List of ambassadors of the United States to Ireland
Ambassadors
Table:
No.

Name

Appointed

Presentation
of Credentials

Termination
of Mission

Days in
Office

Notes

1
George A. Garrett
March 17, 1950
April 18, 1950
May 27, 1951
404

2
Francis P. Matthews
July 6, 1951
October 22, 1951
September 7, 1952
321
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3
William Howard Taft III
April 2, 1953
May 13, 1953
June 25, 1957
1504

4
R. W. Scott McLeod
May 9, 1957
July 17, 1957
March 15, 1961
1337

5
Edward G. Stockdale
March 29, 1961
May 17, 1961
July 7, 1962
416

6
Matthew H. McCloskey
July 12, 1962
July 19, 1962
June 7, 1964
689

7
Raymond R. Guest
March 11, 1965
April 28, 1965
June 7, 1968
1136

8
Leo J. Sheridan
September 26, 1968
November 1, 1968
June 1, 1969
212

9
John D. J. Moore
April 19, 1969
June 23, 1969
June 30, 1975
2198
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10
Walter J. P. Curley Jr.
July 23, 1975
September 18, 1975
May 2, 1977
592

11
William V. Shannon
June 22, 1977
July 20, 1977
June 7, 1981
1418

12
Peter H. Dailey
March 15, 1982
April 30, 1982
January 15, 1984
625

13
Robert F. Kane
February 28, 1984
March 6, 1984
May 29, 1985
449

14
Margaret M. Heckler
December 17, 1985
January 30, 1986
August 20, 1989
1298

15
Richard A. Moore
August 7, 1989
September 19, 1989
June 15, 1992
1000

16
William H. G. FitzGerald
June 15, 1992
June 26, 1992
June 5, 1993
344

17
Jean Kennedy Smith
June 17, 1993
June 24, 1993
September 17, 1998
1911
A3

18
Michael J. Sullivan
October 22, 1998
January 21, 1999
June 20, 2001
881
A3

19
Richard J. Egan
August 29, 2001
September 10, 2001
January 31, 2003
508

20
James C. Kenny
October 6, 2003
October 31, 2003
August 13, 2006
1017
A3

21
Thomas C. Foley
August 28, 2006
October 18, 2006
January 22, 2009
827
A3

22
Daniel M. Rooney
July 1, 2009
July 3, 2009
December 14, 2012
1260

23
Kevin F. O'Malley
September 18, 2014
October 8, 2014
January 20, 2017
835
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