How to Get an Irish Passport
"We are all Irish today." That’s a ritual saying U.S. politicians repeat each St Patrick’s Day. They’re identifying with the nearly 40 million citizens of the United States, nearly 12% of the total, who trace their ancestry to Ireland.
Indeed, many millions of Irish have emigrated to the U.S., beginning well before America’s Revolutionary War. Ireland values its foreign sons and daughters. To maintain its ties with them, Irish law goes well beyond what Abraham Lincoln once eloquently referred to as "bonds of affection" and "mystic chords of memory."
And because of those laws, an Irish passport is one of the most sought-after travel documents in the world.
In part, the large number of passport-holders stems from the doctrine of jus sanguinis, which is a principle of Irish nationality law. This doctrine holds that blood lines determine your birthright to citizenship—even when you’ve never lived there.
If you were born outside of Ireland and your parent, grandparent, or in some cases, your great-grandparent was an Irish citizen then you may be entitled to Irish citizenship.
Aside from joining the country of your ancestors, there is a good practical use of an Irish passport. It entitles the holder to live, work, and travel freely in any of the 27 countries in the European Union to which Ireland belongs.
Other EU countries that issue passports based on ancestry are Italy, Spain, Poland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, and Greece. You don’t need a work permit, and after you work in an EU country for a certain length of time, you are entitled to unemployment compensation, health care, and pension rights.
"We are all Irish today." That’s a ritual saying U.S. politicians repeat each St Patrick’s Day. They’re identifying with the nearly 40 million citizens of the United States, nearly 12% of the total, who trace their ancestry to Ireland.
Indeed, many millions of Irish have emigrated to the U.S., beginning well before America’s Revolutionary War. Ireland values its foreign sons and daughters. To maintain its ties with them, Irish law goes well beyond what Abraham Lincoln once eloquently referred to as "bonds of affection" and "mystic chords of memory."
And because of those laws, an Irish passport is one of the most sought-after travel documents in the world.
In part, the large number of passport-holders stems from the doctrine of jus sanguinis, which is a principle of Irish nationality law. This doctrine holds that blood lines determine your birthright to citizenship—even when you’ve never lived there.
If you were born outside of Ireland and your parent, grandparent, or in some cases, your great-grandparent was an Irish citizen then you may be entitled to Irish citizenship.
Aside from joining the country of your ancestors, there is a good practical use of an Irish passport. It entitles the holder to live, work, and travel freely in any of the 27 countries in the European Union to which Ireland belongs.
Other EU countries that issue passports based on ancestry are Italy, Spain, Poland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, and Greece. You don’t need a work permit, and after you work in an EU country for a certain length of time, you are entitled to unemployment compensation, health care, and pension rights.
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Pässi. Koko idea tuossa on että amerikkalaiset saa helposti eu:n kansalaisuuden ja voivat matkustella irlantilaisella passilla eu:ssa vapasti ja vaikka tehdä töitä ilman työlupaa. Me kun ollaan jo eu:n jäseniä niin mihin me jotain irlannin passia tarvitaan?
Kummaa tuo irlantilaisuudella ratsastaminen, kun geeniperimästä on vaikkapa 0,5% irlantilaista perua, ja useimmiten brittiläistä ja/tai
saksalaista paljon enemmän.
Jenkkilän väestöstä nimittäin saksalaisia sukujuuria on kaikkein enniten, brittiläisiä toiseksi eniten. Molempia reilut 20%:lla - ja "valkoisella" väestöllä, eli Euroopan ihmisellä, eli euripideillä vielä enemmän.
Tästä harvemmin ylpeillään, kun britit niin kauheasti orjuuttivat mukamas (olivat esi-isiä todellisuudessa, ja jenkit kapinallisia - vähän kuin Ahvenanmaa yrittäisi kapinalla itsenäisyyttä), ja sakut tietty natseja...
Kulttuuri on pääosin Britanniasta, minkä kulttuuri taas on apinoitu pääosin Ranskasta, joka taas edustaa roomalaisen kulttuurin jatkumoa frankkien valtakunnan kautta - kuten kaikki muukin Eurooppalainen kulttuuri.
Jaa, jenkkien mielestä Rooma oli paha, kun se satukirjojen mukaan vainosi kristittyjä... Todellisuudessa koko kristinusko kehittyi Roomassa, jotain _mahdollista_ alkuperää lähi-idässä yhtenä monista alueen pikku-uskonnoista.... (Ne nyky-italiaanot ovat sitten aivan eri väkeä, se kun on pääosin vaihtunut ja "jalostunut" välimeren eteläosan, lähi-idän ym. alueen geenistöllä - ihan kuten nyky-kreikkalaisilla ei juuri ole geneettistä yhteyttä antiikin Kreikan korkeakulttuurin perustajiin, jotka olivat eurooppalaista väestöä, jota nykykreikkalaiset vain osin kaikkine ottomaani- ym. vaikutuksineen...)