Declan Kelly

Declan Kelly
Declan Kelly in 2007

Declan Kelly is the current Irish Ambassador to Malaysia and Thailand.[1][2] Prior to that appointment he was the Irish Ambassador to Canada, succeeding Martin Burke.[3]

Married to Anne Bernadette Kelly, he gave the 2007 convocation address at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick[4]

Prior to his placement as ambassador at the Irish embassy in Ottawa, Kelly was the ambassador to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.[1][5] Earlier, Kelly had been posted to Ottawa from 1985 to 1990 as the First Secretary and Charge d’Affairs at the Irish Embassy.[3]

Kelly was Republic of Ireland Consul General in San Francisco from 1992 to 1998.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Kelly, Declan (November 2010). "Our New Ambassador". AGM. St Patrick's Society, Selangor Malaysia. http://www.stpatsoc.org/Newsletter2010_4thQuarter.pdf. Retrieved 6 July 2011. 
  2. ^ "Ireland in Malaysia". Irish Department of Foreign Affairs. http://www.embassyofireland.my/home/index.aspx?id=47147. Retrieved 6 July 2011. 
  3. ^ a b Devoy, Desmond. "Ambassador Declan Kelly - 2010’s Irish Person of the Year". Ireland - Canada Chambers of Commerce. http://www.ireland-canada.ca/files/Irish_Person_of_the_Year.pdf. Retrieved 6 July 2011. 
  4. ^ St. Thomas University - Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
  5. ^ http://www.thegaelichour.ca/20060728.m3u