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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

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Influential writer James Joyce, c. 1918 Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins

### Literature

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* Maeve Binchy, author
* Sarah Rees Brennan
* Gabriel Byrne
* Marina Carr
* Austin Clarke
* Benjamin Cleary
* Brian Cleeve
* Brian Coffey
* Eamon Delaney
* Denis Devlin
* Emma Donoghue
* Roddy Doyle (Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha)
* Paul Durcan
* 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)
* Orla Tinsley
* Colm Tóibín (The Master)

### Journalism

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* Vincent Browne[citation needed]
* Ruth Dudley Edwards
* Sally Hayden journalist
* Hugh McFadden
* Kevin Myers
* Doireann Ní Bhriain
* Kevin O'Sullivan, editor of The Irish Times
* Fintan O'Toole
* Caitriona Palmer
* Conor Ryan
* Maev-Ann Wren

### Business

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

* Sharon Donnery, Irish economist and financial regulator
* Niall FitzGerald, former CEO of Unilever
* Aidan Heavey, CEO of Tullow Oil
* Gary McGann chairman of Flutter Entertainment, and former CEO of Smurfit Kappa and Aer Lingus
* Ann O'Dea, CEO of Inspirefest
* Tony O'Reilly, owner of Mediahuis Ireland
* 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
* Mark Pollock
* Feargal Quinn, former owner of Superquinn, and Senator
* Peter Sutherland, former Director General of the World Trade Organization; former Chairman of BP; Chairman of Goldman Sachs Europe; served as Ireland's Attorney General and European Commissioner

### Science and technology

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* Conrad Burke, entrepreneur
* Rónadh Cox, Irish geologist, Brust Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at Williams College and Fellow of the Geological Society of America
* Evelyn Cusack former Secretary of the Irish Meteorological Society.
* 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
* Garret A. FitzGerald Irish pharmacologist
* Edmond Harty CEO and technical director of Dairymaster,
* Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer of Ireland
* Mary Horgan, Irish physician and president of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
* Teresa Lambe, co-developer of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
* Eleanor Maguire Irish neuropsychologist
* Julie McEnery American astrophysicist
* Eilis McGovern, Irish professor of cardiothoracic surgery, President of RCSI, and first female President of any Royal College of Surgeons in the world
* Anne Merriman British doctor, founded Hospice Africa Uganda
* John Monahan, bioscientist and CEO of Avigen Inc in California, a NASDAQ company
* 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
* Daniel Joseph Kelly O'Connell, SJ, astronomer and seismologist, Director of Riverview and the Vatican Observatory, president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences(1968–72), O'Connell effect named after him.
* Cormac O'Raifeartaigh, Irish physicist and philosopher of science
* David J. O'Reilly former chairman and CEO of Chevron Corporation
* Delia Grace Randolph
* Michael J. Ryan (doctor) Irish epidemiologist and former trauma surgeon

### Mathematics

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* Seán Dineen, mathematician known for results in complex analysis.
* Thomas J. Laffey, Mathematician known for group theory and matrix theory
* Peter Lynch, Mathematician, meteorologist, book author and Irish Times columnist
* Henry Charles McWeeney, Mathematician who served as vice president of UCD from 1909 to 1935
* Colm Mulcahy, Mathematician known for his chronicling of Irish mathematicians throughout history

### Finance and banking

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* Patrick Honohan, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland

### Politics and government

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#### Heads of state

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

#### Heads of government

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* 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

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* Mairead McGuinness, European Commissioner

#### Military

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

#### Other

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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[citation needed]
* Kevin Barry
* Séamus Brennan
* Richard Bruton
* Joan Burton
* Eibhlin Byrne
* Mella Carroll
* Hazel Chu
* Ruth Coppinger former TD for Dublin West
* Patrick Costello
* 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
* Ann Derwin, Ireland's Ambassador to China
* 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
* Martin Fraser
* Dermot Gallagher, Secretary-General of the Department of Foreign Affairs
* Aideen Hayden former Irish Labour Party politician
* Joe Higgins, former Socialist Party TD & MEP
* Justin Keating
* Vincent Keaveny Lawyer and 693rd Lord Mayor of London
* 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
* Mairead McGuinness Irish politician serving as the European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union
* Brendan Moran, former diplomat
* 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
* Nóirín O'Sullivan
* Nora Owen
* Patrick Pearse
* Ruairi Quinn
* Neale Richmond
* James Ryan
* Francis Skeffington
* Eóin Tennyson; Alliance Party MLA for Upper Bann
* Michael Woods
* Robert Watt (Irish civil servant)

### Legal

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* Caoilfhionn Gallagher barrister
* Paul Gallagher, former Attorney General
* Dermot Gleeson barrister
* Anthony J. Hederman
* Ronan Keane[5]
* Hugh Kennedy, first Chief Justice of the State
* Cecil Lavery
* John L. Murray

### Academia

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* 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
* Yvonne Farrell architect and academic
* Sorcha Ní Fhlainn, academic
* John D. FitzGerald, economist
* Noel Fitzpatrick, veterinarian
* Roy C. Geary, statistician
* Aoife Gowen, researcher
* Dennis Jennings (Internet pioneer)
* Thomas Kettle, economist
* John Francis Leader, psychologist
* Eoin MacNeill, scholar
* J. A. McClelland, physicist
* Páid McGee, psychologist
* Shelley McNamara architect and academic
* Thomas Preston, physicist
* Frances P. Ruane, economist
* Martin J. Tobin Irish-American critical care physician, pulmonologist
* Desmond Williams, historian

### Engineers

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* 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
* William F. Roe, electrical engineer; led the rural electrification scheme in Ireland
* J.O.(Seán) Scanlan, circuit theory; gold medalist of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society

