[header] How to obtain an irish passport [title] Have irish parents. [step] The easiest way to be an irish citizen is to have irish parents and be born on irish soil. You also have a right to citizenship if you were born after january 1 , 2005 in ireland to british parents. 
[substeps] Similarly, if your parents are natural-born irish citizens and you were born in another country, you are still granted citizenship. You will need to register your birth in the foreign birth register to gain citizenship.