C.B.C. Monkstown - Past Pupils

Past Pupils

The Past Pupils Union of the Christian Brothers College, Monkstown and Dun Laoighaire has been active since the mid 1950s. The CBC Monkstown PPU hosts several annual events.

Notable past pupils from the Dun Laoghaire and Monkstown schools include:

Arts and Entertainment

• Ronnie Drew, musician, founded the The Dubliners
• Dan O'Herlihy, Academy Award Nominated Actor
• David Smith, Voice of Fireman Sam
• Vincent Dowling, stage and television director
• Danny Ryan, Lead Guitarist with The Thrills
• Bernard Farrell, playwright and television dramatist
• Jim Nugent, Irish national radio RTÉ 2fm and RTÉ television presenter (The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show)
• Dermot O'Neill, gardener and broadcaster
• Dave Hingerty, former drummer with The Frames
• Jonathan Ryan, actor
• Sheamus Smith, former Irish film censor
• Tómas MacAnna (teacher), Tony Award winning Abbey Theatre director

Humanitarian

• John O'Shea (humanitarian), founder and CEO of International humanitarian organization GOAL
• Fr. Shay Cullen, founder of the Preda Foundation

Sport

• Joe Brady, former Irish rugby international
• Barry O'Connor,former Irish rugby international
• Patrick Casey (rugby player), former Irish rugby international
• Paddy O'Donoghue (rugby), former Irish International, former Treasurer of the IRFU
• Noel Feddis, former Irish rugby International
• Peter McKenna (rugby), former Irish Rugby International
• Michael Noone - Leicester Tigers number 8
• Donal Courtney, former International Rugby Board referee
• John Lyons, President of the IRFU 2008/2009
• John Feehan, former Leinster player and current CEO of the Six Nations Championship, the British and Irish Lions and the Magners League
• Brian Kavanagh, CEO of Horse Racing Ireland
• Michael Fitzsimons, current corner back for the Dublin Gaelic football team and Cuala CLG in DalkeyWinner of an All-Ireland SFC Championship medal in 2011.
• Andy Keogh, Republic of Ireland soccer international
• Peter Farrell, won a total of 35 caps for Ireland for the FAI XI and IFA XI in soccer

Politics, legal and diplomats

• Seán Barrett, Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD), Ceann Comhairle (Chairman) of Dáil Éireann (the lower house of the Irish parliament) and former cabinet minister
• Professor James Dooge, MRIA, FREng, Fine Gael Senator, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Chairman of the Seanad, noted engineering academic, hydrologist and a had a key role in the debate on climate change and the development of the European Union
• HE Dr. Richard O'Brien, Irish Ambassador to Singapore
• HE Brendan Lyons Former Irish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Singapore and President of the Penang Medical College.
• James B. Lynch, Fianna Fáil member of the Dáil and Senator.
• Seamus Costello, assassinated Republican Socialist who founded the Irish National Liberation Army
• Niall McCarthy, former Judge of the Irish Supreme Court
• Cahir Davitt, former President of the High Court

Business

• Frank McCabe, former Vice President of Intel Corporation and Managing Director of Intel Ireland's operations
• Adrian Hegarty, group CEO of Friends First, formerly CEO of ACCBank and chairman of Interamerican (Greece)
• Michael Duffy, CEO of the Royal Dublin Society
• John F Whelan, CEO of the Irish Exporters Association

Academia and Journalistic

• Tim Pat Coogan, former editor of the Irish Press and historian
• Shane Kenny, journalist and broadcaster
• John Ryan (publisher), publisher, editor of Magill, war correspondent
• Mark Brennock, former Chief Political Correspondent of The Irish Times
• Professor Ronan Fanning, Professor Emeritus of Modern History at University College Dublin
• Professor Tom Keane, Professor of Oncology at the University of British Columbia, former head of the BC Cancer Agency and Director of the Irish Cancer Control Programme
• Professor Ciaran Benson, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at University College Dublin and former Chair of the Arts Council of Ireland