Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland

11 June 2004 (2004-06-11)
To limit the right to Irish citizenship by birth
Results
Choice Votes % Yes 1,427,520 79.17% No 375,695 20.83% Valid votes 1,803,215 98.89% Invalid or blank votes 20,219 1.11% Total votes 1,823,434 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 3,041,688 59.95%

The Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Act 2004 (previously bill no. 15 of 2004) amended the Constitution of Ireland to limit the constitutional right to Irish citizenship of individuals born on the island of Ireland to the children of at least one Irish citizen and the children of at least one parent who is, at the time of the birth, entitled to Irish citizenship. It was approved by referendum on 11 June 2004 and signed into law on 24 June of the same year.^[1] It affected in part changes made to the Constitution by the Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland which was passed as part of the Good Friday Agreement.^[2]