The Ambassador of
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
to
Canada
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is the head of the Embassy of Ireland,
Ottawa, and the official representative of the
Government of Ireland
The Government of Ireland ( ga, Rialtas na hÉireann) is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in Ireland.
The Constitution of Ireland vests executive authority in a government which is headed by the , the head of government. The gover ...
to the
Government of Canada
The government of Canada (french: gouvernement du Canada) is the body responsible for the federal administration of Canada. A constitutional monarchy, the Crown is the corporation sole, assuming distinct roles: the executive, as the ''Crown ...
.
The incumbent Ambassador is
Eamonn McKee who was appointed on 13 Octobe
2020
History
In 1929, the
Irish Free State
The Irish Free State ( ga, Saorstát Éireann, , ; 6 December 192229 December 1937) was a state established in December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921. The treaty ended the three-year Irish War of Independence between ...
planned to open a diplomatic mission in Ottawa, but these plans were later shelved.
In 1939,
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
and Ireland opened High Commissions in each other's capital cities. The first and only High Commissioner of Ireland to the Dominion of Canada was
John Hearne.
In 1949, the
Republic of Ireland Act 1948
The Republic of Ireland Act 1948 (No. 22 of 1948) is an Act of the Oireachtas which declared that the description of Ireland was to be the Republic of Ireland, and vested in the president of Ireland the power to exercise the executive authority ...
came into force and Ireland became a republic, leaving the Commonwealth. In 1950, Ireland appointed its first Ambassador of Ireland to Canada, Seán Murphy, as the High Commission was also converted into an embassy.
List of representatives
High Commissioner from Ireland to Canada (1939-1949)
*1939–1949:
John Hearne
Ambassadors from Ireland to Canada (1950–present)
*1950–1955: Seán Murphy
*1955–1956: Leo McCauley
*1956–1960: Thomas Kiernan
*1960–1964: William Fay
*1964–1967:
John Aloysius Belton
John Aloysius Belton (1903–1968) was an Irish diplomat.
Details
*From 1926 to 1934 he practised laws on the Midland Circuit
*In 1934 he joined the diplomatic service of Ireland and became the first secretary to the Irish Embassy in Par ...
*1967–1970: William Warnock
*1970–1973: Joseph Shields
*1974–1978: Paddy Power
*1978–1983: Sean Kennan
*1983–1988: Sean Gaynor
*1988–1991: Edward Brennan
*1991–1995: Antóin MacUnfraidh
*1995–2001: Paul Dempsey
*2001–2006: Martin Burke
*2006–2010:
Declan Kelly
*2010–2016:
Ray Bassett
*2016–2020: Jim Kelly
*2020- : Eamonn McKee
See also
*
Canada-Ireland relations
References
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Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...