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If you were born outside Ireland to a parent who was also born outside Ireland, and one of your grandparents was born in Ireland (which includes Northern Ireland for the purposes of this solution), you are entitled to register as an Irish citizen. However, before you can claim Irish citizenship, you must have your birth registered in the Irish Foreign Births Register.

Watch this SHORT VIDEO by Philip Gamble on how Irish nationality is gained in this manner:


Irish citizenship can be passed down through successive generations, provided each generation is registered in the Foreign Births Register before the birth of the next generation. Children born before their parent's registration in the Foreign Births Register are not entitled to Irish citizenship through that parent. Unless at least one parent or grandparent was an Irish citizen at the time of your birth, you cannot claim Irish citizenship on the basis of extended previous ancestry or wider family ties, such as the Irish citizenship of cousins, aunts or uncles.

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Learn more about these routes to British Nationality:

WhatPassport.com is a specialist UK Nationality and British Citizenship site offering an online search and assessment. Claims to hold a British Passport can be complex and the site offers a quick, simple search to give you the answers. While many people qualify for the UK Ancestry Visa based on holding a Commonwealth passport with a UK born grandmother or grandfather, we have found that if you have a grandparent born in the UK, or if your mother is British or your father is British, then there are several scenarios where you can claim British Nationality and the right to hold a British Passport. This stems from Britain’s collection of British Colonies, British Protectorates and British Protected States in the middle of last century and the Nationality rules concerning what are now the countries of the Commonwealth.

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