Marriage without residency

[jim_bob]

Hello all.

I'm Irish by birth, married for six years with two Irish children.

My wife is American but we're been living all over the place because of work.

I read somewhere that exceptions to residency requirement can be made. Does anyone have experience with this?

[littlerr]

It’s unclear what you are trying to do.

If your wife wants to get Irish citizenship based on your marriage, she must live in Ireland as a resident for 3 years. There is no exception whatsoever.