Notable Former Students and Teachers
See also: Category:People educated at The King's Hospital- John Weir (born 1950) - Royal Ulster Constabulary Special Patrol Group officer and Ulster Volunteer Force member
- Robin Roe - captain of the Ireland national rugby union team. Also capped with The Lions and The Barbarians;
- Jack Boothman - President of the GAA (1994 and 1997);
- Angus McKeen - Former Leinster and Ireland rugby prop forward;
- Lisa Hannigan - Irish folk/pop singer famous for her recordings with Damien Rice;
- Kathryn Thomas - Irish television presenter;
- Tom Murphy (actor) (Tom Jordan Murphy) - Tony Award-winning Irish actor;
- Leo Varadkar - Politician and Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport;
- Robert Alexander Warke (born 1930), Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross;
- Peter Young - journalist for the Irish Farmers Journal and presenter of RTE's HigherGround programme.
- John and Edward Grimes - members of the hip hop duo Jedward
- Professor Jonathan Coleman, lecturer in the School of Physics in CRANN at Trinity College Dublin and the 2011 Science Foundation Ireland 'Researcher of the Year'
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