Documentation needed for Irish passport renewal

[digdug]

I currently hold an Irish passport, and have citizenship through my Irish-born mother.

When I applied for this passport I was required to use my mother's birth certificate as proof of citizenship. To renew my passport, do I need this birth certificate again, or will my current passport serve serve as sufficient evidence for my citizenship?

I want to make sure I have this right, as I'll be living far away from my parents when it comes time to renew, thereby making it hard to get the certificate.

[charles4u]

I currently hold an Irish passport, and have citizenship through my Irish-born mother.

When I applied for this passport I was required to use my mother's birth certificate as proof of citizenship. To renew my passport, do I need this birth certificate again, or will my current passport serve serve as sufficient evidence for my citizenship?

I want to make sure I have this right, as I'll be living far away from my parents when it comes time to renew, thereby making it hard to get the certificate.

I believe you can use your current expired passport to get a new one but just incase you have the birth cert...you can just take it along for taking sake.

[Directive/2004/38/EC]

I would suggest you look at the Irish embassy web site in the country you will be renewing. Or call them.

But I also suspect charles4u is right.