Passports and Ireland

Courtesy of a competition in my local rag I am off soon for a few days' sailing to Southern Ireland on the "Lord Nelson". The Jubilee Sailing Trust insists that I need a passport. I am sceptical. Whether it is Cork Week, the Liverpool-Dublin Sea Cat, cruising to Kinsale or a Fastnet-qualifier race to Howth, I have never carried a passport in the Irish Republic. Who is right? Has anyone ever been asked for their passport in the Emerald Isle?

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No UK person requires a passport to visit Ireland.

I'm surprised at this question. A simple search on the internet will repeat what I have just said. That said, I'm surprised at a whole host of questions that are asked here whose answers are readily available through any of the available internet search engines.

Who knows where you might end up.

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I've just forked out for an SSR certificate to take my smaller boat to Ireland (Eire). Have I wasted my money?

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http://www.ireland.travel.ie/usefulfacts/beforeyoutravel.asp

I'm surprised by the Jubilee Sailing Trust's insistence.

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