How to get an Irish passport

Can I get "Political Asylum" from the US? :)

Can I get my dual citizenship if I hand carry all the forms requested to Ireland? Or do I have to go through the Irish Consulate in New York or the Embasy in Washington DC. Which is faster

One of my great-grandparents were born there, but I don't even know their first name only the surname. This would be a dream come true to learn more about my heritage, but one day I will know the information and hopefully the process will be easier! :)

Great my mother was born in tydavnet county monaghan, I"ll move on this and visit the consulate in ny.

I have just gotten the forms for my twin grandbabies to register them with the Foreign Births Registry! My kids are Irish citizens by mean of their father and both sides of grandparents being born in Ireland. You never know when you might need an Irish passport!

I'm in the process of getting a passport now. I called ahead and went to the church where my Grandmother Nora was baptised and that is legit also. She was born in 1901 in Clifden a glorious part of County Galway. Can't wait to back.

Hmm...ALL of my ggparents were born in Ireland but I'm sure my parents didn't register.

Faith 'N Begorrah....and because of my age, it will be free, too!~ Slainte!

Too bad for me---only my great-grandfather was born in Ireland-and I'm too old to wait until the powers that be ease up on the requirements.

Wait a minute. Did you forget to add Niall's method? Where is the illegal alien method? Per Niall it is perfectly acceptable for criminals to come to the United States, take tax dollars and jobs, and then demand citizenship. Kelly why do you not show that method? Your article is lacking and considering Niall is like the head honcho why is this not written here? Wait, did I hear something about Ireland having a law against such a thing? Ah. Per Niall it is only acceptable to break American law. I see.

The easiest way to get an Irish passport is to land at Dublin Airport from London or Paris and flush your Nigerian passport down the commode in the plane. Then scream "Political Asylum" as you go thru Immigration. Tell them you're from Sudan or Somalia--they won't be able to tell that you're a Nigerian. They'll find you a house and pay you an allowance for being a "refugee" and shortly thereafter your Irish passport will arrive. Don't believe me? Check out the Waiting Room in the Irish Passport Office in Dublin. It's full of Africans and Arabs. Or look around you on a flight into or out of Dublin. You'll see several African "refugees" leaving to transit in Paris or Brussels for Africa, the place they feared so much that they sought "refuge" as far away as Ireland, avoiding a score of other safe havens on the way.

Dara Kelly you have some nerve telling the Irish people what not to sing,I dont know what rock you climbed out from under, our music is a large part of our heritage and history,We now have peace in Ireland and we are grateful for that, opinions like yours can destroy that causing resentment.

I took all of my documents with me to Ireland, much faster! Took my long form birth certificate, my mother's birth & marriage certs went to the garda station. They took a few minutes to do whatever it is they do with documents, received a stamp on my papers, popped into passport office and had a passport in a few days! You can pay extra to expedite the service. So very proud to use my passport on a trip to London a few days later only to find out they don't even stamp it!! UK Border Agency has a special line for Irish Travelers, you just breeze through! Whoosh!

What if your Irish grandparents have passed on to their eternal reward?

Great my father and Grandparents were all born in Killarney