List of University College Dublin people

The following is a list of University College Dublin people, including notable alumni and faculty members of University College Dublin, a constituent university of the National University of Ireland.

Alumni

Influential writer James Joyce, c. 1918

Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins

Literature

• Maeve Binchy, author
• Sarah Rees Brennan
• Marina Carr
• Austin Clarke
• Brian Cleeve
• Brian Coffey
• Eamon Delaney
• Denis Devlin
• Emma Donoghue
• Roddy Doyle
• Desmond Hogan
• Gerard Manley Hopkins
• John Jordan
• James Joyce, author of Ulysses; considered one of the most influential writers of the 20th century
• Trevor Joyce
• Thomas Kilroy
• Mary Lavin
• Princess Mako of Akishino
• Hugh McFadden
• John McGahern
• Frank McGuinness
• Conor McPherson
• Kate O'Brien
• Ulick O'Connor
• Seán Ó Faoláin
• Brian O'Nolan, writer, At Swim-Two-Birds
• Emily O'Reilly
• Keith Ridgway
• Colm Tóibín

Journalism

• Vincent Browne
• Ruth Dudley Edwards
• Hugh McFadden
• Kevin Myers
• Doireann Ní Bhriain
• Kevin O'Sullivan, editor of The Irish Times
• Fintan O'Toole
• Maev-Ann Wren

Business

David J. O'Reilly, former Chairman and CEO of Chevron

Peter Sutherland

• Niall FitzGerald, former CEO of Unilever
• Aidan Heavey, CEO of Tullow Oil
• Tony O'Reilly, owner of Independent News and Media
• Denis O'Brien, owner of Communicorp and Digicell
• David J. O'Reilly, Chairman and CEO of Chevron Corporation
• Dalton Philips, CEO of Morrisons
• Feargal Quinn, former owner of Superquinn
• Peter Sutherland, former Director General of the World Trade Organization; former Chairman of British Petroleum; Chairman of Goldman Sachs Europe; served as Ireland's Attorney General and European Commissioner

Science and technology

• Peter Lynch, Irish mathematician and meteorologist
• John Monahan, bioscientist and CEO of Avigen Inc in California, a NASDAQ company
• John James Nolan, Irish physicist and President of the Royal Irish Academy
• Patrick Joseph Nolan, Irish atmospheric physicist
• Cormac O'Raifeartaigh, Irish physicist and philosopher of science

Finance and banking

• Patrick Honohan, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland

Politics and government

Heads of state

• V. V. Giri, 4th President of India (did not graduate)
• Patrick Hillery, 6th President of Ireland
• Douglas Hyde, 1st President of Ireland
• Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, 5th president of Ireland

Heads of government

• John Bruton, 9th Taoiseach of Ireland
• John A. Costello, 2nd Taoiseach of Ireland
• Brian Cowen, 11th Taoiseach of Ireland
• Garret FitzGerald, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland
• Charles Haughey, 6th Taoiseach of Ireland

Military

• Michael Beary, Irish Army Major General and Commander of UNIFIL

Other

Ryan Crocker, US Ambassador to Iraq and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Noel Kinsella, 46th Speaker of the Canadian Senate

• Dermot Ahern
• Anne Anderson – Irish Ambassador to the United States
• David Andrews
• Kevin Barry
• Séamus Brennan
• Richard Bruton
• Joan Burton
• Eibhlin Byrne
• Mella Carroll
• Mary Coughlan
• Ryan Crocker, former United States Ambassador to Iraq; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Catherine Day, Secretary-General of the European Commission
• Síle de Valera
• Noel Dempsey
• Professor James Dooge, former Minister of Foreign Affairs; European Union architect; climatologist; Professor of Civil Engineering at UCD for several years
• Alan Dukes
• Joe Higgins, Socialist Party TD
• Justin Keating
• Hugh Kennedy
• Noël A. Kinsella, 46th Speaker of the Senate of Canada
• Michael Kitt
• Brian Lenihan
• Thomas MacDonagh
• Charlie McCreevy; former European Commissioner for Internal Market & Services
• Michael McDowell; former Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
• Paul Murphy Socialist Party MEP
• John L. Murray
• Michael Noonan
• Éamon Ó Cuív
• Willie O'Dea
• Kevin O'Higgins
• Mary O'Rourke
• Nora Owen
• Patrick Pearse
• Ruairi Quinn
• James Ryan
• Francis Skeffington
• Michael Woods

