How to get an Irish passport

hi there how can a great grandchild apply If you have an Irish great-grandparent you need to satisfy the following requirements; There are two circumstances under which a great-grandchild is eligible to apply for Irish citizenship by descent can you please let me know how to find papers needed to try and how and where can i find birth and death records thanks Jackie

angrypaddy."Show me your friends and i'll tell you what your like" So your friends are still delusional and you are now???Angry and delusional.You should have stayed.lol

Angry, So you experienced irish people moving to the US who integrated into the American way of life? Fair play to them. I have a very good job in the medical field and I get paid very well thanks. I have been offered jobs in BC, CA and Sydney but as I have a job, Im staying at home as this is where Im from. I have no need or want to emigrate. IrelandNorth-why would some one whose family left 200 years ago be more entitled to citizenship than someone who pays tax here, pays a mortgage or rent and has their family here?

ciara! You're using the cosy collective pronoun "we/us" again without at least this particular franchisees suffrage. I don't recall seeing your name on my last electoral polling card. "I" before "we" except after plea! Irish citizenship NOW for all Irish-Americans. They have more right to be in the old country than EU sponsored east-Europeaners.

And i speak French, does this make me French? We arent restricted by language because we dont choose to go to non English speaking countries! We speak English so it makes sense to go to English speaking countries however, i have many friends who live in Spain and Luxembourg. They moved there through choice and learned the language. I have never met an irish person who decided against moving to Italy or Spain etc because they didnt have the language. They took lessons and moved over there! Not having the language did not stop them moving just like many non-English speakers move to Ireland to work and learn the language. It didnt restrict them either. My Swedish mates arent claiming to be more Irish than someone like you. WE view them as 'more irish' than you because they are part of our society and live with us.

I really like Ikea furniture. Does this make me Swedish?

"We dont speak Spanish or Italian! Thats why we go to Australia or the US", "We were never restricted by language" Make up your mind Ciara, are Irish-born people capable of learning a foreign language or not? I wonder if there are any long term Irish residents of Sweden who are going round claiming to be more Swedish than the Swedes?

Curitba, I have mates here who are from Sweden. They are here 6 years and are far more 'Irish' than anyone I have ever met in my life who has irish parents, grand parents etc but was born and raised in another country. They have immersed themselves in my country and assimilated/integrated with Irish people.

! We are an island nation who have always travelled. We were never restricted by language. A language can be picked up! You cannot force people to learn a language! There are lots of jobs here for people with a foreign language but the Irish don't have these languages because the Irish aren't interested in these languages! You cannot force us to learn languages we are not interested in! You had Irish girlfriends? I had English and Scottish boyfriends. It doesn't mean I'm suddenly up on how the entire English and Scottish nations feel. Meeting Irish people on holiday is not the same either and as for Irish pubs and clubs? So if someone in Madrid drinks in Irish pubs, they're suddenly all knowing? Gimme a break! It says on my passport-Born in Ireland. I was schooled in Ireland, first communion and confo in Ireland, I work in Ireland and pay my tax here. I AM Irish. Not the daughter of an irish couple or via heritage, just Irish. I also have a lot of English mates and I am in England at least once every 8 weeks or so and i can assure you, we have never discussed European languages or why most Irish arent arsed learning them.

Look at george telling everyone else about An Bród Club! I had to give you that information because you thought you already knew it all! And 'that guy' is Bernard Dunne. One of our best athletes but you wouldnt know that. You only know about Ireland in the 50's. Modern Ireland is of no interest to you. Yes Curitiba, you were here for a bit but you need to remember what you said to me on here a few months back! You didnt feel like you fit in. The Irish didnt view you as irish! You dont have a shared education, shared social scene, shared cities and the rest! You are aware that we learn foreign languages in school here? So if we fancied moving abroad to Spain, Italy, france or wherever then we could, yeah? You dont know the psyche of Irish people when it comes to emigration. You dont know how much a part of our being it is to go abroad for a few years whether it be for travel or to work. its who we are! When I was in school, I had school mates who wanted to work in Spain and Australia. They wanted to travel and work there so they did! Some had an interest in these languages. I know I had no interest in working in France so I didn't pay much attention but I have enough to get by on a trip or to ask for directions or whatever! The Irish are lucky that we have options!

Hi i was looking for the forms to print out on how to get an Irish passport my Grandmother was born in Scotland and i don't know how to find forms and US phone numbers for the forms to get birth or even death records please help by emailing me forms to print and fill out and see if it's enough to get my Irish Passport i can't wait email to jkennedym@aol.com thanks Jackie McGowan / Smith back then my grandmother was

faberm: Sin smaoineamh an-shuimiúl. Ba chóir duit tuilleadh poiblíochta a lorg, téigh i gcaidreamh leis na heagraisí Gaeilge in Eirinn. Very interesting idea. I suggest you run it by some of the Irish language organizations in Ireland--Conradh na Gaeilge, Foras na Gaeilge etc. Also that guy who is running the BROD club. And maybe some of the politicians who pay lip service to the language. And write to Foinse, the newspaper. I'll start mentioning it in Irish language circles too. I don't expect much from the Irish, however, they're a pretty craven lot.

Oh, and what with my parents being Irish, all my relatives being Irish, growing up in London with friends whose parents were all Irish, going to Irish pubs and clubs where the majority of people are Irish, having worked and studied with many Irish, having had quite a few Irish girlfriends and having lived in Ireland for a few years, I am wondering what you mean by "you do not know us"? I lived in Australia for six years, and have also visited America , so I also have "known" Irish people in those countries as well. Unless, of course, you mean that Irish people are no longer Irish when they step on that plane to wherever. So be careful visiting foreign countries,Ciara. Once you leave home, you're no longer Irish. And seeing as you told me once that you are about 35, and you spent 2 years in Australia, why that makes you only 94% Irish. So try not to go on holiday abroad or anything. I'd be most disappointed to see you get even less Irish! It all adds up.

Ciara, sorry, but that is a stupid argument, but thank goodness you have expressed it here and not on the Telegraph or Daily Mail website. The English folk on there would have a field day laughing about "thick paddies" who can't learn simple foreign languages such as Spanish. Even the most uneducated Polish person has learned to speak English in their time in Ireland. Please don't tar all Irish people with the "we're no good at languages and we're proud of it" brush. I, for one learned to speak French to a very good standard when I was younger, but due to the fact there were no jobs in France, I didn't get to use it, and so I have forgotten a lot of it. 3 months on a language course and you'd have a working knowledge on the language. A year working in Brazil or Montreal and you'd be as fluent as you'd ever need to be. Please, Ciara "cop youself on" and don't embarrass us with the "we're too thick to speak foreign languages". Sheesh!

AngryPaddy, so youre not irish either? Shut up waffling about a country and a people you know nothing about. I lived in Australia for 2 years, dya reckon I can speak on behalf of the natives? Dont be a tool.