Am I an Irish Citizen ?
Who can be an Irish citizen?
In general a person acquires Irish citizenship through one of the following ways:
- by an entitlement to Irish citizenship by birth in the island of Ireland;
- by descent if one of his or her parents was an Irish citizen at the time of the person's birth;
- by marriage to an Irish citizen;
- by naturalisation.
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