The Ambassador of Ireland to the Czech Republic is the head of the Embassy of Ireland, Prague, 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 governm ...

to the Government of the Czech Republic. The incumbent Ambassador is

Cliona Manahan Cliona Manahan has been the Irish Ambassador to the Czech Republic and the Ukraine since September 2019. From 2014 until 2019, she was Ambassador of Ireland to Denmark and Iceland and was Consul General of Ireland to Scotland. Manahan graduate ...

who was appointed in September 2019.

Diplomatic relations between Ireland and the Czech Republic

Ireland and Czechoslovakia initially had contacts had contacts through the League of Nations. A Czechoslovakian Consulate was established in Dublin in 1929 and was upgraded to a Legation in 1947. Communism’s arrival in 1948 interrupted the development of diplomatic relations until 1965 when a Czechoslovak Trade Mission was established in Dublin. This was upgraded to an Embassy in 1995. The Irish Trade Office opened in Prague in 1991 and the Irish Embassy in Vienna was responsible for diplomatic relations until 1995 when an Embassy was established in Prague.

Ambassadors

* Marie Cross (September 1995 - July 1999) * Michael Collins (diplomat) (August 1999 - July 2001) *Joe Hayes (October 2001 - August 2005) *Donal Hamill (September 2005 - October 2009) *Richard Ryan (December 2009 - November 2011) * Alison Kelly (February 2012 - August 2015) * Charles Sheehan (August 2015 - August 2019) *

(August 2019-)

References

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

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 ...

Ambassadors of Ireland to the Czech Republic {{Ambassadors of Ireland