Notable Past Pupils
Academia
Arthur Clery - Politician, Professor of Law at UCD (1909-)
Robert Dudley Edwards - Professor, Historian
Patrick Lynch (Irish Economist) - Former UCD Professor of Economics and Chairman of Aer Lingus
Count Joseph Mary Plunkett - Poet and Scholar
Government
Donal Buckley - Last governor of the Irish Free State
Frank Feely - Former Dublin City Manager
Patrick Lynch (Irish Economist) - TD, former UCD Professor of Economics and Chairman of Aer Lingus
Politics
Arthur Clery - Politician and University Professor
John Dillon - Leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party
Seán "Dublin Bay" Loftus - Lord Mayor of Dublin
John Boland - MP for South Kerry
Joseph Mary Plunkett - Poet, Scholar and member of the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic.
Law, Medicine and Business
John Pius Boland - Barrister-at-Law, Master of the Bench of Lincoln's inn and MP
Francis & John Brennan - Hoteliers and TV presenters
Sir Arthur Chance - Past President Riyal College of Surgeons in Ireland (1904-1905) and former physician to the Viceroy Regal.
Michael Dawson - CEO Leinster Rugby
Ronnie Delany - Irish Olympic Gold Medal winner (athletics) and Honorary Doctor of Law.
Prof MA Hogan - Past President of Civil Engineers of Ireland
Gerard Horan KC MA - Master of the High Court and Past President of CUS Union
Niall O'Farrell - Creator of Black Tie formal wear & Dragon on Dragon's Den and Past President CUS Union
Charles Rooney - Former judge of High Court Australia
James C Tonge - past President Federation Irish industries
Eoin Tonge - CFO Marks & Spencer PLC
Arts, Entertainment, and Literature
Dave Allen - Comedian & Author
Baz Ashmawy - Radio and Television personality
Sebastian Barry - Author & Winner of Costa Book of the year 2008 & 2017
Lucius O'Callaghan - Former Director of the National Gallery of Ireland
Joe Dowling - Artistic Director, Guthrie Theater, USA; former Artistic Director, Abbey Theater
George Desmond Hodnett - Musician, Songwriter and Irish Times music critic
John Larchet - Composer, UCD's first Professor of Music (1921–1958)
Graham Linehan - Writer, (Fr. Ted) Actor and Director
PJ McCall - Writer
George O'Neill - Academic, Author
Sports
John Pius Boland - first ever Irish winner of Olympic Gold Medal for tennis (1896) and MP for South Kerry
Ronnie Delany, LLD - Irish Olympic Gold Medal Winner (athletics - 1500m - Melbourne 1956) and past Prsident CUS Union
Louis Magee - Captain of Irsh triple Crown winning team 1899 and formative player of London Irish Rugby Club
David Malone - Paralympic Gold Medalist (100m Backstroke - Sydney 2000)
Eoin Morgan - Cricketer, Ireland, Middlesex and Winning World Cup Captain for England.
Dean Rock - Dublin Gaelic Footballer. Winner of 6 All Ireland Medals
Religious
James Moriarty - Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin
Adrian Thomas Smyth - Archbishop of Honiara (Solomon Islands)