Legal

Chief Justice of Ireland

• Ronan Keane
• Hugh Kennedy, first Chief Justice of the State
• John L. Murray

Academia

• Remi Chandran, researcher
• Anthony Clare, psychiatrist
• John Coakley, political scientist
• Arthur W. Conway, physicist
• Patrick Cosgrave, historian
• Deirdre Curtin, lawyer
• James Dooge, engineer
• Owen Dudley Edwards, historian
• Robert Dudley Edwards, historian
• John D. FitzGerald, economist
• Noel Fitzpatrick, veterinarian
• Roy C. Geary, statistician
• Thomas Kettle, economist
• John Francis Leader, psychologist
• Eoin MacNeill, scholar
• J. A. McClelland, physicist
• Thomas Preston, physicist
• Frances P. Ruane, economist
• Desmond Williams, historian

Engineers

• Thomas McLaughlin, key player in the construction of the Ardnacrusha power plant, the largest hydroelectric plant in the world when constructed
• Eddie O'Connor, founder of Mainstream Renewable Energy
• J.O.(Seán) Scanlan, circuit theory; gold medalist of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
• William F. Roe, electrical engineer; led the rural electrification scheme in Ireland

Arts

Carroll O'Connor, actor

Dara Ó Briain, comedian

Chris O'Dowd, actor

• Paul Brady
• Gabriel Byrne
• Graham Cantwell
• Cyril Cusack
• Brendan Gleeson
• Amy Huberman
• Neil Jordan
• Pat Kenny, broadcaster, former host of The Late Late Show
• Kieron Moore
• Dermot Morgan, actor best known as Father Ted
• Dara Ó Briain, Mock the Week, Have I Got News For You, QI, Three Men in a Boat
• Carroll O'Connor
• Chris O'Dowd, The IT Crowd, Bridesmaids, Girls, Moone Boy
• Dan O'Herlihy, Academy Award-nominated actor
• Kevin Roche, architect
• Jim Sheridan
• Ryan Tubridy, host of The Late Late Show

Clergy

• Desmond Connell, Cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin
• Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin
• Fr. Malachi Martin S.J., author
• John Henry Newman, Cardinal, educator, writer
• Tomás Ó Fiaich, Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh

Sports

Soccer

• Alan Cawley, retired professional footballer
• Tony McDonnell, retired professional footballer
• David McMillan, striker for Dundalk FC
• Evan McMillan, defender for Sligo Rovers
• Conor Sammon, Irish International, striker for Derby County

Rugby

Brian O'Driscoll, Ireland and British and Irish Lions Captain

• Patrick Casey, former Irish International
• Gordon D'Arcy, Irish rugby international, British and Irish Lions
• Mick Doyle, Irish rugby international player and coach, British and Irish Lions
• Tony Ensor, former Irish rugby international
• Luke Fitzgerald, Ireland international and the British and Irish Lions
• Will Connors Ireland u20's flanker and a strong gatter. All round sound lad
• Denis Hickie, former Irish rugby international, British and Irish Lions
• Rob Kearney, Ireland International and the British and Irish Lions
• Ray McLoughlin, Ireland international and British and Irish Lions
• Brian O'Driscoll, captain of the Irish rugby team, British and Irish Lions
• Conor O'Shea, Irish rugby international and director of rugby at Harlequins F.C.
• Jonathan Sexton, Irish International
• Fergus Slattery, Ireland international and the British and Irish Lions
• Cillian Willis, currently playing for Connacht Rugby

GAA

• Brian Dooher
• Cormac McAnallen
• Kevin O'Flanagan
• Derval O'Rourke
• Jason Sherlock

Swimming

• Michelle Smith

Fictional

• Brother Barnabas
• Stephen Dedalus
• Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

Humanitarians

• John O'Shea, humanitarian, founder of GOAL

Faculty

• Hugh Brady
• Gerard Casey
• Terence Dolan
• James J. Heckman
• Mark Keane
• Declan Kiberd
• Sinisa Malesevic
• Stephen Mennell
• Edna O'Brien
• Da-Wen Sun
• Joseph Watson

See also

• List of NUI Galway people

References