[3] Nonetheless, the office holder retained his title.

In 1937, the Irish Free State was renamed Ireland so the High Commissioner’s title was changed to High Commissioner of Ireland to the United Kingdom.

The officeholder retained that title until Ireland’s last links with the Commonwealth were terminated in 1949.

The High Commissioner at the time then became the Ambassador of Ireland to the United Kingdom.

The Irish Foreign Ministry name their Embassy in London as the Embassy to Great Britain due to nationalist sensitivities concerning the full name "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".