Notable Alumni
- Pat O'Callaghan - Irish gold medallist at both the 1928 and 1932 Olympic Games.
- Professor Abraham Colles of Anatomy - the first person to characterize the injury that was later on known as Colles' fracture.
- Sir William Stokes - knighted for his contribution in the field of surgery.
- Sir William Wilde - Surgeon, Author and father of Oscar Wilde
- Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham - Professor of Surgery, Imperial College London and British Minister of Health, who is at the forefront of minimally invasive surgery research
- Wan Azizah Wan Ismail - former patron of Majlis Kanser Nasional and a Malaysian opposition politician.
- Ian Robertson - Former star of the Dublin gaelic football team
- Felipe Contepomi - Captain of Los Pumas and Toulon Rugby fly-half.
- Nada Haffadh - became Bahrain's first female minister when she was appointed Minister of Health in 2004
- Surgeon Captain Thomas Joseph Crean VC DSO (1873 to 1923). He later achieved the rank of Major.
- Karl Mullen Irish Rugby Union player and captain of the Grand Slam winning Irish team in 1948
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