Dan Mulhall

Daniel Mulhall is a former Irish diplomat who has served as Ambassador to the United Kingdom, the United States, Malaysia, Germany. He was Ambassador during both the first Trump and the subsequent Biden administrations.

Since his retirement in 2022, he has worked as a consultant with a global law firm and is a director of an animation production company. 

Daniel is also a Global Distinguished Professor of Irish Studies at Glucksman Ireland House, New York University, Parnell Fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge and a Resident Fellow at the Institute of Politics, Harvard University. He also holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Liverpool, Chatham University (Pittsburg), Neumann University (Philadelphia) and the Sout-East Technological University (Waterford).

Throughout Daniel’s life, he has lectured and published extensively on Irish history and literature. He is the author of Ulysses: A Reader’s Odyssey (New Island Books, 2022) and Pilgrim Soul: W.B. Yeats and the Ireland of his Time (New Island Books, 2023). He is Honorary President of the Yeats Society (Sligo).

He has been awarded the Freedom of the City of London and of Waterford. 

In September 2024 was inducted into the Irish American Hall of Fame.