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Listed in alphabetical order with present or
previous occupation
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Lenny Abrahamson, director of the award winning film "Adam and Paul"
Kingsley Aikins, President and CEO American Ireland
Fund and The Ireland Fund
Deirdre Armstrong ("Dee") - Member of
the internationally renowned band Kila - electric traditional Irish/rock (if you
know what we mean, like).
Graduate in Film Making from the Dun Laoghaire College of Art and
Design. Classically trained, Dee plays the violin and the hammer dulcimer. She
also has a training in ballet and is involved in street theatre with Macnas. She
is the driving force behind the kila stage performances involving acrobats and
performers. You can read all about Dee here
http://www.kila.ie/band/dee.asp
Reg Armstrong, runner-up five times in
the World Road Racing Championships, won seven World Championship Grand Prix
races between 1952 and 1956, and the Isle of Man Senior 500 cc TT in 1952
William Burgess, former
Managing Director IBM Ireland
Ian Burns, played for the Irish rugby team, member of the
Board of Governors
Lana Citron, author and script writer
Kate Coleman Moriarty, consultant eye and
oculoplastic surgeon
Nigel Cox, Director Asia Pacific division, the Foreign
Office, London
Dr Alex Donaldson
OBE, formerly Head, Pirbright Laboratory, Institute for Animal Health,
Surrey, UK, was recently appointed a Visiting Professor at the Department of
Pathology & Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, University of
London.
Dr.
David Edwards, NUI Cork. Lecturer in Later Medieval history at UCC
and
a
prominent heritage campaigner.
Publications include: Ormond Lordship in county Kilkenny
1515-1642; British Sources for Irish History (with Brian C.
Donovan); Gaelic Ireland: Land, lordship and settlement c. 1250-c. 1650
(ed. with Duffy and Fitzpatrick); Age of Atrocity: violence and political
conflict in early modern Ireland (edited with Lenihan & Tait).
Alan Ford,
Professor of Theology, University of Nottingham
David Ford,
Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University
Ian Fox,
broadcaster, music critic, lecturer
Alan Gillis, M.E.P.
Arthur Godsil,
Headmaster St Andrew's College, Dublin
S.
Thiru Govender, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of
Calgary, Canada
James Hamilton,
barrister, Director of Public Prosecutions
Cuan Hanly, fashion designer
Stephen Hinds, Professor of Latin in the University
of Washington, Seattle
Arthur Hughes, Professor
of Physics University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
David Maxwell Johnston, represented Wales against
France at schoolboys level in 1955
Howard Kilroy, formerly of Jefferson Smurfit and
Governor of the Bank of Ireland (former President of the Past Pupils’ Union)
Norman Kilroy, former Chief Executive Grafton Group
(former Chairman and still member of the Board of Governors of the school)
Christopher
King, Professor of Mathematics, Northeastern University, Boston
Desmond King, Professor of Politics and Fellow, St John's College, Oxford
Eddie Laycock, motorcycling champion. In 1987, Eddie
won the Junior TT - the first Southern rider to do so since the legendary Reg
Armstrong – 30 years earlier! Also during 1987, he finished second in the
Formula 2 race. The following year he won the production 250 TT and moved on to
the top of world motorcycling when he raced in the 500 GP Class. Other
results included Isle of Man 1989 TT 1st Supersport 400, while the Ulster Grand
Prix brought trophies for 1986 – 1st Formula Two and also 350 races, 1989 –
Prince of the Road and 1st Supersport 400. Similar firsts were achieved at the
Northwest 200. Information -
www.theeddielaycocktrust.com
Mark Lyttle, many times Irish Champion
Yachting & Olympic Helmsman
Gwendolyn Masin, violin virtuoso, author of
"Michaela's House, The Magic of the Violin", founder of the international GAIA
Chamber Music Festival.
Catherine Mayers (Ross), Professor of Nursing,
Toronto, Canada
Brian McCracken, former Supreme Court judge, Chairman
of the “Payments to Politicians” tribunal 1997
Roly Meates studied dentistry at Dublin University,
where he played as a forward with the Dublin University Football Club before
moving to Wanderers. Meates coached Dublin University Football Club for 28
years, before moving to Leinster Rugby to coach for five years. He was
Leinster's president in the 1968-1969 season. He became Ireland national rugby
union team coach from 1975 to 1977 and later chairman of the selection board. He
returned to Leinster where he worked with Matt Williams, and currently works as
scrummaging coach. He serves as a governor of The High School and Chairman of
the Sports Committee.
Liam Miller, Managing Director, Organisation and Development, RTE
Frank Mitchell, Professor of Quaternary Studies, Trinity College Dublin;
President of the Royal Irish Academy
Justin Moore Lewy, talent and literary agent
Rory Montgomery, Ireland's Permanent Representative
to the European Union
The Venerable William Noblett, Chaplain to the Queen, Chaplain General and Archdeacon to Her Majesty's
Prisons in England and Wales, Canon & Prebend of York Minster
David Norris, Senator
David Nowlan, managing editor Irish Times
Denis O’Brien, one of Ireland's leading entrepreneurs, Chairman and Chief
Executive of Esat Digicel group
Dr Grace O'Donovan, lecturer in environmental resource management, UCD,
co-author of The Magic of Coole and The Bogs of Ireland
Cuan Barra O'Seireadáin, musician
Macdara O'Seireadáin, musician
Chantal O’Sullivan, owner/manager of a chain of antique shops in Dublin, Kenmare
and New York
Sir David Orr, former chairman of Unilever and of British Council. Awarded
MC in World War 2.
Phil Orr, capped 58 times as a prop
forward for the Irish rugby team and once in 1977 for the Lions tour of New
Zealand
John Robbie, played as scrum half for the Irish rugby team, the Lions and
captained the province of Transvaal.
He is now a prominent TV and radio personality in Johannesburg South
Africa
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Norman Rodway, an actor revered in his native Great Britain for his 40 years
with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Norman Rodway starred on stage, screen,
television and in radio theater. Familiar to international audiences through the
film "Mother Night" and his work in such television programs as "Mystery!" and
the "Inspector Morse" series, Norman Rodway died at his home in Oxfordshire,
England on March 13th, 2001 at the age of 72. At The High School, Rodway
appeared in Gilbert & Sullivan productions and captained the cricket team.
Trevor Sargent, T.D., leader of the Green Party
Robert Schouten,
Managing Director ING Bank Amsterdam
Alan Shatter,
Minister for Justice
Carl Smythe, Professor of Cell Biology, Univ.
Sheffield
Walter Clegg Stevenson, pioneered the
use of Radium in Ireland and worked closely with John Joly (after whom his
eldest son was named). In honour of his work the oncology ward in St James’s
Hospital was named Walter Stevenson Ward.
Simon Thompson, Headmaster Midleton College, Cork
Alan Vaux, Chair, Psychology Dept., Southern Illinois University
Bernard Walton, film and TV producer
David Went, Chief Executive Irish Life and Permanent
Robert Willis, former CEO Irish Life
(former Chairman and current member of the Board of Governors of the school)
Stanley Woods, world champion motorcyclist in the 1930s
William Butler Yeats, poet and
playwright
Ian Young, Managing Director Irish International Group
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