The official title is Ambassador of Ireland to the Kingdom of Spain.

Leopold H. Kerney was the first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and was appointed in September 1935.

Kerney presented his credentials to the President of the Spanish Republic, Niceto Alcalá Zamora.

The legation of the Irish Free State in Madrid was closed temporarily because of the Spanish Civil War.

Kerney sought refuge in St Jean de Luz, on the French border with Spain.