- United States Ambassador to Ireland
There have been a total of 27 American ambassadors to Ireland, the outgoing ambassador
as of 2006 is James C. Kenny who left office in October 2006. He was replaced byThomas C. Foley . All except one, Frederick A. Sterling, have been non-career appointees, while there have been three under PresidentGeorge W. Bush .List of Ambassadors
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Frederick A. Sterling
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Appointed:Feb 19 ,1927
**Presentation of Credentials:Feb 27 ,1927
**Termination of Mission: Left post,Mar 7 ,1934
**Note: Commissioned to theIrish Free State .*
W.W. McDowell
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Sep 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:Jan 15 ,1934
**Presentation of Credentials:Mar 27 ,1934
**Termination of Mission: Died at post,Apr 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:Jun 27 ,1935
**Termination of Mission: Left post,Jul 7 ,1937 *
John Cudahy
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:May 28 ,1937
**Presentation of Credentials:Aug 23 ,1937
**Termination of Mission: Left post,Jan 15 ,1940 *David Gray
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Feb 16 ,1940
**Presentation of Credentials:Apr 15 ,1940
**Termination of Mission: Left post,Jun 28 ,1947
**Notes: Nephew of PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt *
George A. Garrett
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Apr 10 ,1947
**Presentation of Credentials:Jul 28 ,1947
**Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary *George A. Garrett
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Mar 17 ,1950
**Presentation of Credentials:Apr 18 ,1950
**Termination of Mission: Left post,May 27 ,1951 *
Francis P. Matthews
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Jul 6 ,1951
**Presentation of Credentials:Oct 22 ,1951
**Termination of Mission: Left post,Sep 7 ,1952 *
William Howard Taft III
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Apr 2 ,1953
**Presentation of Credentials:May 13 ,1953
**Termination of Mission: Left post,Jun 25 ,1957 *
Scott McLeod
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:May 9 ,1957
**Presentation of Credentials:Jul 17 ,1957
**Termination of Mission: Left Ireland,Mar 15 ,1961 *
Edward G. Stockdale
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Mar 29 ,1961
**Presentation of Credentials:May 17 ,1961
**Termination of Mission: Left post,Jul 7 ,1962 *
Matthew H. McCloskey
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Jul 12 ,1962
**Presentation of Credentials:Jul 19 ,1962
**Termination of Mission: Left post,Jun 7 ,1964 *
Raymond R. Guest
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Mar 11 ,1965
**Presentation of Credentials:Apr 28 ,1965
**Termination of Mission: Left post,Jun 7 ,1968 *
Leo J. Sheridan
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Sep 26 ,1968
**Presentation of Credentials:Nov 1 ,1968
**Termination of Mission: Left post,Jun 1 ,1969 **
John D.J. Moore
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Apr 19 ,1969
**Presentation of Credentials:Jun 23 ,1969
**Termination of Mission: Left post,Jun 30 ,1975 *
Walter J.P. Curley Jr.
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Jul 23 ,1975
**Presentation of Credentials:Sep 18 ,1975
**Termination of Mission: Left post,May 2 ,1977 *
William V. Shannon
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Jun 22 ,1977
**Presentation of Credentials:Jul 20 ,1977
**Termination of Mission: Left post,Jun 7 ,1981 *
William E. McCann
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Note: Not commissioned; nomination ofMar 17 ,1981 not acted upon by the Senate.*
Peter H. Dailey
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Mar 15 ,1982
**Presentation of Credentials:Apr 30 ,1982
**Termination of Mission: Left post,Jan 15 ,1984 *Robert F. Kane
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Feb 28 ,1984
**Presentation of Credentials:Mar 6 ,1984
**Termination of Mission:May 29 ,1985 *Margaret M. O'Shaughnessy Heckler
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Dec 17 ,1985
**Presentation of Credentials:Jan 30 ,1986
**Termination of Mission: Left post,Aug 20 ,1989 *
Richard Anthony Moore
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Aug 7 ,1989
**Presentation of Credentials:Sep 19 ,1989
**Termination of Mission: Left post,Jun 15 ,1992 *
William Henry Gerald FitzGerald
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Jun 15 ,1992
**Presentation of Credentials:Jun 26 ,1992
**Termination of Mission: Left post,Jun 5 ,1993 *
Jean Kennedy Smith
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Jun 17 ,1993
**Presentation of Credentials:Jun 24 ,1993
**Termination of Mission: Left postSep 17 ,1998 *Michael J. Sullivan
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Oct 22 ,1998
**Presentation of Credentials:Jan 21 ,1999
**Termination of Mission: Left postJun 20 ,2001 *
Richard J. Egan
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Appointment:Aug 29 ,2001
**Presentation of Credentials:Sep 10 ,2001
**Termination of Mission:Jan 31 ,2003 *
James C. Kenny
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Presentation of Credentials:31 October ,2003
**Termination of Mission:18 October 2006 *
Thomas C. Foley
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
**Presentation of Credentials:18 October ,2006
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