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
- Gabriel Byrne
- Marina Carr
- Austin Clarke
- Brian Cleeve
- Brian Coffey
- Eamon Delaney
- Denis Devlin
- Emma Donoghue
- Roddy Doyle (Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha)
- Paul Durcan
- Rayna Wingerd
- Brendan Gleeson
- Michael Hartnett
- Desmond Hogan
- Gerard Manley Hopkins
- John Jordan
- Neil Jordan, Oscar winner, (The Crying Game)
- James Joyce, author of Ulysses
- Trevor Joyce
- Thomas Kilroy
- Mary Lavin
- Princess Mako of Akishino
- Hugh McFadden
- John McGahern
- Frank McGuinness
- Conor McPherson
- John Montague
- Flann O'Brien (At Swim-Two-Birds)
- Kate O'Brien
- Carroll O'Connor
- Joseph O'Connor
- Ulick O'Connor
- Chris O'Dowd
- Dan O'Herlihy
- Seán Ó Faoláin
- Liam O'Flaherty
- Nuala O Faolain
- Brian O'Nolan, writer, At Swim-Two-Birds
- Emily O'Reilly
- Keith Ridgway
- Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot)
- Colm Tóibín (The Master)
Journalism
Business
David J. O'Reilly, former Chairman and CEO of Chevron
- 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 Digicel
- David J. O'Reilly, Chairman and CEO of Chevron Corporation[1][2]
- 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
- Rónadh Cox, Irish geologist, Brust Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at Williams College and Fellow of the Geological Society of America
- Conor P. Delaney, Irish-American colorectal surgeon known for developing enhanced recovery pathways
- Dervilla M. X. Donnelly, Irish chemist
- Orla Feely, Vice President for Research, Innovation and Impact and Professor of Electronic Engineering at University College Dublin,[3] and Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer of Ireland
- Mary Horgan, Irish physician and president of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
- Thomas J. Laffey, Mathematician known for group theory and matrix theory
- Peter Lynch, Irish mathematician, meteorologist, book author and Irish Times columnist
- Eilis McGovern, Irish professor of cardiothoracic surgery, President of RCSI, and first female President of any Royal College of Surgeons in the world
- Henry Charles McWeeney, Irish mathematician who served as vice president of UCD from 1909 to 1935
- John Monahan, bioscientist and CEO of Avigen Inc in California, a NASDAQ company
- Colm Mulcahy, Mathematician known for his chronicling of Irish mathematicians throughout history
- Thomas E. Nevin, Irish physicist and Dean of the Faculty of Science 1963 to 1979
- 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
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
Other Political Leaders
- Mairead McGuinness, European Commissioner
- V. V. Giri, 4th President of India
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[4]
- David Andrews
- Kevin Barry
- Séamus Brennan
- Richard Bruton
- Joan Burton
- Eibhlin Byrne
- Mella Carroll
- Hazel Chu
- Mary Coughlan
- Patrick Costello
- 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
- Dermot Gallagher, Secretary-General of the Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland
- Joe Higgins, former Socialist Party TD & MEP
- Ruth Coppinger former TD for Dublin West
- 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
- Alasdair McDonnell former SDLP leader and MP for Belfast South
- Michael McDowell; former Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Paul Murphy TD for Dublin South West, former 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
- Robert Watt (Irish civil servant)
Legal
- Ronan Keane[5]
- Hugh Kennedy, first Chief Justice of the State
- John L. Murray
- Paul Gallagher, former Attorney General
- Anthony J. Hederman
- Cecil Lavery
- Dermot Gleeson
Academia
- Thom Brooks, philosopher and legal academic
- 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
- Páid McGee, psychologist
- Thomas Preston, physicist
- Frances P. Ruane, economist
- Desmond Williams, historian
- Aoife Gowen, researcher
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
Dara Ó Briain, comedian
Chris O'Dowd, actor
- Paul Brady
- Gabriel Byrne
- Graham Cantwell
- Cyril Cusack
- Foil Arms and Hog, Irish sketch comedy group.
- Brendan Gleeson
- Amy Huberman
- Neil Jordan
- Roisin Kennedy, art critic and curator
- Pat Kenny, broadcaster, former host of The Late Late Show
- Dominique McElligott, actor
- Hugh McFadden
- 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
- Colette Wong, presenter of Fox Sports Central Asia
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
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
- 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 Harlequin F.C.
- Jonathan Sexton, Irish International
- Fergus Slattery, Ireland international and the British and Irish Lions
- Cillian Willis, currently playing for Connacht Rugby
Swimming
Fictional
- Brother Barnabas
- Stephen Dedalus
- Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
- Peter Rogan
Humanitarians
- John O'Shea, humanitarian, founder of GOAL
- Maura Lynch, Irish doctor, a nun, and proponent of women's health in Africa
Faculty
See also
References
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