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Becoming Irish
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11-04-2018 12:32AM#1sorry if this in wrong thread - I hadnt a clue what to put it in be it politics or legal or what so I will put it in here and if mod's want to move it to a more suitable group that is fine with me...
In July this year I will have been living in Ireland for 27 years. I would have left Britain when I was aged 26 - so I will be on this earth more in Ireland than I was in Britain. Over the years I have been thinking about becoming an Irish Citizen (yes please I would like to become one of you if you will allow me to join your club
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over the years I have contemplated it a few times , I checked when it used to be Irish punts and it was well over a thousand pounds back then .. and I couldnt afford it. and I have checked a year or 2 back and I think it was around a thousand euro or that mark and I still cannot afford it these days if its around that price now (its a lot of money to shell out, money that I simply dont have) - not only would it be nice and make sense to become an Irish citizen I also feel with 2 Irish born children, and a wife born to both Irish parents I think it would be logical too - not only that but when it comes to Elections I can only vote in Dail and Local elections - no Referendums or vote for Irish president, and cannot get Irish or dual nationality passport either.
Can i please ask has anyone here on boards in the last year or so has transitioned from British citizenship to Irish citizenship and how did it go? - how much did you have to pay? did you have to pay? did you ever find out about any grants or any financial help available to become an Irish citizen? - did it all go smoothly?, how was your experience of it ? was there loads of forms to fill in? what was the ceremony like is it nerve wracking or laid back? - was it like time consuming or lot of red tape or anything that needs to be taking into account when becoming an Irish citizen ?
see I still have it in the back of my mind and (bar the money) I reckon its something I would still like to do one day I plan to stay in Ireland until the day I die , I don't have any plans of moving back to the UK ever and being resident there ever again (and haven't wanted to for the past 27 years so I doubt if i ever will now)Tagged:4
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The Backwards Man wrote: »No offence Andy, but by the amount of blethering you do I was convinced you were a born and bred Sligo man.
- 27 years living in Ireland and the first time I have heard the word blethering, thats a new one on me .. or was it supposed to be blathering? 0 -
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retro:electro wrote: »You lied to us Andy.
Andy in Sligo .. Andy from Sligo - still sort of the same thing 0 -
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Andy From Sligo wrote: »- 27 years living in Ireland and the first time I have heard the word blethering, thats a new one on me .. or was it supposed to be blathering?
Na, it's a nicer word than blathering Andy.0 -
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Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »Do you gain much by being a citizen particularly if you are English? The English can vote here. Except referenda.
cannot vote for president, cannot vote in referendum , cannot get Irish passport, have to apply for British passport even though resident in Ireland - I dare say there are most probably other pluses maybe?, even ones I haven't heard of.
I could call myself Irish as well LOL - I know you cannot take a horse out of a stable , put it in a pig sty and call it a pig and it will still be a horse (or a stallion in my circumstance lol) haha but I would be technically officially Irish (on paper)
Apparently my great grandmother was Irish (who's great grandmother wasnt LOL)0 -
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StupidLikeAFox wrote: »If you save around 20e a year from now until you are 99 you will have enough in the bank to pay for it, then the following year the president will give you back 2.5k for your 100 birthday so you will actually be making money!
I could lie on the form , say that I am 100 now then get the 2.5K and pay for Irish Citizenship ... would that work? 0 -
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I would be looking for them to pay me to live in Sligo - says someone from Athlone ..
No., actually I will refrain from dissing Athlone because i was down there a couple of weeks back and went to the theater there and then had a drink in Ireland's oldest pub .. very nice place actually0 -
Andy From Sligo wrote: » - says someone from Athlone ..
No., actually I will refrain from dissing Athlone because i was down there a couple of weeks back and went to the theater there and then had a drink in Ireland's oldest pub .. very nice place actually
Hahaha I was waiting to see did you cop that :pac::pac:
Ah shur its a grand little place in small doses 0 -
Am impressed that you know what blathering is Andy! Do you know what it means if someone tells you they are mithered! (Kinda pronounced like my-third.)
Banter aside, - this post is probably worth all the money in the World to our Andy!The Backwards Man wrote: »No offence Andy, but by the amount of blethering you do I was convinced you were a born and bred Sligo man.0 -
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