Thanks for the helpful post. I guess that actually I am entitled to an Irish passport, but my problem is proving my father is Irish.

Do you happen to know if there are other ways this can be proven? DNA perhaps? Any ideas on who I should contact for help?

I was adopted soon after birth in the UK to an English woman. I have recently traced my birth mother and she has confirmed my genetic father was an Irish man. He is not named on my original birth certificate. I have also had a DNA test done which has shown results that link me to others in my father...

This is fascinating for me too. In my case, I was born in England to an English mother and then given for adoption. In the adoption file there is a reference to the father being Irish, but he was not named on birth certificate. Fast forward to this year and I traced my biological mother and she conf...