I am now officially registered as a citizen of Ireland.
I've been revising my other languages with the book series Brush Up Your French and Brush Up Your Spanish. Now I'm looking for the book on Irish Gaelic.
Erin Go Bragh!
I am now officially registered as a citizen of Ireland.
I've been revising my other languages with the book series Brush Up Your French and Brush Up Your Spanish. Now I'm looking for the book on Irish Gaelic.
Erin Go Bragh!
Illegitimi non carborundum
Are you a rat exiting from a sinking ship?
My Grandfather's name was Connolly and when he was alive he told us he was born in County Cork but as he also claimed that Maureen (Little Mo) Connolly (for younger forumites - she was quite good at tennis) was a member of our family I'm not sure he can be believed. I'm too old to bother anyway.
Ah! but a man's reach should exceed his grasp......
Welcome aboard
I hope you appreciate cynicism and the pope
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
A sinking ship, yes.
A rat? That's for others to decide...
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I've been mulling the idea of becoming Irish too i.e applying for an Irish Passport but not sure if I qualify
My maternal grandmother was born in County Offaly and migrated to England as a teenager in the '20s, then married an Englishman, from which union my mother appeared
Meanwhile, my paternal grandparents, one Trinidadian the other English, conceived my father at home in sunny Nottingham, only for him to pop out in Dublin whilst they were working and living there for a shortish time. They returned to Nottingham when my father was about 10 months old and he has always had a British Passport
Do I stand a chance? I mastered blarney years ago
If Brexit does go ahead, my next passport is Irish; my dad is Irish, so I will qualify for one.
I'm pretty certain you do, Drone.
I qualify via my mother (born in Scotland) whose father was born in Ireland (Athy) and came here as a young man. My wife qualified via her Scottish parent whose father was born in Northern Ireland.
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Drone (2nd October 2018)
Go raibh míle maith agat, An Capall.
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Drone, I reckon you're eligible. There's an intermediate step you'd have to take first before applying for a passport but it doesn't sound that big a deal. Marble and Len, you could apply straight away.
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en...r_descent.html
Drone (3rd October 2018), Len Madeiros (3rd October 2018), Marb (22nd May 2019)
Thankyou for this information, Grey. However, My father, I only actually know by name, (Gerry McCormack: Also, I am assured there are thousands of men with this name in Ireland). The only other piece of information I suppose I can believe is where he said he was from, (County Offaly), which he said to my mother, Margaret, back in Islington, in 1985, before he disappeared, after a charmingly brief romance. He never returned or was ever seen again. My mother reports that two fellas in suits knocked on my mum's council flat asking for one, 'Gerry McCormack', shortly after he went missing, but other than that, I know little. Unless someone in The Irish Foreign Office wants to 'hear me out', or 'hear my story', I doubt I can prove a bleeding thing, my friend. Do they accept DNA tests?
Last edited by Marb; 2nd October 2018 at 9:11 PM.
Knowing he was from Offaly narrows it down. Are there any details about him on your birth cert, e.g. occupation, place or date of birth?
Salesman. That's it. Nothing else.
Last edited by Marb; 2nd October 2018 at 11:18 PM.
I take it your mother never married your father, marble?
On my birth certificate it says where and when my parents were married.
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Outsider (5th October 2018)
Thanks Grey, useful info
From the Table it looks as though I qualify twice: as a C on my father's side and as a D on my mother's side
No idea how welcoming other countries are to those with tenuous links to them but the Irish do seem generous with their qualifications for citizenship. Ireland is underpopulated, at least compared with our heaving septic isle, which makes it such a joy to travel around
This old sod spending his dotage in the Auld Sod: yes, no, but