Notable Alumni

Patricia Bardon Mezzo-Soprano

Domhnall Gleeson Actor & Writer

Alan Joyce CEO Qantas Airways

Liam Cunningham Stage & screen Actor

Angela Brady Architect, Past President Royal Institute of British Architects

John Moore Film Director

Juliette Bonass Film Producer

Brendan Behan Poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright

Louise Kennedy Fashion Designer

Louise Phelan Vice President Global Operations, PayPal

Caitriona Balfe Actor & Model

Paul McGinley Professional Golfer

Darina Allen Owner of Ballymaloe Cookery School

Bobby Kerr Chairman & Owner, Insomnia. Entrepreneur & Businessman

Simon Carswell Journalist

Margaret Ekpo Nigerian women's rights activist

Darren Kennedy TV Presenter

Maighréad McCrann Violinist

Carole Coleman Journalist

Darran O'Sullivan Gaelic Footballer

Paul McCann Managing Partner at Grant Thornton

Marian Finucane Broadcaster

Arthur Mathews Actor & Writer

George Hook Broadcaster & Journalist

Bryan Dobson Broadcaster

Robert Ballagh Visual Artist

John O'Conor Pianist

Stephen Roche Cyclist

Aoife Kelleher Film Director

Sam Stephenson Architect

Francis Brennan Hotelier

Liam Kavanagh Managing Director, Irish Times

Richard Corrigan Chef

Damien O'Donnell Film Director

John Murray Radio Presentor

David Collins Interior Designer

Colum McCann Writer

David Begg Trade-Unionist

David Fennessy Composer

Anne-Marie Tomchak Journalist

Darren O'Shea Rugby Union Player

Mary Wilson Broadcaster

Geraldine Kennedy Journalist

Peter Browne Uilleann Piper

Larry Mullen Musician

Paul Williams Crime Writer

Gerry Leonard Guitarist

Michael O'Brien Publisher

Brendan Galvin Director of Photography

Brendan O'Connor Television Presenter

David Brophy Conductor

Miriam Lord Journalist

Ellen Keane Paralympic Swimmer

Gerard Gillen Organist & Musicologist

Larry Bass CEO Shinawil

Eamonn Sinnott General Manager, Intel Ireland

Carole Pollard President, RIAI

PJ Dillon Cinematographer

David Flynn Founder, The Happy Pear

Ray O'Connor CEO Topcon

Colin Bray Chief Executive OSi

Martin Shanahan CEO, IDA

Paula Murrihy Mezzo-Soprano

James Mary O'Connor Architect

Boni Odoemene Co-Founder, Black and Irish