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Certificate of Irishness open to 70 million people worldwide
The Irish Times ^
| 21 June 2010
| PAUL CULLEN
Posted on 06/21/2010 10:06:16 AM PDT by Palter
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posted on
06/21/2010 10:06:16 AM PDT
by
Palter
To: Palter
How do they tell? Blood alcohol concentration?
(Ducking)
To: Palter; cardinal4
My cousin has had an Irish passport for some years now, along with his U.S. passport. He used the Irish one when on business in the middle east in case of a skyjacking. I have my grandfather’s immigration and citizenship papers and his ship’s passage from Queenstown to New York so I guess my siblings and I would qualify for Irish passports.
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posted on
06/21/2010 10:11:34 AM PDT
by
Ax
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
06/21/2010 10:12:04 AM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion...the Human Scarifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Palter
Trolling for tax dollars methinks. IIRC, Hungary is also loosening their citizenship laws.
Looking for more taxpayers and/or retirees to move there. It’s all about the dollars...
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posted on
06/21/2010 10:12:38 AM PDT
by
GOPsterinMA
(Soetoro Snoozes, Oil Oozes)
To: Palter
It's harmless, but it's a little bit like naming a star after somebody.
A fairly pricey certificate with no real value.
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posted on
06/21/2010 10:12:57 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Palter
Wonder how many O’Bamas will be applying?
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posted on
06/21/2010 10:17:27 AM PDT
by
Free_at_last_-2001
(A country can survive its fools, but it cannot survive treason from within.)
To: Free_at_last_-2001
Wonder how many OBamas will be applying? I guess those would be considered, "Black Irish."
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posted on
06/21/2010 10:18:40 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Free_at_last_-2001
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posted on
06/21/2010 10:20:01 AM PDT
by
Palter
(Kilroy was here.)
To: dead
I see value as it may instill interest in genealogy thus continuing the search for ancestors that are waiting to be found. Our family tree is heavily rooted in Ireland and the Isles.
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posted on
06/21/2010 10:21:36 AM PDT
by
mcshot
(The compounding nightmare is never-ending and growing.)
To: Larry Lucido
http://www.kinglaoghaire.com/site/lyrics/song_9.html
All For Me Grog
And it’s all for me grog me jolly, jolly grog
All for my beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me tin with the ladies drinkin’ gin
Far across the Western Ocean I must wander
I’m sick in the head and I haven’t been to bed
Since first I came ashore with me plunder
I’ve seen centipedes and snakes and me head is full of aches
And I have to take a path for way out yonder
And it’s all for me grog me jolly, jolly grog
All for my beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me tin with the ladies drinkin’ gin
Far across the Western Ocean I must wander
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posted on
06/21/2010 10:23:23 AM PDT
by
RedMDer
(Throw them all out in 2010... Forward with Confidence! Forward!)
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To: Larry Lucido
Hey, that’s our blood food percentage your criticizing - Hey I’ll throw me pork chop six pack at you, when it’s empty.
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posted on
06/21/2010 10:27:01 AM PDT
by
mcshot
(The compounding nightmare is never-ending and growing.)
To: Palter
The Irish need certificates because they often forget their names.
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posted on
06/21/2010 10:29:39 AM PDT
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
To: Larry Lucido
That and percentage of liver still operating.
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posted on
06/21/2010 10:31:30 AM PDT
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
To: Palter
So all one needs to claim Irish citizenship is a grandparent born in Ireland? Hmmm...I wonder if this would convey any responsibilities or taxes as well as privileges...?
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posted on
06/21/2010 10:32:21 AM PDT
by
ottbmare
(I could agree wth you, but then we'd both be wrong.)
To: mcshot
Can I pay with my reserve of Irish pounds?
I await the Euro’s demise.
To: Palter
Will this recognition be extended to Irish from the (Protestant) north ?
To: ottbmare; dighton
So all one needs to claim Irish citizenship is a grandparent born in Ireland? Cool, I've got three!!
To: Palter
Some speakers at last years forum were critical of the disconnection between Ireland and members of the diaspora, particularly those unable to qualify for citizenship by virtue of having a parent or grandparent born in Ireland. The forum also highlighted the role the emigrant network could play in helping Ireland improve its economic fortunes. That last sentence reveals the real motivation behind this.
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posted on
06/21/2010 10:52:31 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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