he shrugged it off, maintaining that Ken was not seriously injured after he beat him up. Tracey, Dominic and Kylie went on holiday for a weekend, but Dominic was still obsessed with hunting down the rapist. When Jo Fahey was intimidated by a homeless man, the people believed that he was the rapist. Dominic suspected that the rapist was still out there. His fears proved true when the Gardaí found evidence proving that the man couldn't be the rapist.

On Christmas Day, Dominic went out on patrol to hunt down the rapist. An infuriated Tracy tried to search him, but she was attacked by the rapist. Dominic, having heard Tracy's screams, appeared on the scene and saved Tracy from the rapist's clutches. An angry Dominic beat up the rapist and removed his balcavolea. The identity of the rapist was revealed to be Tibbs, much to Dominic and Tracy's surprise. Detective Byrne questioned Dominic about the injuries that Tibbs sustained. Dominic claimed that his actions were in self-defence. Dominic revealed to Kylie that he was the person who beat up Ken. Tracy subsequently persuaded Dominic to tell Ken the truth. Although Ken threatened to contact the Gardaí, Dominic manipulated him into believing that he was sorry for attacking him. Consequently, Ken decided not to report him or mention that his daughter was raped to avoid upsetting her.