Also the wording of this has been driving me absolutely mad, is it possible someone could explain this further? " People registered before July 1986 are deemed Irish citizens either from the date the original Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act came into force, that is, 17 July 1956, or thei...

Thanks a lot Sulla. Lot's of useful info. My mom is still applying as I guess all I can do is wait til she gets the approval. At the same time I live very close to my local Irish embassy and I'm going to try to put an inquiry through to them tomorrow. I've read some conflicting info, what you say se...

To clarify, I mean that my mother if she were to apply for the FBR because she was born before the July 1956 date of the act, would be retroactively a citizen from the July 1956 date because there wasn't really a register for her to have been on. Correct?

I know the law is generally very cut and dry, but I have some aspects that are confusing me in terms of if I am eligible. My great-grandparents were born on the island of Ireland. All of their kids, except my grandmother, were born in Ireland. My grandmother was born in the US in 1924. I know this a...