Notable Alumni

Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

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Patricia Bardon - Mezzo-Soprano

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Domhnall Gleeson - Actor & Writer

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Liam Cunningham - Stage & screen Actor

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John Moore - Film Director

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Caitríona Balfe – Actor

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Darren Kennedy – TV Presenter

Maighréad McCrann

Maighréad McCrann – Violinist

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Marian Finucane – Broadcaster

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Bryan Dobson – Broadcaster

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John O'Conor – Pianist

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John Murray – Radio Presenter

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David Fennessy – Composer

Mary Wilson – Broadcaster

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Peter Browne – Uilleann Piper

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Larry Mullen – Musician

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Gerry Leonard – Guitarist

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Brendan O'Connor – Television Presenter

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David Brophy – Conductor

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Gerard Gillen – Organist & Musicologist

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Paula Murrihy – Mezzo-Soprano

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Juliette Bonass – Film Producer

Aoife Kelleher

Aoife Kelleher – Film Director

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Damien O'Donnell – Film Director

Brendan Galvin

Brendan Galvin – Director of Photography

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PJ Dillon – Cinematographer

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Daryl McCormack – Actor

Faculty of Literature, Journalism and Communications

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Brendan Behan – Poet, Novelist, Playwright

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Simon Carswell – Journalist

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Carole Coleman – Journalist

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Arthur Mathews – Writer

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Colum McCann – Writer

Anne-Marie Tomchak

Anne-Marie Tomchak – Journalist

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Geraldine Kennedy – Journalist

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Paul Williams – Crime Writer

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Miriam Lord – Journalist

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George Hook – Broadcaster & Journalist

Faculty of Business, Enterprise & Leadership

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Louise Phelan – Former VP PayPal, Former CEO Phelan Energy Group

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Bobby Kerr – Entrepreneur & Businessman

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Paul McCann – Managing Partner, Grant Thornton

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Francis Brennan – Hotelier

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Liam Kavanagh – Former Managing Director, Irish Times

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David Begg – Trade Unionist

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Larry Bass – CEO Shinawil

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Eamonn Sinnott – Former GM Intel Ireland

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Ray O'Connor – Former CEO Topcon Positioning Systems

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Martin Shanahan – Former CEO IDA Ireland

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Boni Odoemene – Co-Founder, Black and Irish

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David Flynn (Happy Pear Founder) - Business & Finance

Faculty of Culinary Arts

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Darina Allen – Ballymaloe Cookery School

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James O'Brien - Restaurant Manager at Chapter One

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Richard Corrigan – Michelin Star Chef

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Anna Haugh – Chef and presenter on MasterChef

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Andy McFadden – Glover Alley Michelin Star

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Kevin Dundon - Celebrity Chef

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Scott White - Assistant General Manager and Head Sommelier at D’Olier Street Restaurant

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Head Chef at The Dysart Petersham

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Ahmet Dede - Chef-owner of Dede in Baltimore

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Keelan Higgs - Head Chef and owner of Variety Jones Restaurant

Faculty of Design and Creative Arts

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Angela Brady OBE - Architect, Past President Royal Institute of British Architects

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Sam Stephenson – Architect

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David Collins – Interior Designer

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Carole Pollard – President RIAI

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James Mary O'Connor – Architect

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Hugh Wallace – Architect and Media Personality

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Colin Bray – COO Surveying, Tailte Éireann

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Louise Kennedy – Fashion Designer

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Robert Ballagh – Visual Artist

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Louis Le Brocuy – Painter

Faculty of Sport, Health & Society

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Paul McGinley – Professional Golfer

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Darran O'Sullivan – Gaelic Footballer

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Darren O'Shea – Rugby Union Player

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Stephen Roche – Cyclist

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Ellen Keane – Paralympic Swimmer

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Roisin McCormack – Camogie

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Saoirse McCarthy – Camogie

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Cormac Comerford – Olympic Skier

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Chief Margaret Ekpo – Nigerian Women’s Rights Activist

Honorary Doctorates

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Eddie Jordan – Formula One Racing

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Pierce Brosnan – Actor