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Chiefs of Mission for Ireland
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Chiefs of Mission
- Frederick Augustine Sterling (1876–1957)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 27, 1927–March 7, 1934
- William Wallace McDowell (1867–1934)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 27, 1934–April 9, 1934
- Alvin Mansfield Owsley (1888–1967)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 27, 1935–July 7, 1937
- John Clarence Cudahy (1887–1943)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 23, 1937–January 15, 1940
- David Gray Jr. (1870–1968)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 15, 1940–June 28, 1947
- George Angus Garrett (1888–1971)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 28, 1947–April 18, 1950
- George Angus Garrett (1888–1971)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 18, 1950–May 27, 1951
- Francis Patrick Matthews (1887–1952)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 22, 1951–September 7, 1952
- William Howard Taft III (1915–1991)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 13, 1953–June 25, 1957
- Robert Walter Scott McLeod (1914–1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 17, 1957–March 15, 1961
- Edward Grant Stockdale (1915–1963)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 17, 1961–July 7, 1962
- Matthew Henry McCloskey Jr. (1893–1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 19, 1962–June 7, 1964
- Raymond Richard Guest (1907–1991)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 28, 1965–June 7, 1968
- Leo John Sheridan (1897–1975)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 1, 1968–June 1, 1969
- John Denis Joseph Moore (1910–1988)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 23, 1969–June 30, 1975
- Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Jr. (1922–2016)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 18, 1975–May 2, 1977
- William Vincent Shannon (1927–1988)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 20, 1977–June 7, 1981
- Peter H. Dailey (1930–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 30, 1982–January 15, 1984
- Robert Francis Kane (1926–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 6, 1984–May 29, 1985
- Margaret Mary O’Shaughnessy Heckler (1931–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 30, 1986–August 20, 1989
- Richard Anthony Moore (1914–1995)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 19, 1989–June 15, 1992
- William Henry Gerald FitzGerald (1909–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 26, 1992–June 5, 1993
- Jean Kennedy Smith (1928–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 24, 1993–September 17, 1998
- Michael Sullivan (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 21, 1999–June 20, 2001
- Richard J. Egan (1936–2009)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 10, 2001–December 21, 2002
- James Casey Kenny (1953–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 31, 2003–August 13, 2006
- Thomas C. Foley (1952–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 18, 2006–January 22, 2009
- Daniel M. Rooney (1932–2017)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 3, 2009–December 14, 2012
- Stuart Anderson Dwyer (1964–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 2013–October 2014
- Kevin Francis O’Malley (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 8, 2014–January 20, 2017
- Reece Smyth (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 20, 2017–June 29, 2019
- Edward F. Crawford (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 29, 2019–
Other Nominees
- William Wallace McDowell (1867–1934)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; did not serve under this appointment. Commissioned to the Irish Free State.
- William E. McCann (1930–2002)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination of March 17, 1981, not acted upon by the Senate.