Office of the Historian

Search:

  • Home
  • Historical Documents
    • Foreign Relations of the United States
    • About the Foreign Relations Series
    • Current Status of the Foreign Relations Series
    • Foreign Relations Volume Title Search
    • Sesquicentennial of the Foreign Relations Series
    • E-Books Initiative
  • Department History
    • A Short History of the Department
    • Biographies of the Secretaries of State
    • Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission
    • Principals and Chiefs Alphabetical Listing
    • Travels of the Secretary of State
    • Travels of the President
    • Visits by Foreign Heads of State
    • Buildings of the Department of State
  • Key Milestones
    • The Founding Era
    • Diplomacy and Revolution
    • The Early Republic
    • Securing the Republic
    • The Antebellum Period
    • The Civil War
    • The Age of Imperialism
    • Into the Twentieth Century
    • The First World War
    • The Interwar Period
    • World War II
    • The Cold War
    • Bi-Polar Foreign Policy
    • Entangling Alliances
    • Détente
    • Quest for Peace
    • Cold War Denouement
    • Toward the Twenty-First Century
  • Guide to Countries
    • Guide to Country Recognition and Relations
    • World Wide Diplomatic Archives Index
  • More Resources
    • About Us
    • Conferences
    • Contact Us
    • Educational Resources
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Open Government Initiative
  • Home >
  • Department History
  • > People
  • > Chiefs of Mission
  • > Ireland

Department History

  • Short History
  • Buildings of the Department
  • People
    • Biographies of the Secretaries of State
    • Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission
    • Principals and Chiefs Alphabetical Listing
    • Principals and Chiefs Chronological Listing
  • Travels
    • Travels of the Secretary
    • Travels of the President
  • Visits by Foreign Leaders

Chiefs of Mission for Ireland

  • Frederick Augustine Sterling (1927-1934)
  • William Wallace McDowell (1933-)
  • William Wallace McDowell (1934-1934)
  • Alvin Mansfield Owsley (1935-1937)
  • John Clarence Cudahy (1937-1940)
  • David Gray (1940-1947)
  • George Angus Garrett (1947-)
  • George Angus Garrett (1950-1951)
  • Francis Patrick Matthews (1951-1952)
  • William Howard Taft (1953-1957)
  • Robert Walter Scott McLeod (1957-1961)
  • Edward Grant Stockdale (1961-1962)
  • Matthew Henry McCloskey (1962-1964)
  • Raymond Richard Guest (1965-1968)
  • Leo John Sheridan (1968-1969)
  • John Denis Joseph Moore (1969-1975)
  • Walter Joseph Patrick Curley (1975-1977)
  • William Vincent Shannon (1977-1981)
  • Peter H. Dailey (1982-1984)
  • Robert Francis Kane (1984-1985)
  • Margaret Mary O'Shaughnessy Heckler (1985-1989)
  • Richard Anthony Moore (1989-1992)
  • William Henry Gerald FitzGerald (1992-1993)
  • Jean Kennedy Smith (1993-1998)
  • Michael Sullivan (1998-2001)
  • Richard J. Egan (2001-2002)
  • James Casey Kenny (2003-2006)
  • Thomas C. Foley (2006-2009)
  • Daniel M. Rooney (2009-)
  • William E. McCann (-)

Home | About Us | Contact Us | FAQ | Privacy Notice | External Link Policy | Copyright Info | Search
Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State