Citizenship
Citizenship
Irish Citizenship through birth, descent and by Naturalisation.
In general a person acquires Irish citizenship through one of the following ways:
•by an entitlement to Irish citizenship for certain persons born in the island of Ireland;
•entitlement by descent if one of his/her parents was an Irish citizen at the time of the person’s birth;
•by naturalization at the absolute discretion of the Minister for Justice and Equality.