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.
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Alumni
Influential writer James Joyce, c. 1918
Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins
Literature
- Maeve Binchy, author
- 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
- Conor McPherson
- John McGahern
- Frank McGuinness
- Brian O'Nolan, writer (At Swim-Two-Birds)
- Kate O'Brien
- Ulick O'Connor
- Sean O'Faolain
- Emily O'Reilly
- Sarah Rees Brennan
- Keith Ridgway
- Colm Tóibín
Journalism
- Kevin O'Sullivan, current editor of The Irish Times
- Vincent Browne
- Ruth Dudley Edwards
- Hugh McFadden
- Kevin Myers
- Doireann Ní Bhriain
- Fintan O'Toole
- Maev-Ann Wren
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 Digicell
- David J. O'Reilly, Chairman and CEO of Chevron Corporation
- Peter Sutherland, Former Director General of the World Trade Organization, Chairman of British Petroleum and Goldman Sachs Europe. Also served as Ireland's Attorney General and European Commissioner.
- Dalton Philips, CEO of Morrisons
- Feargal Quinn, former owner of Superquinn
Finance and Banking
- Patrick Honohan, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland
Politics and government
Heads of State
- Douglas Hyde, 1st President of Ireland
- Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, 5th president of Ireland
- Patrick Hillery, 6th President of Ireland
- V. V. Giri, 4th President of India (did not graduate)
Heads of Government
- John A. Costello, 2nd Taoiseach of Ireland
- John Bruton, 9th Taoiseach of Ireland
- Garret FitzGerald, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland
- Charles Haughey, 6th Taoiseach of Ireland
- Brian Cowen, 11th Taoiseach of Ireland
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
- Willie O'Dea
- 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
- Alan Dukes
- Noel Dempsey
- Síle de Valera
- Professor James Dooge, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union architect and climatologist. Was Professor of Civil Engineering at UCD for several years.
- 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)
- Paul Murphy Socialist Party MEP
- Michael McDowell (Former Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform)
- John L. Murray
- Michael Noonan
- Nora Owen
- Éamon Ó Cuív
- Kevin O'Higgins
- Mary O'Rourke
- Patrick Pearse
- Ruairi Quinn
- James Ryan
- Francis Skeffington
- Michael Woods
Legal
Chief Justice of Ireland
- Ronan Keane
- John L. Murray
- Hugh Kennedy, First Chief Justice of the State
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)
- Eoin MacNeill (Irish scholar)
- J. A. McClelland (physicist)
- Thomas Preston (physicist)
- Frances P. Ruane (economist)
- Desmond Williams (historian)
Engineers
- William F. Roe, electrical engineer who led the rural electrification scheme in Ireland
- J.O.(Seán) Scanlan, Circuit Theory; Gold Medalist of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
- Eddie O'Connor, Founder of Mainstream Renewable Energy
- Thomas McLaughlin, key player in the construction of the Ardnacrusha power plant which was the largest Hydroelectric Plant in the world when constructed
Arts
Carroll O'Connor, Actor
Dara Ó Briain, comedian
Chris O'Dowd, actor
- Gabriel Byrne
- Graham Cantwell
- Cyril Cusack
- Brendan Gleeson
- Neil Jordan
- Kevin Roche (architect)
- Jim Sheridan
- Carroll O'Connor
- Dan O'Herlihy, Academy Award nominated actor.
- Amy Huberman
- Dave Fanning, radio and television broadcaster
- Pat Kenny, Broadcaster, former host of The Late Late Show
- Dermot Morgan, actor best known as Father Ted
- Kieron Moore
- Dara Ó Briain, Mock the Week, Have I Got News For You, QI, Three Men in a Boat
- Chris O'Dowd, The IT Crowd, Bridesmaids, Girls, Moone Boy
- Ryan Tubridy, host of The Late Late Show
- Paul Brady
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
- Conor Sammon, Irish International, striker for Derby County
- Ciarán Kilduff, striker for Shamrock Rovers
- Ronan Finn, midfielder for Shamrock Rovers
- David McMillan, striker for Dundalk FC
- Evan McMillan, defender for Sligo Rovers
- Alan Cawley, retired professional footballer
- Tony McDonnell, retired professional footballer
Rugby
Brian O'Driscoll, Ireland and British and Irish Lions Captain
- Patrick Casey, former Irish International
- Denis Hickie, former Irish rugby international, British and Irish Lions
- Brian O'Driscoll, Captain of the Irish rugby team, British and Irish Lions
- Gordon D'Arcy, Irish rugby international, British and Irish Lions
- Mick Doyle, Irish rugby international player and coach, British and Irish Lions
- Rob Kearney, Ireland International and the British and Irish Lions
- Luke Fitzgerald, Ireland international and the British and Irish Lions
- Ray McLoughlin, Ireland international and British and Irish Lions
- Conor O'Shea, Irish rugby international and director of rugby at Harlequins F.C.
- Tony Ensor, former Irish rugby international
- Jonathan Sexton, Irish International
- Fergus Slattery, Ireland international and the British and Irish Lions
- Cillian Willis, currently playing for Connacht Rugby
GAA
Swimming
Fictional
- Stephen Dedalus
- Brother Barnabas
- Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
Humanitarian
- 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
References
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