How do I apply for an Irish passport?

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. You can apply for an Irish passport without making an application for citizenship.” However, if you were born after 1 January 2005, your right to citizenship depends on a few factors, including the citizenship of your parent at the time of the birth and the residency history of your parents. Meanwhile, if one of your grandparents was born on the island of Ireland you could claim “Irish citizenship by descent”, applying to become a citizen through Foreign Birth Registration. If one of your parents was an Irish citizen at the time you were born, you may also be entitled to claim citizenship under Foreign Birth Registration, even if you were born elsewhere. To do so you need to be entered into the Foreign Births Register; at this point you become an Irish citizen and entitled to apply for an Irish passport.