From Facebook:

It's official! After lots of paperwork, about 400 bucks, and a few months of waiting, I'm officially a dual US/Irish Citizen!

Since my grandparents were born there, I qualified for citizenship through the foreign birth registry. I figured it was a cool way to honor my Irish heritage, and all the benefits of being a EU citizen are a nice bonus! :-)

Now, counting down to our trip in 2016...