France and Ireland are both members of the Council of Europe, European Union and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

[1] In 1689, France supported Ireland during the Williamite War to restore King James II of England to the throne.

[2] Many Irish soldiers also traveled and served with the French in the exploration and colonization of New France.

[4] In August 1798, a French fleet landed in Killala Bay, County Mayo with 1,060 soldiers under the command of General Jean Joseph Amable Humbert.

[4] Irish rebels joined the French against the British but lost at the Battle of Ballinamuck in September 1798.

[4] In 1803, Napoléon Bonaparte created the Irish Legion which fought for France in the Walcheren Campaign and Peninsular War.

In 1929, Ireland opened a diplomatic legation in Paris and appointed Gerald Edward O'Kelly de Gallagh et Tycooly as the first Irish Minister to France.