Diaspora certifies Irish heritage from Albania to Samoa

It might not entitle you anything, but new figures show 2,200 people have secured a Certificate of Irishness — including people resident in Bhutan and American Samoa.

Not surprisingly, most of the applications for the certificate, first introduced in 2011, have come from Americans. They top the list of applicants for the certificate, which costs €40 unframed and up to €120 framed, with €5 postage to anywhere in the world.

The country with the next highest level of applications is Australia, while residents in Ireland, more surprisingly, lodged the third highest number of applications.