Irish passport as a Brexit protest

No.

I am hoping to, I need copies of my Father's birth certificate.

I don’t see the point really.

people whom i know with irish ancestry did this long ago before brexit.
they travel with both uk and irish passports, just in case there is any incident where it is safer not to be aligned with usa.
i think it's quite straightforward to get an irish passport if you have one GP born in ireland. island of.

My ex-husband, born in Northern Ireland, and thus legally Irish, did. Thankfully both my children are also Irish (and British).

I’m not sure I’d bother unless it is citizenship, not just a passport, you mean.

Sorry, just ignore the previous. I’m having a small brain fart about Irish automatically and Irish by descent.

A friend of mine did this. Her grandparents are from Dublin. She had to get hold of various documentation and it was then fairly simple. She does a lot of travelling.

I’d do it like a shot, so that I could have the retirement, in an EU country, I’d always planned.

I am doing it but Germany rather than Ireland, have had to gather various documents and info that's as far as I have got so far.

I have had Belgian since the beginning of the year.

If your doing it as a grandchild of an Irish citizen you need to go on the foreign birth register first, this takes 12 months plus and costs a few hundred euro.
You may then apply for an Irish passport.
I did it simply as my father was born in Ireland, I got birth and marriage certificates, filled in the application and got my passport within 6 weeks, it was under 100 euro.

Here’s a link.

www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi9vbbRsPb3AhVpS0EAHVG3ACQQFnoECAMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dfa.ie%2Fcitizenship%2F&usg=AOvVaw1k_5vFeaPL0DU8iMX0Y55G

Sago

If your doing it as a grandchild of an Irish citizen you need to go on the foreign birth register first, this takes 12 months plus and costs a few hundred euro.
You may then apply for an Irish passport.
I did it simply as my father was born in Ireland, I got birth and marriage certificates, filled in the application and got my passport within 6 weeks, it was under 100 euro.

My SiL's father was born in Ireland and, when he applied for nationality he was told "you don't need to, you've always been Irish even if you didn't realise it". He got his passport in about the same time as you mention.

He, and DD, are currently registering DGC on the foreign birth register.

Ok. Thanks everyone. I am keen to have a European passport. I didn't want Brexit and still don't.

My dh did, a couple,of years ago now. He had a grandmother who was born in Ireland, though she moved to London while still very young.

Thanks for bringing this up Grammaretto, my GM was Irish and I've meant to do this for ages. Smaller queues!

Two year wait. Covid has a lot to answer for.

It is definitely worth it if you travel in Europe a lot p

It is also worth it if you don’t want to be associated with the little Englander mentality . Hundreds of thousands are doing it or have done it already.

It would be interesting to know the increase in demand of EU passports after Brexit
How many of those voted for or against brexit

I don’t think that anyone who voted for brexit should have an Irish passport. It seems wrong that any brexit voters should then be able to avail themselves of privileges that have been taken away from the rest of us.

Maybee

Agree

I'm a NI citizen. I've had an Irish passport for years.

MayBee70 Like it or not having an Irish passport is a birthright however you voted.