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   On 2024-05-30 17:49:47 +0000, Aidan Kehoe said:   
      
   >  Ar an t-aonú lá is triochad de mí Bealtaine, scríobh Peter Moylan:   
   >   
   >  > On 30/05/24 17:34, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:   
   >  > > On 2024-05-29 10:59:23 +0000, Ross Clark said:   
   >  > >   
   >  > >> African-American writer and activist.   
   >  > >   
   >  > > African American? She was born in the USA of American parents, lived   
   >  > > in the USA, worked in the USA, and died in the USA. She was American.   
   >  > > She may have had some ancestors from Africa, but that doesn't make   
   >  > > her African. I have very recent ancestors from Ireland (including my   
   >  > >  mother), but I am not Irish.   
   >  >   
   >  > I agree with your logic. I too have Irish ancestors, but I am not Irish.   
   >   
   > The closest thing to truth in this specific question is Irish law, and by   
   Irish   
   > law, if Athel’s mother was born in Ireland before 2005 and was entitled to   
   > Irish citizenship, Athel has been an Irish citizen from birth.   
      
   My mother was born a bit before 2005 (95 years before, in fact). I   
   haven't studied Irish law, but I knew that I was qualified to apply for   
   an Irish passport. When the Brexit disaster hit us I seriously   
   considered doing that, but my wife was certainly not qualified, so we   
   decided to go for French -- an incredibly bureaucratic business, but   
   eventually crowned with success. One of my nephews is in the process of   
   applying for an Irish passport, but with what success I don't know, as   
   my sister hasn't mentioned it recently.   
      
      
   --   
   Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly   
   in England until 1987.   
      
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