List of Canadian ambassadors and high commissioners to Ireland
This is a list of Canadian ambassadors and high commissioners to Ireland.
From 1928 to 1949 Canada sent High Commissioners to the Irish Free State, which was a fellow member of the Commonwealth at the time.
With the passage of the Republic of Ireland Act 1948, Ireland left the Commonwealth, and Canada and Ireland have exchanged ambassadors since.
Canadian embassy and official residence[]
The Canadian Embassy is located at 7-8 Wilton Terrace in Dublin near St Stephen's Green.
The ambassador lives at 22 Oakley Road, Ranelagh a rowhouse in The Triangle area. From 1954 to 2008 the ambassador lived at Strathmore in Killiney.
Canadian High Commissioners to the Irish Free State and the Dominion of Ireland[]
From 1928 to 1949, while Ireland was a member state of the British Commonwealth of Nations, the Dominion of Canada and the Irish Free State (Dominion of Ireland from 1937 to 1949) exchanged High Commissioners.
High Commissioner | Start of Term | End of Term | |
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John Hall Kelly | December 28, 1929 | March 9, 1941 | [NB 1][NB 2] |
July 31, 1941 | |||
November 19, 1945 | May 4, 1946 | [NB 1] | |
Edward Joseph Garland | May 4, 1946 | March 19, 1947 | |
Hon. William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon | October 24, 1946 | June 30, 1949 | [NB 3] |
Canadian ambassadors to the Republic of Ireland[]
From 1949 onwards, after Ireland left the Commonwealth, Canada and the Republic of Ireland have exchanged Ambassadors.
Ambassador | Start of Term | End of Term | |
---|---|---|---|
David Moffat Johnson | July 17, 1949 | December 1949 | [NB 3] |
Hon. William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon | January 23, 1950 | April 20, 1955 | |
January 23, 1950 | July 17, 1950 | [NB 4] | |
August 16, 1955 | July 7, 1963 | ||
July 7, 1963 | March 29, 1965 | [NB 4] | |
November 6, 1964 | March 22, 1968 | ||
October 8, 1968 | |||
May 25, 1972 | August 31, 1976 | ||
Albert Edgar Ritchie | June 29, 1976 | November 7, 1980 | |
February 12, 1981 | |||
Hon. Edgar J. Benson | September 3, 1982 | ||
1985 | May 12, 1986 | [NB 4] | |
Dennis McDermott | January 28, 1986 | May 24, 1989 | |
August 24, 1989 | October 22, 1994 | ||
July 12, 1994 | October 4, 1996 | ||
September 24, 1996 | September 11, 1998 | ||
Ron Irwin | September 4, 1998 | ||
October 10, 2001 | August 1, 2002 | [NB 4] | |
July 2, 2002 | August 8, 2006 | ||
September 20, 2006 | December 7, 2006 | ||
December 7, 2006 | August 30, 2007 | [NB 4] | |
Pat Binns | August 30, 2007 | November 19, 2010 | [NB 5] |
Loyola Hearn | November 19, 2010 | January 19, 2015 | [NB 5] |
Kevin Vickers | January 19, 2015 | March 2, 2019 | [1][NB 5] |
Nancy Smyth | Upcoming |
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Died in office
- ^ Jump up to: a b High Commissioner Kelly is the only Canadian head of mission to be buried in Ireland, where he died in office as High Commissioner.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Canada severed its formal association with Ireland[citation needed] on 17 April 1949. The Canadian Embassy in the Republic of Ireland was established on 17 July 1949, with representatives having the rank of Ambassador.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Ambassadors Binns, Hearn and Vickers are a few Irish-Canadians whom have had the honour of serving in the post.
References[]
- ^ "Kevin Vickers named ambassador to Ireland". CBC News. 8 January 2015.
See also[]
- Canada–Ireland relations
- Embassy of Ireland, Ottawa
- Strathmore (Killiney), residence of the Canadian Ambassador to Ireland (1957-2008)
- List of diplomatic missions in Ireland
- List of diplomatic missions of Canada
- Lists of ambassadors of Canada
- Ambassadors of Canada to Ireland
- Lists of ambassadors to Ireland
- High Commissioners of Canada to Ireland
- Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations