List of ambassadors of Ireland to the United Kingdom
| Ambassador of Ireland to the United Kingdom | |
|---|---|
 Coat of Arms of Ireland | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Inaugural holder | James McNeill First High Commissioner John Whelan Dulanty First Ambassador |
| Formation | 1923 High Commissioner 1949 Ambassadors extraordinary |
| Website | Embassy of Ireland, Great Britain |
The Ambassador of Ireland to the United Kingdom is Ireland's foremost diplomatic representative in the United Kingdom and is in charge of Ireland's diplomatic mission in the UK.
History
The High Commission of the Irish Free State was established shortly after Irish secession from the United Kingdom.[1] The first High Commissioner of the Irish Free State to the United Kingdom was James McNeill, who later became the second Governor-General of the state in 1928.[2] From 1936, the Irish government regarded the state as being no longer a member of the British Commonwealth, but rather a state associated with it.[3] Nonetheless, the office holder retained his title. In 1937, the Irish Free State was renamed Ireland so the High Commissioner’s title was changed to High Commissioner of Ireland to the United Kingdom. The officeholder retained that title until Ireland’s last links with the Commonwealth were terminated in 1949. The High Commissioner at the time then became the Ambassador of Ireland to the United Kingdom.
Heads of mission
High Commissioners
- James McNeill 1923–1928
- Prof. T. A. Smiddy 1929–1930
- John Whelan Dulanty 1930–1949
Ambassadors
- John Whelan Dulanty 1949–1950
- Frederick Henry Boland 1950–1956
- Con Cremin 1956–1958
- Hugh McCann 1958–1963
- Con Cremin 1963–1964
- Donal O'Sullivan 1970–1977
- Paul Keating 1977–1978
- Edward Kennedy 1978–1983
- Noel Dorr 1983–1987
- Andrew O'Rourke 1987–1991
- Joseph Small 1991–1995
- Edward J. Barrington 1995–2001
- Dáithí O'Ceallaigh 2001–2007
- David J. Cooney 2007–2009
- Bobby McDonagh 2009–2013
- Daniel Mulhall 2013–2017
- Adrian O'Neill 2017–present[4]
External links
Notes
- ^ Documents on Irish Foreign Policy: 1939–1941, Department of Foreign Affairs, Royal Irish Academy, 2008, page xix
- ^ The Embassy’s History, Embassy of Ireland, Great Britain, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- ^ The captive dominion: imperial realities behind Irish diplomacy, 1922—49, Donal Lowry, Irish Historical Studies, Vol. 36, No. 142, Ireland and the British Empire-Commonwealth (November 2008), pp. 202-226
- ^ https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/great-britain/about-us/ambassador/
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