Am I eligible for any form of British Passport if my mother was born in Norther Ireland?
Yes you are a British Citizen but you cannot pass it on to your children; only a person born in Britain, who is also a British Citizen can do that. You may not be aware of this but you are also an Irish citizen and an Irish passport will entitle you to just about anything a British one will, including the right to settle (live permanently) in the UK without formalities. In fact, it appears that your mother is a citizen of Britain, Ireland, and Australia; though she may have lost her other citizenships when she became Australian, It’s a question of the law in each of those countries and whether she actually gave up her other citizenships. Since your mother was born in Ireland (at this time Irish constitution included the enire island) she was an Irish citizen. The child of a person born in Ireland is also an Irish citizen. And your children are Irish citizens, but they must register with the consulate in the Foreign Births Entry book before they can pass their citizenship on, or obtain
