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Daniel Mulhall
Daniel Mulhall in 2019
Ambassador of Ireland to the United States
In office
8 September 2017 – August 2022
PresidentMichael D. Higgins
TaoiseachLeo Varadkar
Micheál Martin
Preceded byAnne Anderson
Succeeded byGeraldine Byrne Nason
Ambassador of Ireland to the United Kingdom
In office
September 2013 – 22 August 2017
PresidentMichael D. Higgins
TaoiseachEnda Kenny
Leo Varadkar
Preceded byBobby McDonagh
Succeeded byAdrian O'Neill
Ambassador of Ireland to Germany
In office
November 2009 – August 2013
PresidentMary McAleese
Michael D. Higgins
TaoiseachBrian Cowen
Enda Kenny
Preceded byDavid Donoghue
Succeeded byMichael Collins
Ambassador of Ireland to Malaysia
In office
October 2001 – September 2005
PresidentMary McAleese
TaoiseachBertie Ahern
Preceded byBobby McDonagh
Succeeded byEugene Hutchinson
Personal details
Born (1955-04-08) 8 April 1955 (age 69)
Waterford, Ireland
CitizenshipIrish
Nationality Ireland
Alma materUniversity College Cork

Daniel Mulhall (born 8 April 1955) is a retired Irish diplomat and a former Ambassador of Ireland to the United States. He has also been Ireland's Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Germany and Malaysia.[1]

Education

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Born in Waterford, Ireland, Mulhall studied at University College Cork. He received a BA degree in 1975, a Higher Diploma in Education in 1978, and an MA in history in 1979.[2]

Career

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Mulhall joined Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs in 1978 as Third Secretary in the Economics Division. He then moved to the department's Development Cooperation Division, and was later posted in 1980 to the embassy in New Delhi. In 1983, Mulhall moved back to Dublin to work in the Political Division.

Mulhall then became First Secretary at the Embassy of Ireland in Vienna, followed by a posting to the Permanent Representation to the European Union in Brussels in 1990. In 1995, he became Counsellor of the Press Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs. In 1998, he was installed as the first Consul General of Ireland in Edinburgh.[1]

In October 2001, Mulhall was appointed to the post of Ambassador to Malaysia and was also accredited to Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. He was the Irish government's representative during the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami and helped "get survivors home as part of the Irish emergency response efforts".[3][4] Mulhall returned to Dublin in 2005 as the Assistant Secretary of the European Union Division of the department.

In November 2009, he became Ireland's Ambassador to Germany. His posting to Berlin coincided with the Irish financial crisis.

In 2013, he was posted to the Irish Embassy in London as the Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Mulhall was the Irish Ambassador when the UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016. He campaigned against Brexit, as was Irish government policy, and later spoke of his "personal sadness" that Brexit is "threatening to reverse decades of improving relations since peace was established".[5] He said that Irish-British relations "had been neglected" in the referendum.[5] He called on the British government to remain in the Customs Union "to minimise the impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement".[6]

In March 2017, it was announced that Mulhall would become the 18th Ambassador of Ireland to the United States later that year.[7]

In August 2017, he arrived in Washington DC and presented his credentials to US President Donald Trump when he was officially installed as Ambassador to the US.[1]

In March 2022 New York University announced that after his retirement from the Department of Foreign Affairs in August 2022 Mulhall would become global distinguished professor in Irish studies, teaching an undergraduate seminar, "Literature as History: Ireland 1880-1940".[8]

Mulhall is Parnell Fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge for 2022–23.[9]

Awards and honours

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In July 2017, Mulhall was awarded the Freedom of the City of London.[7]

On 4 March 2019, he was made a freeman of his native city of Waterford.[10]

In November 2019, he was named Honorary President of the Yeats Society.[11]

Publications

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  • George Russell — a literary witness to Irish history, History Ireland[12]
  • A New Day Dawning: A Portrait of Ireland in 1900, The Collins Press, Cork, 1999[13]
  • How the European Union Helped the U.K. and Ireland Move From War to Peace, Time, 2016[14]
  • The Shaping of Modern Ireland: A Centenary Assessment, with Eugenio Biagini, Irish Academic Press 2016[15]
  • The Emerald Isle Has Friends On Both Sides of the Aisle, Foreign Policy, 2019[16]
  • Leopold Bloom, the anti-nationalist star of 'Ulysses', is an ambassador for our day, Washington Post, 2022[17]
  • Ulysses: A Reader's Odyssey, New Island Press, 2022[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Ambassador Daniel Mulhall - Department of Foreign Affairs". www.dfa.ie. Irish Embassy USA. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  2. ^ Bewig, Matt (26 November 2017). "Ambassador of Ireland to the United States: Who Is Daniel Mulhall?". All Gov. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Daniel Mulhall - Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). dfa.ie.
  4. ^ "Irish Ambassador: 'Ireland's recovery will benefit Irish in Britain'". Irish Post. 23 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b O'Carroll, Lisa (2 August 2017). "Ireland's departing UK ambassador shares 'sadness' over Brexit". The Guardian.
  6. ^ "Ireland urges Britain to remain in Customs Union after Brexit". Sky News. 21 July 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Outgoing Irish Ambassador Dan Mulhall granted Freedom of the City of London". Irish Post. 17 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Irish ambassador in US to become professor in Irish studies at New York University". www.irishtimes.com. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Parnell Fellows". www.magd.cam.ac.uk/fellow/parnell. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  10. ^ Irish ambassador to the U.S.made Freeman of his native city Waterford, Irishcentral.com, 5 March 2019
  11. ^ "Honorary President". yeatssociety.com.
  12. ^ Mulhall, Daniel. "George Russell—a literary witness to Irish history". Historyireland.com. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  13. ^ a b Ludicello, Fay (16 June 2022). "Irish Ambassador Daniel Mulhall will join Books & Brunch discussion Saturday". Press.org. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  14. ^ Mulhall, Daniel (21 June 2016). "How the European Union Helped the U.K. and Ireland Move From War to Peace". Time. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  15. ^ "The shaping of modern Ireland: a centenary assessment". Tandfonline.com. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  16. ^ Mulhall, Daniel (19 June 2019). "The Emerald Isle Has Friends On Both Sides of the Aisle". Foreignpolicy.com. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  17. ^ Mulhall, Daniel (1 February 2022). "Leopold Bloom, the anti-nationalist star of 'Ulysses', is an ambassador for our day". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Ambassador of Ireland to Malaysia
2001–2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Ambassador of Ireland to Germany
2009–2013 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Ambassador of Ireland to the United Kingdom
2013–2017 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Ambassador of Ireland to the United States
2017–2022 		Succeeded by
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