Alumni
Notable alumni of the University include graduates from different disciplines.
George Boole was the first professor of mathematics at UCC. He developed Boolean algebra that would later make computer programming possible.
In arts & literature, alumni include: novelist Seán Ó Faoláin, short-story writer Daniel Corkery, composer Seán Ó Riada, actress Fiona Shaw, novelist William Wall, poets Paul Durcan, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Trevor Joyce, Thomas McCarthy and Greg Delanty, comedian Des Bishop, and journalists Brendan O'Connor and Eoghan Harris. Actor Cillian Murphy and BBC presenter Graham Norton both attended UCC but did not graduate.
From the business community, alumni include: Kerry Group's Denis Brosnan, Kingfisher plc's former CEO Gerry Murphy, former head of CRH Anthony Barry, and current CEO, Myles Lee.
In medicine, alumni include: Dr.Paul Whelton, President & Chief Executive Loyola University Health System, Dr.Barry O'Donnell, Former President of Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland; Dr.Colm Quigley, Chairman of the Medical Council of Ireland, and Dr.Eamonn MM Quigley, President of the World Gastroenterology Organisation & Vice President of the American College of Gastroenterology.
In physics, alumni have included: professor Richard Milner of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science at M.I.T., Professor Margaret Murnane of the University of Colorado and Professor Séamus Davis of Cornell.
Several noted politicians and public servants have attended UCC, including former Taoiseach Jack Lynch, leader of Fianna Fáil and former Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin, Supreme Court justice Liam McKechnie and High Court judge Bryan MacMahon.
In sport, rugby coach Declan Kidney, Gaelic footballers Séamus Moynihan, Maurice Fitzgerald and Billy Morgan, hurlers Pat Heffernan, Joe Deane, James "Cha" Fitzpatrick and Ray Cummins, rugby players Moss Keane, Ronan O'Gara and Donnacha Ryan have all attended UCC.
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