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Irish Foreign Births Register specialist — Dublin & Boston
Dublin-based citizenship practice specializing in Irish FBR applications for the global Irish diaspora. Direct retrieval from the General Register Office.
At a glance
About O'Brien Citizenship Counsel
O'Brien Citizenship Counsel is a Dublin-based practice founded in 2014 by Niamh O'Brien, admitted to the Irish Bar. The firm focuses exclusively on Irish citizenship by descent, with particular expertise in the Foreign Births Register (FBR) process.
We have helped over 218 families reclaim Irish citizenship, with a 99% approval rate. Our team has direct working relationships with the General Register Office (GRO) in Dublin and the General Register Office Northern Ireland (GRONI) in Belfast, enabling fast document retrieval.
We handle FBR applications for clients with Irish-born grandparents, parents who were registered on the FBR before the applicant's birth, and complex cases involving adoptees, post-nuptial declarations, and pre-1949 British subject status.
Country specializations
Full-service Irish citizenship by descent: Foreign Births Register applications, GRO/GRONI birth certificate retrieval, witness coordination for photograph certification, and Irish passport application after FBR registration.
Case studies
Three siblings with an Irish-born grandmother from Cork. Coordinated FBR applications to ensure all three were registered.
Outcome: All three registered on FBR within 13 months. Irish passports issued 8 weeks later.
Client reviews
“Niamh made the FBR process painless. Found my grandmother's birth cert in Cork in 3 weeks, filed, and I had my Irish passport in 14 months total.”
— Patrick S.