getting a passport in irish

[Sidewinder]

Lastly, on the point about airline booking systems not taking fadas - neither does Eircom's billing system. Eircom. Sheesh. Lufthansa I can understand, but the ex-public monopoly of Ireland not being able to handle names with a fada?

The airline I was referring to was Aer Arann

Jaysus. Words fail me.

[Saoirse]

i haven't used my irish name on any formal documentation so they say i have to be using it for 2 years before they will issue it. its a joke i have to wait that long.

you probably had it in irish already!

I think you need to prove you use your Irish name before a passport is issued, I think that if your passport is already in irish you should have no problems in getting one. i use my Irish name for travelling and my english name for all other documentation as folk have some difficulty in even trying to attempt to say my name in Irish

[Fir Bolg]

My passport is in Irish. I had to provide 2 pieces of evidence that I'm known by it (bank statement and phone bill).
Regarding airline ickets etc, they don't use fadas so if your name was say for example Seán Ó Conchobhair it would appear as Sean OConchobhair on the ticket.

[RepublicOfLuas]

Garda said as an Irish citizen I have the right to have my name in Irish on my passport. Anyone confirm this?

[ArtyisBack]

Surely you have to prove who you are to get a passport so giving documentation such as a bank statement seems reasonable. As for using the Gaelicised form for two years that is also reasonable if you usually used the anglicised form previously, and vice versa, in order to stop criminals hiding from justice for example.

[Sync]

Sure you can. You'd have to be breathtakingly stupid to get it done unless it's also on all your credit cards and you planned on using your Irish name for all flight bookings as well.

[LiquidPaddy]

Why do you change your name? The passport name that which you are generally known by, hence the personal documents question. If you want to use the Irish form entirely, I guess you need to do this by deed-poll in order to be recognised in that way. But international computer systems don't recognise fada marks etc.... why be hung up on this if most people know you by your English name anyway?

[RepublicOfLuas]

I've used my name in Irish professionally for since 2005. For tax purposes in europe and the US it will get muddy if a cheque or payment is made out to me as Gaeilge, and my ID/tax details are in English.

[RepublicOfLuas]

So will an ESB bill do? I've managed to get the ESB to change the name on the bill.

[EUrJokingMeRight]

Surely you have to prove who you are to get a passport so giving documentation such as a bank statement seems reasonable. As for using the Gaelicised form for two years that is also reasonable if you usually used the anglicised form previously, and vice versa, in order to stop criminals hiding from justice for example.

Makes no difference. the passport number or name on the passport does not identify the individual in that regard. not surprisingly a number is used and it is common to all of your passports whether you go by the name 'billy the kid' when you're young or 'paidi the p.ie piper' when you're older.
It is an dept. internal number not actually on the document itself iirc.