Eamonn L. Kennedy
Eamonn Lucas Kennedy (born December 13, 1921 in Dublin , † December 12, 2000 ) was an Irish diplomat .
Kennedy studied at University College Dublin , where he received his Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm) in 1943 . He then continued his studies at the National University of Ireland , where he received his Master of Arts in 1946 and a doctorate in economics in 1970 .
In 1943 Kennedy began to work in the diplomatic service of the Irish State Department. During his diplomatic career he held positions in Ottawa (1947–1949, as Second Secretary) and Paris (1950–1955). In the 1950s he moved to New York City to work there from 1956 as Counselor in the Irish Mission to the United Nations . Here he also met his future wife Barbara Jane Black, daughter of the founder of Chock full o'Nuts William Black. She was present as a journalist at the United Nations. The two married in 1960.
In 1961, after the opening of the Irish embassy in Nigeria , Kennedy became the first Irish ambassador to that country and thus also the first Irish ambassador to a third world country . Three years later he became ambassador to Germany . His two children were born during his time at the Irish Embassy in Bonn .
In 1970 he became ambassador to France . A few days after his arrival in Paris, there was an attack on the Irish embassy, but Kennedy and his family escaped unharmed. In 1974 he returned to New York City to become Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations. He held this office until 1978.
His next ambassadorial post took him to London . During his five years as Irish Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1978 to 1983, IRA bombings , Kennedy's delivery of his letter of accreditation was overshadowed by the murder of Louis Mountbatten , and a long hunger strike by Irish prisoners in the British Maze Prison , a burden on diplomatic staff Relations between the two countries. Kennedy moved to Rome in 1983 . In 1987 he retired and settled in New York City. Kennedy died in December 2000 after a long illness the day before his 79th birthday.
Web links
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- Gale, Thomson: The Blue Book: Leaders of the English-Speaking World (1973)
- Who's who in the world, Volume 13 (1976)
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| SURNAME | Kennedy, Eamonn L. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kennedy, Eamonn Lucas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 2000 |