SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 14
Whereas, a century ago, in October 1924, Ireland
formally opened diplomatic relations with the United States
of America when Timothy Smiddy presented his credentials to
President Calvin Coolidge. Following the Irish people's
long and painful struggle for independence, the U.S. was one
of the first nations to recognize the fledgling Irish state
earlier that year, and when Smiddy emerged from the White
House, he had become Ireland's first Ambassador to any
country in the world. It was very appropriate that
Ireland's first representative overseas should be dispatched
to Washington, D.C. for, while 1924 marked the beginning of