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423zero 
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 Topic: RYA Developing Irish Talent?Posted: 12 Mar 20 at 5:26pm |
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I am an Irishman according to that chart, if I choose to apply.
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Jack Sparrow
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423zero
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Posted: 12 Mar 20 at 3:16pm |
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According to this article a conservative estimate of 6.7 million people could apply for Irish passports, only 4.8 million people live there.
Would you be able to vote in important Irish elections and referendums ?
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zeon
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Posted: 12 Mar 20 at 2:04pm |
Doesn’t quite work that way in the real world lol. My dad was born in Northern Ireland which means I am entitled to an Irish passport if I wish. My daughter could also have an Irish passport but only if have got mine first. But that’s as far as it goes, her children would not have any right to a passport.
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423zero
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Posted: 12 Mar 20 at 12:14pm |
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I didn't ask a relevant question to be attacked by rednecks either, however bdu98252 answered for me and several others
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Posted: 12 Mar 20 at 11:37am |
Pleased don't. I didn't start this thread to stir up political, religious or Brexit debates. I was mildly amused that sailors who have nailed their colours to trying to represent the Republic of Ireland are (still) being trained by the RYA. |
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423zero
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Posted: 12 Mar 20 at 11:27am |
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I once drank a pint of Guinness, probably half Irish now. I could actually apply for a passport, my father was born in Cobh (Cork), though they emigrated to England when he was a child, I consider myself English and a protestant, might as well bring religion in to the mix.
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JimC
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Posted: 12 Mar 20 at 10:42am |
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This topic brings to me a mental image of a sort of passport mormonism with people going back through their family tree and applying for posthumous Irish passports for long dead ancestors, until they have managed to create a chain of pseudo Irish ancestry long enough to apply for one themselves. Could be a nice little earner for the Irish passport office...
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Posted: 12 Mar 20 at 9:50am |
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Quote: "Probably not many people in UK who could not find an Irish link somewhere, so would be a sensible step for our top sailors who rely on there public profile" "It is estimated that as many as six million people living in the UK have at least one Irish grandparent (around 10% of the UK population)." From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_migration_to_Great_Britain) so don't want to say it's anything official, but you get the point.
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423zero
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Posted: 12 Mar 20 at 9:41am |
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Probably nearly 7 million people in UK who could find an Irish link somewhere, so would be a sensible step for our top sailors who rely on there public profile.
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