The position was vacant from January 2017 through the end of June 2019, with Reece Smyth serving as the chargé d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ireland.[4] The prior ambassador, Kevin O'Malley, was nominated by PresidentBarack Obama and served from October 2014 until the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump. In December 2016, it was reported that then president-elect Trump intended to name Brian P. Burns as the next ambassador to Ireland.[5] However, in June 2017, Burns withdrew his name from consideration, due to ill health.[6]
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The United States Ambassador to Ireland is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary from the United States of America to Ireland It is considered a highly prestigious position within the United States Foreign Service The current ambassador is Claire Cronin Ambassador of the United States of America to IrelandAmbasadoir Stait Aontaithe Mheiricea go hEireannSeal of the United States Department of StateIncumbentClaire D Croninsince February 10 2022ResidenceDeerfield ResidenceNominatorThe President of the United StatesAppointerThe Presidentwith Senate advice and consentInaugural holderFrederick A Sterling envoy George A Garrett amb Formation1927 envoy 1950 ambassador WebsiteU S Embassy DublinEmbassy of the United States Dublin The chief of mission for the United States in Ireland held the title of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from 1927 through 1950 and six people served in the role 1 Since 1950 the title has been ambassador and 23 people have served in the role 1 Only the first envoy Frederick A Sterling was a career Foreign Service Officer other envoys and all ambassadors to date have been non career appointees 1 The first four envoys were commissioned to the Irish Free State 1 prior to the formation of the State The ambassador and embassy staff at large work at the Ballsbridge Chancery of the Embassy of the United States Dublin 2 Deerfield Residence is the official residence of the ambassador located in the Phoenix Park Dublin 3 Contents 1 Incumbent 2 Chiefs of Mission 2 1 Envoys 2 2 Ambassadors 2 3 Other nominees 2 4 Charge d affaires 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksIncumbent EditThe position was vacant from January 2017 through the end of June 2019 with Reece Smyth serving as the charge d affaires of the U S Embassy in Ireland 4 The prior ambassador Kevin O Malley was nominated by President Barack Obama and served from October 2014 until the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump In December 2016 it was reported that then president elect Trump intended to name Brian P Burns as the next ambassador to Ireland 5 However in June 2017 Burns withdrew his name from consideration due to ill health 6 Edward F Crawford a businessman and entrepreneur from Ohio whose parents were from Cork was approved to be the next ambassador by the Senate s foreign relations committee in May 2019 7 confirmed by a vote of the United States Senate on June 13 2019 8 and sworn into office on June 26 2019 9 He officially began his term as ambassador upon presentation of his credentials to President of Ireland Michael D Higgins on July 1 2019 10 11 Chiefs of Mission EditEnvoys Edit Until 1950 the official title was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 1 No Name Appointed Presentationof credentials Terminationof mission Days inoffice Notes1 Frederick A Sterling February 19 1927 July 27 1927 March 7 1934 2415 E12 W W McDowell January 15 1934 March 27 1934 April 9 1934 13 E1 E23 Alvin Mansfield Owsley May 15 1935 June 27 1935 July 7 1937 741 E14 John Cudahy May 28 1937 August 23 1937 January 15 1940 875 E15 David Gray February 16 1940 April 15 1940 June 28 1947 26306 George A Garrett April 10 1947 July 28 1947 April 18 1950 995 E3 E1 Commissioned to the Irish Free State E2 Died in office while in Ireland E3 Promoted to AmbassadorAmbassadors Edit Since 1950 the official title has been Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1 No Name Appointed Presentationof credentials Terminationof mission Days inoffice Notes1 George A Garrett March 17 1950 April 18 1950 May 27 1951 4042 Francis P Matthews July 6 1951 October 22 1951 September 7 1952 321 A13 William