My grandparents were born in Ireland (Republic). But before I even consider applying for an Irish passport as a "foreign born Irish citizen", I have a question: Does this Irish citizenship obligate me to Irish income tax, etc.? Thank you for any advice. Elizabeth -----Original Message----- From: irl-cork-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-cork-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Ahern Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 9:44 AM To: irl-cork@rootsweb.com; genire@rootsweb.com Subject: Irish citizenship Lorraine Egan <rainel2@bigpond.com> said: >Patsy Thank you for URL re citizenship. As my father was born in Clonmel, >Tipperary and back further the family born in Cork, this makes me an Irish >Citizen? Second to being Australian, of course. Was not aware of this >before you gave the website. A person whose parent or parents were born in Ireland is considered an Irish citizen and can apply for an Irish passport, which is very handy to have when landing in any EU port. A person whose parents were not born in Ireland, but who has at least one grandparent who was born in Ireland can apply to be registered as a foreign-born Irish citizen and get a passport. To qualify you must be able to show proof of the grandparent's birth, marriage and if deceased, death. You must also show your parent's birth and marriage and your own birth. See the following links for more info. See: http://sunsite.unc.edu/gaelic/Eire/7.14.4.html Irish Citizenship requirements http://travel.state.gov/law/dualnationality.html U. S. State Department position on dual citizenship http://www.irelandemb.org/fbr.html Irish Citizenship by Descent info from Embassy of Ireland http://www.irlgov.ie/iveagh/embassies/default.asp Irish Embassies and Consular Offices ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 5:59 PM, e gieseke <egieseke@sc.rr.com> wrote: > My grandparents were born in Ireland (Republic). > > But before I even consider applying for an Irish passport as a "foreign born > Irish citizen", I have a question: > > Does this Irish citizenship obligate me to Irish income tax, etc.? > > Thank you for any advice. > > Elizabeth Elizabeth, If you reside in the country more than 120 days in any year, then, yes, you are subject to Ireland's taxes for that year, but if there is a treaty between the two countries you get a credit for Ireland's taxes on your other return, or vice versa. Janet