Editing Robin Eames (section)

==Retirement and succession==
[[File:Lord Eames and Royal Irish .jpg|thumb|right|Archbishop Eames presenting shamrocks to members of The Royal Irish Regiment in 2011]]

At the Church of Ireland General Synod in 2006 he announced his intention to retire on 31 December 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archbishop Eames to retire |url=https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2006/05/archbishop-eames-to-retire.aspx |access-date=2020-10-16 |website=Anglican News |archive-date=18 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818163327/https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2006/05/archbishop-eames-to-retire.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> Church law permitted him to continue as primate until the age of 75 but he resigned, in good health, at the age of 69. A tribute to him in ''The Irish Times'', assessing his years of public ministry and likely legacy noted that "behind the warm smile, many know there is a man of steel."<ref>{{Cite news |title=The legacy of Dr Robin Eames |language=en |work=Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/the-legacy-of-dr-robin-eames-1.1002664 |access-date=2020-10-16 |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228185304/https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/the-legacy-of-dr-robin-eames-1.1002664 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 10 January 2007, the eleven serving bishops of the Church of Ireland, meeting at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, elected [[Alan Harper (archbishop)|Alan Harper]], Bishop of Connor, as Eames's successor.