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No. You can only gain Irish citizenship from descent if your grandparents were born in Ireland. Unfortunately you seem to have missed by a generation. You could still gain citizenship by actually residing in Ireland.

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Yes you can, apply at your country's Irish Embassy, you can apply for Irish Citizenship and a passport.

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