James A. Sharkey
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James Sharkey (born 1945, Derry, Northern Ireland) is an Irish historian and diplomat.
He was born and educated in Derry City and worked as a teacher in Stepney, Derry and Dublin.
He is the author of works about folk history in Inishowen, Scots Gaelic, the Russian peasantry and Lafcadio Hearn.
In 1971 he joined the Irish diplomatic service. He served as Irish ambassador to (among other countries) Indonesia, Japan and Russia. He is currently Ireland’s ambassador in Switzerland.
