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Learn at your own pace, with an explanation after every answer. No score, no leaderboard – and not preparation for a citizenship test: just to know the country and your neighbours a little better.

State & history

What did the 2004 referendum on citizenship (Twenty-seventh Amendment) change?

  • ✓ Birth in Ireland alone no longer gives automatic citizenship; a parent's link to Ireland is also needed
  • B Children born in Ireland lost the right to hold dual citizenship
  • C Citizenship now requires passing an Irish language exam
  • ✕ Only children of parents born in Ireland can now become citizens Your answer

Not quite.

Before 2004, anyone born on the island of Ireland was entitled to Irish citizenship. The Twenty-seventh Amendment added a requirement that a parent has a qualifying link, for example being an Irish or British citizen.

Source: Constitution of Ireland, Article 9; Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Act 2004; citizensinformation.ie

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