I’m a bit of a muddle in terms of where I’m “from”. I was born in USA to one English and one Irish parent, then raised in Ireland where I went to school from 4-18, then went to university in England, where I met my English husband. He has a good job in England which he doesn’t want to give up, so we live near London. If it wasn’t for that, we’d be living Ireland, near my remaining family.
DH and I both voted remain. I always vote Labour in general elections, so did not vote for the government who decided to have the referendum. I thought the referendum was a bad idea and didn’t want to have one.
So, is it cheeky? Well, I hope not in my case. But I’d probably still apply, even if everyone in the whole of MN world thought I was being cheeky.
I really don’t like what’s happening in the UK and would leave today if I could.
If an Irish passport makes my getaway a little quicker if dh finally comes round and agrees we should leave, then it’s worth it.
And tbh, as stupid as this might sound, I identify as Irish. I have a strong Irish accent and if you met me you would immediately know I was Irish... except I’m not. I have a brutish passport! So, I’m actually slightly happier with an Irish passport regardless of Brexit. Not that what your passport says is part of your identity or anything. Just if you said “are you Irish?”, I’d probably automatically say yes. So why not have the passport to match? Won’t be blue though... 
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