This is a list of Canadian ambassadors and high commissioners to Ireland. Prior to 1949 Canada sent High Commissioners to the Irish Free State, which was a fellow Commonwealth Realm at the time. With the passage of the Republic of Ireland Act 1948, the Oireachtas (Irish parliament) explicitly stated that Ireland was a republic. Therefore, since Canada and Ireland no longer share a head of state, under diplomatic theory, they must now exchange ambassadors.
| High Commissioner | Start of Term | End of Term |
|---|---|---|
| John Hall Kelly | December 28, 1929 | March 9, 1941 |
| John Doherty Kearney | July 31, 1941 | |
| Merchant M. Mahoney | November 19, 1945 | May 4, 1946 |
| Edward Joseph Garland | May 4, 1946 | March 19, 1947 |
| Hon. William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon | October 24, 1946 | June 30, 1949 |
| Ambassador | Start of Term | End of Term |
|---|---|---|
| David Moffat Johnson | July 17, 1949 | December 1949 |
| Hon. William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon | January 23, 1950 | April 20, 1955 |
| Joseph Marc Antoine Jean Chapdelaine | January 23, 1950 | July 17, 1950 |
| Alfred Rive | August 16, 1955 | July 7, 1963 |
| Paul Vernon McLane | July 7, 1963 | March 29, 1965 |
| Evan William Thistle Gill | November 6, 1964 | March 22, 1968 |
| James Joachim McCardle | October 8, 1968 | |
| Harold Morton Maddick | May 25, 1972 | August 31, 1976 |
| Albert Edgar Ritchie | June 29, 1976 | November 7, 1980 |
| Alan William Sullivan | February 12, 1981 | |
| Hon. Edgar J. Benson | September 3, 1982 | |
| Gustav Gad Rezek | 1985 | May 12, 1986 |
| Dennis McDermott | January 28, 1986 | May 24, 1989 |
| Michael A. Wadsworth | August 24, 1989 | October 22, 1994 |
| Barry Michael Mawhinney | July 12, 1994 | October 4, 1996 |
| Michael B. Phillips | September 24, 1996 | September 11, 1998 |
| Ron Irwin | September 4, 1998 | |
| William Gusen | October 10, 2001 | August 1, 2002 |
| Mark Moher | July 2, 2002 | August 8, 2006 |
| Christopher William Westdal | September 20, 2006 | December 7, 2006 |
| Carl Schwenger | December 7, 2006 |
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