Howard Taft III April 2 1953 May 13 1953 June 25 1957 15044 R W Scott McLeod May 9 1957 July 17 1957 March 15 1961 13375 Grant Stockdale March 29 1961 May 17 1961 July 7 1962 4166 Matthew McCloskey July 12 1962 July 19 1962 June 7 1964 6897 Raymond R Guest March 11 1965 April 28 1965 June 7 1968 11368 Leo J Sheridan September 26 1968 November 1 1968 June 1 1969 2129 John D J Moore April 19 1969 June 23 1969 June 30 1975 2198 A210 Walter Curley July 23 1975 September 18 1975 May 2 1977 59211 William V Shannon June 22 1977 July 20 1977 June 7 1981 141812 Peter H Dailey March 15 1982 April 30 1982 January 15 1984 62513 Robert F Kane February 28 1984 March 6 1984 May 29 1985 44914 Margaret Heckler December 17 1985 January 30 1986 August 20 1989 129815 Richard A Moore August 7 1989 September 19 1989 June 15 1992 100016 William H G FitzGerald June 15 1992 June 26 1992 June 5 1993 34417 Jean Kennedy Smith June 17 1993 June 24 1993 September 17 1998 191118 Mike Sullivan October 22 1998 January 21 1999 June 20 2001 881 A319 Richard Egan August 29 2001 September 10 2001 January 31 2003 50820 James C Kenny October 6 2003 October 31 2003 August 13 2006 1017 A321 Thomas C Foley August 28 2006 October 18 2006 January 22 2009 827 A322 Dan Rooney July 1 2009 July 3 2009 December 14 2012 126023 Kevin O Malley September 18 2014 October 8 2014 January 20 2017 835 A324 Edward F Crawford June 13 2019 July 1 2019 January 19 2021 568 A325 Claire D Cronin December 18 2021 February 10 2022 Incumbent A1 Died in office while in the United States A2 Interred in Ireland A3 Still livingOther nominees Edit Deerfield Residence official residence of the Ambassador Appointed or nominated but did not serve 1 W W McDowellAppointment September 13 1933 Commissioned during a recess of the Senate did not serve under this appointment Reappointed in January 1934 William E McCannNote Not commissioned nomination of March 17 1981 not acted upon by the Senate 12 Charge d affaires Edit Interim chiefs of mission 1 Stuart A DwyerSeptember 2013 October 2014Reece SmythJanuary 2017 June 2019Alexandra McKnightJanuary 2021 February 2022See also EditEmbassy of the United States Dublin Deerfield Residence Official residence of the ambassador Ireland United States relations Foreign relations of Ireland Ambassadors of the United States Embassy of Ireland Washington D C References EditUnited States Department of State Background notes on Ireland a b c d e f g h Chiefs of Mission for Ireland history state gov Retrieved April 18 2017 Embassy History U S Embassy in Ireland Retrieved April 14 2017 History of Ambassador s Residence U S Embassy in Ireland Retrieved April 14 2017 Donald Trump is yet to select an Irish ambassador but a Texan is keeping the seat warm TheJournal ie March 8 2017 Retrieved April 14 2017 O Dowd Niall NYT reporter tweets Trump ready to name Brian Burns as US Ambassador Irish Central Retrieved 3 January 2017 Irish American withdraws as Trump s nominee for US ambassador RTE June 13 2017 Retrieved June 20 2017 Lynch Suzanne May 2 2019 US Senate committee approves next Irish ambassador The Irish Times Retrieved May 2 2019 O Donovan Brian June 13 2019 US Senate confirms Edward Crawford as US Ambassador to Ireland RTE Retrieved June 13 2019 O Donovan Brian 2019 06 26 New US Ambassador to Ireland sworn into office RTE Retrieved 2019 06 26 USEmbassyDublin June 29 2019 Ambassador Designate Ed Crawford has arrived in Ireland Tweet Retrieved June 29 2019 via Twitter Billionaire Irish American takes office as US ambassador to Ireland after Aras ceremony TheJournal ie July 1 2019 Retrieved July 1 2019 President Reagan dropping McCann nomination The Marshfield News Herald Marshfield Wisconsin AP August 8 1981 p 7 Retrieved March 20 2018 via newspapers com This article incorporates public domain material from U S Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets United States Department of State External links EditUnited States Department of State Chiefs of Mission for Ireland United States Department of State Ireland United States Embassy in Ireland Twitter account verified of the United States Ambassador to Ireland Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of ambassadors of the United States to Ireland amp oldid 1111345403, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
