List of ambassadors of the United States to Ireland
| Ambassador of the United States to Ireland | |
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 Seal of the United States Department of State | |
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| Nominator | Barack Obama |
| Inaugural holder | Frederick A. Sterling as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary |
| Formation | February 19, 1927 |
| Website | U.S. Embassy - Dublin |
There have been a total of 30 Ambassadors of the United States to Ireland meaning the Republic of Ireland. All except one, Frederick A. Sterling, have been non-career appointees, while there were three under President George W. Bush.
List of Ambassadors
- Frederick A. Sterling
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: February 19, 1927
- Presentation of Credentials: February 27, 1927
- Termination of Mission: Left post March 7, 1934
- Note: Commissioned to the Irish Free State.
- W.W. McDowell
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: September 13, 1933
- Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; did not serve under this appointment.
- W.W. McDowell
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: January 15, 1934
- Presentation of Credentials: March 27, 1934
- Termination of Mission: Died at post April 9, 1934
- Note: Commissioned to the Irish Free State.
- Alvin Mansfield Owsley
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: May 15, 1935
- Presentation of Credentials: June 27, 1935
- Termination of Mission: Left post July 7, 1937
- John Cudahy
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: May 28, 1937
- Presentation of Credentials: August 23, 1937
- Termination of Mission: Left post January 15, 1940
- David Gray
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: February 16, 1940
- Presentation of Credentials: April 15, 1940
- Termination of Mission: Left post June 28, 1947
- Notes: Uncle (by marriage) of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
- George A. Garrett
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: April 10, 1947
- Presentation of Credentials: July 28, 1947
- Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- George A. Garrett
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: March 17, 1950
- Presentation of Credentials: April 18, 1950
- Termination of Mission: Left post May 27, 1951
- Francis P. Matthews
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: July 6, 1951
- Presentation of Credentials: October 22, 1951
- Termination of Mission: Left post September 7, 1952
- William Howard Taft III
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: April 2, 1953
- Presentation of Credentials: May 13, 1953
- Termination of Mission: Left post June 25, 1957
- R. W. Scott McLeod
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: May 9, 1957
- Presentation of Credentials: July 17, 1957
- Termination of Mission: Left Ireland, March 15, 1961
- Edward G. Stockdale
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: March 29, 1961
- Presentation of Credentials: May 17, 1961
- Termination of Mission: Left post July 7, 1962
- Matthew H. McCloskey
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: July 12, 1962
- Presentation of Credentials: July 19, 1962
- Termination of Mission: Left post June 7, 1964
- Raymond R. Guest
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: March 11, 1965
- Presentation of Credentials: April 28, 1965
- Termination of Mission: Left post June 7, 1968
- Leo J. Sheridan
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: September 26, 1968
- Presentation of Credentials: November 1, 1968
- Termination of Mission: Left post June 1, 1969
- John D.J. Moore
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: April 19, 1969
- Presentation of Credentials: June 23, 1969
- Termination of Mission: Left post June 30, 1975
- Walter J.P. Curley Jr.
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: July 23, 1975
- Presentation of Credentials: September 18, 1975
- Termination of Mission: Left post May 2, 1977
- William V. Shannon
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: June 22, 1977
- Presentation of Credentials: July 20, 1977
- Termination of Mission: Left post June 7, 1981
- William E. McCann
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Note: Not commissioned; nomination of March 17, 1981 not acted upon by the Senate.
- Peter H. Dailey
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: March 15, 1982
- Presentation of Credentials: April 30, 1982
- Termination of Mission: Left post January 15, 1984
- Robert F. Kane
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: February 28, 1984
- Presentation of Credentials: March 6, 1984
- Termination of Mission: May 29, 1985
- Margaret M. O'Shaughnessy Heckler
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: December 17, 1985
- Presentation of Credentials: January 30, 1986
- Termination of Mission: Left post August 20, 1989
- Richard Anthony Moore
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: August 7, 1989
- Presentation of Credentials: September 19, 1989
- Termination of Mission: Left post June 15, 1992
- William Henry Gerald FitzGerald
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: June 15, 1992
- Presentation of Credentials: June 26, 1992
- Termination of Mission: Left post June 5, 1993
- Jean Kennedy Smith
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: June 17, 1993
- Presentation of Credentials: June 24, 1993
- Termination of Mission: Left post September 17, 1998
- Michael J. Sullivan
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: October 22, 1998
- Presentation of Credentials: January 21, 1999
- Termination of Mission: Left post June 20, 2001
- Richard J. Egan
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: August 29, 2001
- Presentation of Credentials: September 10, 2001
- Termination of Mission: January 31, 2003
- James C. Kenny
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presentation of Credentials: October 31, 2003
- Termination of Mission: October 18, 2006
- Thomas C. Foley
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presentation of Credentials: October 18, 2006
- Termination of Mission: January 2009
- Dan Rooney
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: July 1, 2009
- Presentation of Credentials: 3 July 2009
- Termination of Mission: Incumbent
See also
- Embassy of the United States, Dublin
- Ireland – United States relations
- Foreign relations of the Republic of Ireland
- Ambassadors of the United States
References
- United States Department of State: Background notes on Ireland
This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.
External links
- United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Ireland
- United States Department of State: Ireland
- United States Embassy in Dublin
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