She had Irish grandparents, one of them an ardent socialist.

My Irish grandparents remained my best hope of arriving at a border crossing with something less malodorous than an apartheid passport.

He is also eligible to play for the Republic of Ireland national team due to his Irish grandparents.

(With my Irish grandparents, the food prescription was "Do not under any circumstances eat any fruit you are given on the way.")

"He's in the olive oil business," everyone used to say about a businessman in my Irish grandparents' neighborhood, and they all laughed knowingly.

It is estimated that as many as six million people living in the UK have an Irish grandparent.

Downstairs, away from the juke box, two flip-skirted dancers pick and step, tapping tunes their Irish grandparents taught them.

Irish nationality law provides for Irish citizenship to be acquired on the basis of at least one Irish grandparent.

It is from the Registrar General in Dublin that the birth certificate of one's Irish grandparent can be obtained.

Although born in England, Murray qualifies for the Republic of Ireland through his Irish grandparents.