This is interesting because we've been discussing the idea of my wife getting her Irish citizenship (her dad was born there) as the first step in a long term idea we've been kicking around.
I didn't realize it could potentially take as long as Bizaro's case, so I did a quick google...
According to this, having an Irish-born parent means you don't have to apply for citizenship and "you automatically become an Irish citizen"... How does that work?