Notable Former Pupils
- Eamonn Andrews, television presenter
- Niall Andrews, politician
- Harry Boland, Irish Volunteer, his brother Gerald also hurled for the first Kevin's Hurling club team
- Rory Brady, former Attorney General of Ireland
- Gay Byrne, television and radio presenter
- John Coady, footballer
- John Connolly, author
- Liam Cosgrave, politician
- Donnacha O'Dea, Irish professional poker player & Olympic swimmer
- Robert Dudley Edwards, historian
- Louis Elliman, Past owner of the Gaiety Theatre and Theatre Royal
- Paddy Finucane, Second World War fighter pilot
- Charles B. Fitzsimons, actor
- Don Givens, footballer
- Tommy Hamilton, footballer
- Pearse Hutchinson, poet
- Eddie Jordan, motor racing boss
- John Jordan, poet
- David Kelly, actor
- Liam Lawlor, politician
- Peter Lennon, director of the film Rocky Road to Dublin
- Dermot McCarthy, senior civil servant
- Hugh McFadden, poet
- Jack McGowran, actor
- Kevin Murphy, career civil servant, Ombudsman and Information Commissioner
- Mike Murphy, broadcaster
- Eamon Morrissey, actor
- Jim Norton, Actor
- Charlie O'Connor, Fianna Fáil TD
- Aindrias Ó Caoimh, Judge of the High Court
- Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, former President of Ireland
- Brian O'Nolan, who wrote under the pseudonym Flann O'Brien
- Anton O'Toole, footballer
- Milo O'Shea, actor
- James Plunkett, writer
- Noel Purcell, actor
- Andy Reid, footballer
- Cornelius Ryan, writer
- Richie Ryan, politician
- Pete St. John, Irish folk singer-songwriter
- Cecil Sheridan, comedian
- Niall Stokes, publisher of Hot Press magazine
- Patrick Swift, painter.
- Derek Warfield, founder of the Wolfe Tones
- Liam Whelan, footballer and Busby babe
- Michael Woods, politician
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