Irish Passport: Am I Actually Eligible? Most Irish passport applications don’t fail - they never even begin. People get stuck on the same three questions: What if I don’t have the documents? Does it still count if they were born outside Ireland? And is my grandparent too far back? That uncertainty is what causes months of delay, wasted money on the wrong certificates, or giving up altogether. The truth is, some of these routes are viable, some aren’t, and guessing is what creates the problem. Yo