Irish American Partnership to Honor Claire Cronin, U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, at Boston Harbor Hotel on January 22, 2025

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Congratulations to U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Claire D. Cronin, who completes her service of nearly three years at the U.S. Embassy in Dublin representing the Biden Administration.    

Ambassador Cronin will receive a warm welcome home back in Boston on Wednesday, January 22, when the Irish American Partnership honors her at its Women's Leadership Celebration at the Boston Harbor Hotel.  The event is part of the Partnership's Annual  Nollaig na mBan [Women’s Christmas] gathering.

Ambassador Cronin will share her story and reflect on her remarkable career as a diplomat, elected official and attorney.  Proceeds from the event will be donated to the O’Neill School Grants program. 

Cronin was nominated by President Joe Biden to be U.S. Ambassador to Ireland on June 23, 2021. After confirmation by the U.S. Senate on December, 2021, she was sworn into office by Attorney William Bonaccorso on January 19 2022.  Ambassador Cronin presented her credentials to Ireland’s President Michael D. Higgins at his official residence and workplace, Áras an Uachtaráin, on February 10, 2022.

Ireland President Michael D. Higgins welcomes Ambassador Claire D. Cronin and her family 

Read about Ambassador Cronin in Irish America Magazine. 

Prior to her appointment, Ambassador Cronin was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. The first woman to serve as the Chair of the Judiciary Committee, Cronin was the architect of significant pieces of legislation, including major criminal justice reform and police reform. She later became the first female House majority leader.

US Ambassador Claire Cronin at Scoil Eoghain National School in Moville, Co Donegal, with Principal Liam McDermott and IAP President & CEO Mary Sugrue

Ambassador Cronin got to work with the Irish American Partnership while serving at the State House, and continued her alliance with the group when she moved to Dublin, welcoming Partnership members to the Embassy and visiting schools that were recipients of IAP grants, including in her ancestral county of Donegal. She called the Partnership, "an organization that has become very near and dear to my heart. Its impact is felt where it is needed."


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