Irish law allows US citizens to apply for citizenship through descent, if those seeking passports are able to prove that a grandparent was born in the European country. There were a whopping 3,692 ...

A record number of Irish passports have been issued in 2019, with a 7% increase on the number from last year. More than 900,000 Irish passports were issued over the course of the past 12 months.

Applications for Irish passports in the United States also rose by 10% last year. The number of foreign birth registrations in the United States increased by 50% last year. Figures from the ...