76 Kerry residents to become Irish citizens at ceremonies in Dublin today

76 Kerry residents will become Irish citizens at special ceremonies in Dublin today.

Candidates from 143 countries and living in 32 countries will be awarded during three ceremonies.

3,600 people will take an oath of loyalty to the Irish state and receive their citizenship this afternoon.

The nationalities with the most applications were India (502), the United Kingdom (338), Brazil (293) and Poland (210); while Dublin (1,554), Cork (333) and Meath (172) were the counties with the highest number of applications.

Since 2011, 180,000 people from over 180 countries have received Irish citizenship at (190) citizenship ceremonies.