Status
Status: ActiveThe Embassy of Ireland is at Avenida del Libertador 1068, Recoleta, and since 5 October 2026 receives visitors by appointment only. Ambassador Olive Hempenstall heads the mission, which covers Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. It was Ireland's only Latin American mission until 1999.
The Embassy channels Emigrant Support Programme grants of roughly 1,000 to 8,500 euro a year to Argentine associations and schools, totalling 24,153 euro in 2024 and 12,425 euro in 2025, and runs strategic projects itself: the Encuentro of Irish-Argentine societies, an Irish gathering in Latin America and, in 2025, a 34,516 euro digitisation of The Southern Cross. It funds Irish Studies, backs Gaelic games through the GAA's Global Games Development Fund, hosts the St Patrick's reception with a visiting Irish minister, supports Bloomsday and literary and film events through Culture Ireland, and runs the Cecilia Grierson scholarships and the Working Holiday scheme, which brings about 200 young Argentines a year to Ireland.
Published sources give different versions. Here is each one with its source, and the wording we use.
When the Irish mission in Buenos Aires opened
The Embassy opened in Buenos Aires in 1948
Source: ireland.ie, Ireland in Argentina (undated; © 2026), 11 October 2026(opens in a new tab)The Argentine Embassy in Dublin opened in 1948 and the Irish Embassy in Buenos Aires began work the following year
Source: Cancillería Argentina, 100 años de amistad Argentina-Irlanda, exhibition catalogue (2017), 2017(opens in a new tab)We say: Opened in 1948–49
Usually around 17 March 2027; this year's date is not yet announced.
Buenos Aires
The Embassy of Ireland hosts a St Patrick's reception on or near 17 March, usually with a visiting Irish minister: Jack Chambers in 2025, Dara Calleary in 2024 (with a Mass at Santa Brígida), and Niall Collins announced for 2026.
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