### Arts

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Dara Ó Briain, comedian Chris O'Dowd, actor

* Joanne McNally, comedian
* Consolata Boyle, costume designer
* Paul Brady
* Niall Breslin, musician
* Gabriel Byrne
* Graham Cantwell
* Benjamin Cleary, Oscar winner
* Cyril Cusack
* Barbara Dawson, director of Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
* Foil Arms and Hog, Irish sketch comedy group.
* Brendan Gleeson
* Róisín Heneghan, architect and designer
* Amy Huberman
* Neil Jordan, film director, screenwriter, novelist and short story writer
* Roisin Kennedy, art critic and curator
* Pat Kenny, broadcaster, former host of The Late Late Show
* Rosaleen Linehan, actress
* Dominique McElligott, actor
* Hugh McFadden
* Michael McGlynn, Irish composer
* David McNulty, architect
* 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
* Miriam O'Callaghan, Irish television current affairs presenter with RTÉ
* 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
* Bill Shipsey
* Ryan Tubridy, host of The Late Late Show
* Bill Whelan, composer and musician
* Colette Wong, presenter of Fox Sports Central Asia

### Clergy

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* Desmond Connell, Cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin
* Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin
* Fr. Malachi Martin S.J., author
* Saint John Henry Newman, Cardinal, educator, writer
* Tomás Ó Fiaich, Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh
* Maurice Piat CSSp, GCSK, Cardinal, Archbishop of Port Louis, Mauritius
* Dermot Ryan, Archbishop of Dublin, Professor of Oriental Languages

### Sports

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#### Soccer

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* 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

#### Hockey

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* Emily Beatty, Irish International hockey player
* Deirdre Duke, Irish International hockey player
* Nicola Evans, Irish International hockey player
* Katie Mullen, Irish International hockey player
* Anna O'Flanagan, Irish International hockey player
* Gillian Pinder, Irish International hockey player

#### Rugby

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* Patrick Casey, former Irish International
* Leo Cullen (rugby union), Coach of Leinster rugby team
* 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.
* Johnny Sexton, Irish rugby union player
* Fergus Slattery, Ireland international and the British and Irish Lions
* Cillian Willis, currently playing for Connacht Rugby
* Nichola Fryday, Ireland Captain for the 2022 Women’s Six Nations campaign

#### Rowing

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* Eimear Lambe 2020 Summer Olympics bronze medalist
* Paul O'Donovan, Olympic gold medallist in lightweight double sculls

#### Horse Racing

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* Dermot Weld former jockey and one of Ireland's most successful racehorse trainers.

#### GAA

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* Rena Buckley Cork dual Gaelic football/camogie player
* Brian Dooher
* Cormac McAnallen
* Jack McCaffrey Gaelic footballer
* Kevin O'Flanagan
* Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh Irish Gaelic games commentator
* Colm O'Rourke Gaelic football manager
* Derval O'Rourke
* Jason Sherlock

#### Swimming

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* Michelle Smith

### Fictional

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

### Humanitarians

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* Fr. Aengus Finucane, missionary, one of the founders of Concern Worldwide
* Sr. Stanislaus Kennedy, founder of Focus Ireland
* Sr. Maura Lynch, Irish doctor, a nun, and proponent of women's health in Africa
* Fr. Peter McVerry SJ, founder of the Peter McVerry Trust is a science graduate.
* Sr. Mary Aquinas Monaghan, Columban missionary in China and Hong Kong, a specialist in the treatment and management of tuberculosis.
* Sr. Lucy O'Brien, missionary nun and medical doctor in Africa.
* John O'Shea, humanitarian, founder of GOAL
* Sr. Mona Tyndall, medical doctor and missionary nun in Nigeria and Zambia

## Faculty

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* Philip Pettit
* Aoife Ahern
* Hugh Brady
* Linda Cardinal
* Gerard Casey
* Terence Dolan
* Orla Feely
* Robert Gerwarth
* James J. Heckman
* Caroline Hussey
* Mark Keane
* Declan Kiberd
* Sinisa Malesevic
* Stephen Mennell
* Edna O'Brien
* Da-Wen Sun
* Joseph Watson
* Christopher T. Whelan
* Stephen A. Ambrose
* F. X. Martin
* J. J. Lee
* Ronan Fanning

## See also

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* List of NUI Galway people

## References

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1. ^ Santo, Joseph R. (15 August 2006). "Where the Fortune 50 CEOs Went to College". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
2. ^ "The Irish Oil Man: Dave O'Reilly". Irish America. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
3. ^ "Professor Orla Feely". people.ucd.ie. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
4. ^ "Ireland's first female ambassador to the US Anne Anderson". IrishCentral.com. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
5. ^ "Golden jubilee celebration lunch as class of 1953 go back to UCD". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

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University College Dublin

Schools|

* School of History and Archives
* School of Physics
* School of Medicine and Medical Science
* Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School

Locations|

| Campuses|

* Belfield
* Blackrock
* Earlsfort Terrace
* Government Buildings
* National Concert Hall
* Albert College
* Malaysia

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Halls of residence|

* University Hall
* Merville
* Roebuck
* Glenomena
* Carysfort
* Belgrove
* Blackrock

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Societies|

* University College Dublin Students' Union
* University College Dublin Law Society
* Literary and Historical Society
* UCD Economics Society

Sport|

| Clubs and teams|

* Rugby union
* GAA
* Men's soccer
* Women's soccer
* Basketball
* Rowing
* Women's hockey

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Facilities|

* UCD Bowl
* Jackson Park
* Belfield Park

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History|

* Catholic University of Ireland
* Royal University of Ireland
* Royal College of Science for Ireland
* People

Media|

* The University Observer
* College Tribune
* UCD Law Review
* The History Review
* Belfield FM

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