Consulate history
The first Irish Consul General to Chicago was Daniel J. McGrath, appointed in 1933.
The Consulate of Ireland was based in Chicago’s iconic Wrigley Building at 400 N Michigan Ave from 1933-2011. In 2011 the Consulate moved across the Chicago River to its current location, in an office on the 18th floor of the Kemper Building at 1 East Wacker Drive.
Consul General Kevin Byrne is Ireland’s 23rd Consul General to the Midwestern United States.
1933 | Opened January 1933, Daniel J. McGrath, Consul |
1943 | Garth Healy, Consul |
1949 | John M. Conway, Consul |
1956 | Sean Ronan, Consul |
1961 | Gearoid O’Clerigh, Acting Consul General |
1963 | Dr. Sean O hEieain, Consul General |
1965 | Brian O’Ceallaigh, Consul General |
1971 | Tim Corcoran, Consul General |
1975 | Tom Lyons, Consul General |
1977 | Ronan Murphy, Consul General |
1980 | Liam Canniffe, Consul General |
1985 | Peter Gunning, Consul General |
1989 | Gary Ansbro, Consul General |
1993 | Barrie Robinson, Consul General |
1994 | Frank Sheridan, Consul General |
1998 | Eamon Hickey, Consul General |
2002 | Charles Sheehan, Consul General |
2006 | Sean Farrell, Consul General |
2007 | Martin Rouine, Consul General |
2011 | Aidan Cronin, Consul General |
2015 | Orla McBreen, Consul General |
2016 | Brian O'Brien, Consul General |
2020 | Kevin Byrne, Consul General |