Declan Kelly is the current Irish Ambassador to Malaysia and Thailand.[1][2] Prior to that appointment he was the Irish Ambassador to Canada, succeeding Martin Burke.[3]
Married to Anne Bernadette Kelly, he gave the 2007 convocation address at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick[4]
Prior to his placement as ambassador at the Irish embassy in Ottawa, Kelly was the ambassador to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.[1][5] Earlier, Kelly had been posted to Ottawa from 1985 to 1990 as the First Secretary and Charge d’Affairs at the Irish Embassy.[3]
Kelly was Republic of Ireland Consul General in San Francisco from 1992 to 1998.[1]