To Grandmother Christine Fitzpatrick and Grandfather Joseph Manning and the lovely ladies of the Irish Embassy in Paris : go raibh maith agat, my first words of Irish.
I just got my full Irish passport and I can now sleep easily in my French home knowing I am still a European citizen and all the nationalistic nonsense of Brexit can’t make me homeless!
Cathy's real country garden 
Lucky you. We may have to become Italian citizens, not something we really want to do.
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In these uncomfortably uncertain times, I don’t think you can have too many passports!
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Well done, I haven’t had a passport in years. I voted to remain, and have to say that at present being English/British sadly gives me no pride whatsoever. xx
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I love so much about my country, but I am really alarmed by what is going on and how the government is treating the EU nationals living in Britain and all the Britains living in the EU. x
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Good luck with your language lessons. This does not look and sound easy!
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that’s an understatement!
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Cathy! You have become Irish! Well done! Actually, always suspected as such. Lucky you! Much love, Jonx
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It is a huge relief! Do you have a WordPress account now?
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Don’t have a WordPress account, Cathy. I’m just happy that you feel safe, and I love reading your blog.
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That is nice to know! X
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I’m a bit jealous! I was looking into getting an Italian passport, but my Grandma Lucy got her US citizenship months before my Dad was born 😦 My daughter will be a dual Irish citizen very soon as she married a wonderful Irish lad and has lived there for a few years now. Congratulations. I’d say it in Irish, but Lord that language is crazy!
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Thank you for your kind wishes. I am just grateful that you don’t have to prove Gallic language proficiency to get the passport!
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