Has anyone applied for an Irish passport through parents/ grandparents?

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Wasn't sure which topic to put this under so though Brexit given that's the reason why I'm considering applying for a ROI passport.

My mother ( now deceased ) was born in cork in 1959 and both of her parents were born in Ireland ( Tipperary and cork). My passport is due for renewal in 10 months time and I am considering applying for an Irish passport at that point as I understand I can sue to parent/ grandparents being Irish. Has anyone done this? What's the process? I understand that gives me the benefits of being an EU citizen. Grateful for any advice

You can apply for a passport the same as you would a British one.

your children need to register as a foreign birth first. It’s paperwork but no more onerous than the passport application. I actually don’t understand why you can’t do both at the same time as it’s the same documentation. Would save on admin!

get your kids done while they’re u18. Passport is much more straightforward, and both passport and FBR is cheaper.
also your kids need to be on the FBR before they have their own kids, or the citizenship chain breaks.

No. One of your child’s grandparents must have been born on the island or Ireland for your son to qualify for citizenship.

or one of his parents must be a citizen at the time of his birth. So if you had your FBR before he was born, then he would be eligible.

My colleague did this but sadly I have two separate Irish great grandparents not one grandparent!

Yes

Thank you! Gosh I wish I’d known that.

I've actually just found out that because I have a great-grandparent born in Ireland I could have had citizenship if my dad had thought to register HIS citizenship before I was born. I don't know how many generations this goes on for but perhaps worth doing for your own children, if you can claim due to a parent, making sure they register too while they are children (or rather, while they don't have their own children).

I told my DB this and he said if I really wanted citizenship of an EU country I could invest 500K euros in Portugal. Thanks, DB.

Thanks. You've reminded me to register the kids

Apparently if you can prove 💯 Irish DNA you can get a passport.
I saw an article about a US man (adopted) but both parents were Irish so he was able to get an Irish passport.

Google John Portmann re the Irish DNA

This is useful to me. I'm going to get one.
I kept meaning to for ages but it's a good thing to have if you travel and you can work in EU.
Not that I can really travel right now...

It’s indefinite.

as long as the parent is an Irish citizen at the time of the child’s birth, they are themselves entitled to citizenship.

so as long as the parent is on the FBR before the child’s birth.

it doesn’t matter how you acquire citizenship, just that you are a citizen.

Yes to this.

My DCs are all US born and all got their Irish passports through me, born in Ireland.

No need for the foreign births registry. The Irish government considers it to be a case of 'claiming' your already established citizenship if you're the child of someone born in Ireland to parents who were Irish citizens, even if you were born elsewhere (and even if only one parent was born in Ireland).

You will need to provide proof of your relationship to your mother when you apply for her birth cert.

My husband did this right after the referendum. We live overseas but did it through the Irish Embassy in our country. As I recall it didn't take too long.

Ds1 and ds2 need this.

I do wonder if this will change in future. I’m sure there’s a lot of brits who’ve claimed Irish citizenship on the back of brexit. My dc included. I know Ireland have previously tightened up laws on citizenship so could do so again.

I feel like it’ll be a big benefit for DC to have the opportunity freely live / travel in Europe in later life. I did not vote for brexit, I spent a few years working in Europe after doing an Erasmus exchange for a year.