Top o' the mornin' to ya
Thanks to my grandfather having been born an Irish citizen, I am now officially a citizen of Ireland, and will shortly apply for an Irish passport.
I’ve been reading up on dual citizenship and Ireland.Though I’m about 5/8 Irish by descent, my Irish cultural literacy is basically non-existent, and the closest I’ve gotten to there was switching planes at Gatwick. (I do sunburn easily, though. And I like potatoes)
For about the past three years, I’ve wanted the option of an escape route to Canada or the EU, and with the prospect of Bush appointing two Supreme Court justices, I’m pretty giddy about having it. Now I need to learn to fake a brogue for travelling under my Irish passport.
Heck, at least no one expected abortion to be legal in Ireland.1
My thanks to my family, who did the legwork to gather the documents for my application. And to Ireland, for having the loosest citizenship requirements in all the EU.
1 Its status seems to be far more ambiguous than I would have guessed.
Congrats on your new papers. Do stop by for your compulsory pint of guinness :)
Posted by Waider on July 7 2005 03:52
I'm still keeping my German in practice. Between Germany's aging population, and politics more to my liking, it's looking like a good place to go, should I be inclined to leave the US. But I'm not giving up on my country yet.
In the meantime, let me know if you want any recommendations on places to go in Ireland.
Posted by Jimcat on July 7 2005 13:50
A friend once observed: "Behind every Canadian in Paris there's an Irish grandmother."
It's good to have a European passport. Which reminds me, I should renew my UK passport myself.
Posted by kate m. on July 21 2005 08:18
I never gave up my UK passport when I finally naturalized as a US citizen several years ago. We plan to spend at least a year in the EU when the kids are older and yes, it also offers an escape route, should things tip too far right. "The Economist" is always writing about how great Ireland is economically. In a reversal of the American dream, you might even get rich by moving there.
Posted by Thida on July 26 2005 22:14