my grandmother was irish could i get citenzenship?

Answer 1

For political reasons, Ireland has, since at least 1949, recognized as Irish anyone with an Irish grandparent whose birth is registered at one of its diplomatic missions. Such registration can be at any time during the person's life.

Irish nationality law changed as of 1 January 2006. See http://uniset.ca/naty and scroll down to "Irlande". Birth in Ireland after 2005 does not give the right to Irish nationality unless at least one parent is Irish or British, or settled in Ireland. But the law is not retroactive.

I see nothing in the Amendment that changes your right to claim Irish nationality for yourself and any minor children if you have a grandparent or parent born in Ireland north or south. Note that some birth records were lost in a Dublin fire in 1910 so there could possibly be a problem for some earlier births.

Any Irish consular office will help you with the necessary paperwork.

Answer 2

Andy is correct. According to the Irish Embassy in Washington, "Irish citizenship may be claimed through an Irish-born grandparent." You just need to document all the intervening relatives. There have been recent changes to Irish citizenship law, but this part is not affected.

http://www.irelandemb.org/press/185.html

Congratulations!

Answer 3

Irish citizenship passes through three generations (from grandparents, through to parents, through to children).

If your parent, mother or father, who is son or daughter of your Irish grandmother, was not born in Ireland and did not claim duel citizenship of Ireland then the link would have been broken and you could not claim citizenship.

If they did claim duel citizenship before your birth then you would be eligible to apply.

"Since 1 July 1986, a person registered in the Foreign Births Entry Book after 1986 is deemed to be an Irish citizen only from the date of his/her entry in the Register and not from the date of birth. This means that children born to that person before his/her date of entry in the Register are not entitled to citizenship."

See the two pages of the site below for full details on Irish citizenship through birth or descent'

Answer 4

Yes,you need to have at least 1 grand-parent born in Ireland.That's why a lot of English-born footballers can play for Ireland.

Answer 5

You might be able to. If neither of your parents had Irish citizenship, then the Irish Government will give you a residence Permit. If you then live in Ireland for 3 years, they will grant you Irish Citizenship.

Answer 6

it does go back two generation but i believe that it is only on the male side of the family so if your grandfather was Irish that would be fine... don't ask me why, for i ain't got a clue, i just remember my dad talking about it years ago but like all Irish, he likes to wind people up and that does include me so your best option is to contact the Irish embassy and they will let you know... good luck

Answer 7

All you need to play for a Nation's rugby team is a grandparent from there, so you could play rugby for Ireland!

As to citzenship, I don't rightly know. If you're an EU citizen you can live anywhere in the EU though, and after living in a country for a certain number of years you can get naturalised citizenship.

Answer 8

You could have fairly easily about 2 years ago. They changed the rules 12/04.

Unless you know an Irish Counsel General to push you're application thru you would have to have two grandparents who were born there, at least one of whom never became a naturalized US Citizen.

Answer 9

Yes as long as you can prove that she was Irish. Contact the Irish Embassy in London.

Answer 10

Try getting an ancestral visa and then apply for citezenship - could work. My friend got in to UK in this manner. Better to try than not to try at all.