Irish passport as a Brexit protest

I meant I was over debating it.

I don’t have any Irish relatives and so no, I won’t be applying because I wouldn’t be eligible. However I wouldn’t bother if I did have an Irish relative. If all these people really want to be Irish, may I respectfully suggest they go to live in Ireland rather than playing the system.

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My OH successfully applied for an Irish passport. I'm hoping Yorkshire becomes a sovereign state.

It’s not “playing the system”. I’m proud of my Irish heritage and visit Ireland often. Everyone is super welcoming. I don’t live there but I’m entitled to an Irish passport and EU citizenship. Why not? I didn’t want to be a little Englander, or loose my EU status so why should so I have to?

Brexit not going too well, is it?

Apologies if this question has been answered on previous page, I did check but I may have missed something.

If I obtain an Irish passport does that mean that my children can have one even if their father has no Irish ancestors and they have never lived in Ireland?

Indigo8

Apologies if this question has been answered on previous page, I did check but I may have missed something.

If I obtain an Irish passport does that mean that my children can have one even if their father has no Irish ancestors and they have never lived in Ireland?

As far as I know yes they are. I think also your grandchildren. I was born in Ireland and feel very strongly that I am entitled to hold an Irish passport.

Thanks DamaskRose

It depends on what grounds you got the Irish passport. If you got one on the basis that you have an Irish born grandparent(s) then no your children wouldn’t be entitled to Irish citizenship unless they were born after you got citizenship. If you or your parent was born in Ireland then they would be entitled. I don’t think you can claim further back than a grandparent.

I am an Irish citizen because my father was born on the island of Ireland.
I have an Irish passport.
My children to claim an Irish passport first have to claim their right as Irish citizens.
This is the foreign births register, once accepted on the FBR they can claim a passport.
It stops with them.
There was talk in RTE radio they may stop grandchildren applying in the future.