I'm grateful for your reply Corky.
Should I depersonalise my original message, removing your name and making it generic?
It was actually you I really wanted to speak to, but this 30 message DM rule is a problem.

(and yep 1970s adoption, married parents)

Thanks Corky, I would have private messaged you instead of posting above but the 30 message rule. My grandfather was born in Ireland My father was born in England I was born in England and adopted by my father in England. I have an Irish passport directly from being adopted by an Irish Citizen, no n...

This is a question for Corky100 and others who could bypass FBR and got their passport directly due to being born abroad and adopted by an Irish citizen. How can your children become Irish? For them to become Irish they need to go on FBR, but when you check the box for the Parent Adopted (ie Corky10...