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One measure of how popular Brexit is in the UK, is how many people have been scrambling to find Irish grandparents to facilitate an application for Irish (and thereby EU) citizenship via Foreign Births Register.

Applications reached a new high of 23,456 last year, which while a small absolute number does indicate (as the chart shows) a significant increase in applications.

Those of use without Irish ancestry can just look on (sometimes envious, no doubt).

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Chart: Surge in Irish citizenship applications from Britain
Annual aplications to the Irish Foreign Births Register from Great Britain (000)

Show stable level of below 1,000 a year before 2015, then a riss to over 20,000 in 2019 after the referendum, then a dip before another rise after Britain left the EU< to the current figure in 2024