Advice: Irish passport/citizenship by descent

[greengreengreen]

Post-Brexit I'm trying to make sense of the myriad of Irish citizenship/passport advice and would appreciate anyone being able to offer a steer on the below, seeing as the consulate is currently overrun!

My father was born in Northern Ireland in 1958 and although considers himself Irish, he has only a UK passport and has never claimed his Irish citizenship. I would like to know whether:

- I am able to claim my Irish citizenship/passport due to my parent being born on the island of Ireland?
- If my father needs to go through the process of Irish citizenship in order for me to be valid?
- If I would need to go through the process of the Foreign Births Register in advance of applying for such passport?

I'm certainly not planning to do this immediately due to the current high demand but am keen to understand the process in order to be able to prepare sufficiently. I'm a UK citizen and passport holder.

Many thanks!

[Obie]

If your father was born in Ireland then you are an Irish citizen.

It is only children born to you outside of Ireland that will need to go on the Foreign Birth Register, the reason being that you are Irish by descent.

[nasjr]

I have heard that if ur sponsor is excersing the freedon of movemt right in ireland then they need to take an english test. Is this true?

[CR001]

I have heard that if ur sponsor is excersing the freedon of movemt right in ireland then they need to take an english test. Is this true?

What relevance does your post have to an Irish citizenship by descent topic??