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Northern Ireland is de facto and de jure part of the UK. And "British people with Irish passports" may just as well be written "Irish people with UK connections

by Y_Y 3y ago

Northern Ireland is de facto and de jure part of the UK. And "British people with Irish passports" may just as well be written "Irish people with UK connections". It's worth noting that people living in Great Britain often have passports by virtue of being a "foreign birth" since you may be considered Irish just by having an Irish (great-)grandparent. Finally, as a sibling comment mentions, the state is called "Ireland" and though it is accurately described as the "Irish republic" or similar, that's not part of the official name. Otherwise you're right and I agree with your point.

DoughnutHole 3y ago
Ireland is an unusual case because we grant citizenship based on your connection to the island rather than the country, ie pretty much anyone entitled to British citizenship on the basis of being from Northern Ireland is also entitled to an Irish citizenship. Specifically you can be entitled to citizenship from birth if either of the following conditions are met: - at least one parent is an Irish citizen or entitled to be one and was born on the island of Ireland - you are born anywhere on the island of Ireland (including Northern Ireland) and at least one parent is an Irish or British citizen, a permanent resident of Ireland or Northern Ireland, or has been domiciled on the island of Ireland for 3 of the past 4 years You're no longer automatically entitled to Irish citizenship via a grandparent born in Ireland if your Irish parent was born overseas unless the parent's birth was registered with an Irish diplomatic mission.
tialaramex 3y ago
> "British people with Irish passports" may just as well be written "Irish people with UK connections". We normally characterise people by how they self-describe. These people would describe themselves as British, but they have Irish passports, often because these are EU passports and thus convenient whereas post-Brexit the British passport incurs border checks at neighbouring countries, because "Cut off your nose to spite your face" isn't just an English saying it's also apparently Tory policy.

by Y_Y 3y ago

DoughnutHole 3y ago

Ireland is an unusual case because we grant citizenship based on your connection to the island rather than the country, ie pretty much anyone entitled to British citizenship on the basis of being from Northern Ireland is also entitled to an Irish citizenship. Specifically you can be entitled to citizenship from birth if either of the following conditions are met: - at least one parent is an Irish citizen or entitled to be one and was born on the island of Ireland - you are born anywhere on the island of Ireland (including Northern Ireland) and at least one parent is an Irish or British citizen, a permanent resident of Ireland or Northern Ireland, or has been domiciled on the island of Ireland for 3 of the past 4 years You're no longer automatically entitled to Irish citizenship via a grandparent born in Ireland if your Irish parent was born overseas unless the parent's birth was registered with an Irish diplomatic mission.

tialaramex 3y ago

> "British people with Irish passports" may just as well be written "Irish people with UK connections". We normally characterise people by how they self-describe. These people would describe themselves as British, but they have Irish passports, often because these are EU passports and thus convenient whereas post-Brexit the British passport incurs border checks at neighbouring countries, because "Cut off your nose to spite your face" isn't just an English saying it's also apparently Tory policy.