List of ambassadors of Ireland to the United Kingdom

Ambassador of Ireland to the United Kingdom
Coat of Arms of Ireland
Incumbent
Adrian O'Neill
since September 2017
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 the Republic of 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 its 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] In 1949, Ireland became a republic and its membership of the British Commonwealth was henceforth terminated. As a result, the High Commission in London became an embassy and the High Commissioner at the time became the Ambassador of Ireland to the United Kingdom.

Representatives

High Commissioners

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 Ó Ceallaigh 2001–2007
  • David J. Cooney 2007–2009
  • Bobby McDonagh 2009–2013
  • Daniel Mulhall 2013–2017
  • Adrian O'Neill 2017-present[3]

Notes

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