Notable Alumni
Academia
- Arthur Clery - Politician and university professor
- Robert Dudley Edwards - Professor and Irish historian
- Patrick Lynch (Irish Economist) - Former UCD Professor of Economics and Chairman of Aer Lingus
- Count Joseph Mary Plunkett - Poet and scholar
- Austin Delaney - Education economist and Linguist
Government
- His Excellency Bobby Mc Donagh - Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britan
- Frank Feely - Former Dublin City Manager
- Patrick Lynch (Irish Economist) - TD, former UCD Professor of Economics and Chairman of Aer Lingus
- His Excellency Michael Collins - Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America
Politics
- Arthur Clery - Politician and university professor
- John Dillon - Leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party
- Sean Rockall Loftus - lecturer and former politician
- John Pius Boland - Barrister and MP for South Kerry
- Joseph Mary Plunkett - Poet,scholar and member of the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic.
Law, Medicine and Business
- Mr. Justice Richmond McLoughlin - Supreme court Judge
- Sir Arthur Chance F.R.C.S.I - President of the Royal College of Surgeons and surgeon to the Vicroy.
- Prof. E.J. Mc Weeney, M.A., M.D. - Professor of Bacteriology, UCD.
- Niall O'Farell - Entrepreneur and member of RTE's "Dragons den"
- Ron Delaney - Irish Olympic gold medal winner (athletics) and honorary Doctor of Law.
- John Pius Boland - Barrister and MP
Arts and Literature
- Sebastian Barry - Author
- Joe Dowling - Artistic Director, Guthrie Theater, USA; former Artistic Director, Abbey Theatre
- George Desmond Hodnett - Musician, song-writer and Irish Times music critic
- John Larchet - Composer, UCD's first Professor of Music (1921–1958)
- Graham Linehan - Writer, actor and director, including Father Ted
- PJ McCall - Writer
- George O'Neill - Academic and author
- Dave Allen - Author
Religious
- James Moriarty - Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin
Sports
- John Pius Boland - Barrister, first ever winner of Olympic gold medals for tennis and MP for South Kerry
- Ronald Delaney - Irish Olympic gold medal winner (athletics) and honorary Doctor of Law.
- Eoin Morgan - Cricketer, Ireland, Middlesex and England.
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