How to get an Irish passport

Hi I was born in England to Irish parents. My family moved back to Ireland when i was 2/3. I grew up and went to school in Ireland. I moved back to England when i 21 and have l lived her since. My son moved back to Ireland to live with his brother as he was hanging round with the wrong crowd. He got accepted to go back on a school course and applied for some sort of welfare payment and was refused so as he could not get the payment he lost his place. he was told to go back to England as he had more connection to here. Well i can assure he has more family in Ireland than over here. I thought their attitude was well off. As my other son is in full time employment and pays all his taxes. They have appealed the decision and i have been trying to send money over every opportunity i can. I am a widow with only 1 wage coming in and i am finding it more difficult to keep sending him money. Does any know how long it takes to process if someone can become a citizen through his grandparents. thanks for any info given Dbbie

pilib04-Taoiseach means Prime Minister.

@chicagored – if you were born in Nth Ireland, you are regarded as an Irish citizen by the Irish State, whatever your religion is (or not!) and fully entitled to an Irish passport, exactly the same as a person born in the south of Ireland. Just provide the documents to prove your place of birth when applying for the passport (e.g. Birth Certificate). Visit the Irish Govt website passport.ie for details on how to go about getting your Irish passport. It doesn’t matter whether your dad was born in NI before 1921.

interesting but i have a question i am born in Northern Ireland do i have the right to an Irish Passport i have read that as a person born in the irish isles i am entitled to a passport as i believe i am regarded as a irish citzen and my fater was born in NI before 1921 so any ideas any one..

Ms. Gail... One other site that may be very helpful in obtaining your grandparents marriage certificate is the The "Italian Genealogical Group". This group has records online for all ethnic groups and one for "brides" consisting of years: Brooklyn 1871-1918, and 1928-1937 Bronx 1899-1937 Queens 1904-1937 Manhattan 1866-1937 Staten Island 1898-1937. Once you have found your grandmother on file you can cross reference to find your grandfather. Also this page contains the "certificate number" needed to obtain the copy of the actual marriage certificate from NYC/gov. Also if you would like to take a trip and research the records further on microfilm you can at 31 Chamber St. NY ...Good luck again

@ pilib04 - MickyRegan is right - this article is years old, a re-hashed and clearly un-edited article posted in this month, in this year without being updated. No wonder then that the writer refers above to Brian Cowen, who was Taoiseach (equiv to = Prime Minister) of the Republic of Ireland when Irish Central started up two years ago. In fact, Cowen officially launched Irish Central when he was in NYC for St. Patrick’s Day back then. The writer of this article, Ms. Kelly Fincham, used to be Editor of Irish Central when it first started. Thankfully, she no longer is – she was just woeful as a writer, topic generator, editor and bejaysus was she always putting Ireland in a bad light with ill-chosen, badly worded headlines that had little to do with what she wrote. Kelly was born in England of an Irish parent or parents and grew up in Ireland, but now works in NYC as (Gawd help her students) a lecturer in Journalism.

“How to get an Irish Passport” is clearly spelled out by the Irish Government at passport.ie. If you are not native Irish-born and are honest enough not to follow the advice of GeorgeDillon below at 05.17pm yesterday, search for the advice given under “If you live abroad” for all the details you need on how to get an Irish Passport.

@McNamara31, Thanks, I'll give that a try.

very good information just what i needed

You don't mention that from 1 August 2008 the fee is €950 which is paid when the certificate of naturalisation is issued. Is this comparable to what you'd pay in other countries? I was shocked when I finally got around to applying and saw this new fee. If I killed my Irish husband, then it'd only be €200 as a widow (sorry, honey). Or if I was a refugee it'd be free. Wonder if there's anyway to get this fee reduced or waived?

Ms.Gail .. You can request marriage certificates online @ NYC.GOV/records. You can request a search of a certain timeframe, or for a specific year. You will also find the online form very simple to use. Good luck to you.

This is great, old news of course - but what about the certificate of heritage, or whatever it's called that was suppose to be started months ago? While I qualify by my grandmother, having a foreign passport will pose security problems for my son and son in law. The heritage thing would work better. Thank you

The article misses the easiest and most commonly practiced method of getting an Irish passport. You tear up your own passport and flush it down the commode in the plane before landing at Shannon or Dublin. Then when you're going thru Immigration you scream "Asylum!" and tell the immigration agents that you're from Somalia. The agents couldn't tell the difference between a Somali and a Texan. There might be a little paperwork to do, but a few months later, you're all set for Irish citizenship. Don't believe me? Well you should, because tens of thousands of holders of Irish passports followed this strategy. It worked for them!

My Grand parents left Ireland in 1883 for a better life in the U.S. My parents were born in this country Dad in 1898 Mom in 1906..... And yes found a much better life... My U.S. Passport works just fine. It aint broke, dont need fixing. Be an American. Why mess with sucess..

If anyone can help me find my grandparents marriage certificate I would be delighted. I know their stree address in Manhattan in 1916 when my father was born and guess they were married in 1914-1915 but I don't know what their parish was and can't find out how to look on line for their marriage certificate. I'm fairly sure they were married as they were very active in the parish they moved to in New Jersey in the 20s.I know my father had lots of aunts & uncles also born in Ireland but I've never met any of them or their decendants. If there is a service that can help that is cheaper than a trip to NY, I'm up for it.