Famous people who go or went to UCD?

Dave!

Like the thread says

Can ye think of a few?

orangerooster

Dave Fanning, Ryan Tubridy and Dara O Brien are the three I can think of and are all really, really annoying people.

Dave!

I thought Dara O Briain went to UCC?

orangerooster

Could have, thought I heard he'd went to UCD one night on the panel but I probably heard wrong knowing my attention span!

Flinty

Jason Sherlock - Up the Dubs!!

tintinr35

Flinty wrote:

Jason Sherlock - Up the Dubs!!

ha u wud never imagine he had more than a playschool education

Joliegood

Bono went to UCD for a few weeks.

beanyb

Dara O'Briain definitely went to UCD, he was auditor of the L&H.

Dave!

Awesome!

Slippers

I saw a poster in Engineering that said that Pat Kenny did Chemical Engineering.

tintinr35

Slippers wrote:

I saw a poster in Engineering that said that Pat Kenny did Chemical Engineering.

is that meant to make u do chem eng or deter u!!

Slippers

James Joyce

Scraggs

Rosie of Tralee finished here recently....
(shes gonna be here next week at various events for seachtain na gaeilge!!!]

cruiserweight

From wikipedia

UCD is highly regarded internationally with many of its graduates going on to post-graduate studies at other top international universities, particularly in the United States and Britain. Among its most accomplished alumni are the writers James Joyce, Flann O'Brien, Marina Carr, Conor McPherson, John McGahern, Frank McGuinness, Emma Donoghue, former Goldman Sachs chairman Peter Sutherland (who was also chairman of BP and was previously head of the WTO, European Union Commissioner and the Attorney-General of Ireland), Unilever chairman Niall Fitzgerald, former Heinz chairman Dr. Sir Tony O'Reilly, the fourth President of India V V Giri, and three of the last five taoisigh (Irish prime ministers): John Bruton, Dr. Garret Fitzgerald and Charles Haughey. The current taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, attended UCD as a student but did not graduate.

Dave!

What did Bertie study and why didn't he graduate, does anyone know?

hullaballoo

Rosanna Davison ftw.

funktastic

I'm almost 100% that Bono didn't attend UCD even for a few weeks. I think he failed irish in his leaving cert and stayed back to repeat just that subject for the year, then the band really took off. Dara O' Briain went to UCD doing science and I'm pretty sure he was also auditor of the L & H.
There was some controversy over whether of not Bertie Ahern attended UCD a few years ago. I think he might have done an add-on diploma course here but did not attend a degree course.

panda100

That travel presenter kathryn thomas went here!

Slippers

This may sound harsh, it's not meant to.
She reminds me of James Nesbit.

Like his sister or something...
I think I went past her in the Paddy's day parade last year.

elmyra

Joseph O'Connor went here. He wrote the Irish Male series, he's a legend!!

foxybrowne

Slippers wrote:

sexy

hullaballoo

pilson

I saw a programme on rte about Dermot Morgan. I think I remember seeing him at UCD as a student

selephonic

Neil Jordan began his very unsuccessful film career in UCD film studies I believe.

ed6hellsfresh

eh ......... are u SURE james joyce went there..... i mean the orts blok isnt that old

MrSinn

Do famous murderers,rapists,con artists,Bent politician's,paedophiles,count in this?

Dave!

ed6hellsfresh wrote:

eh ......... are u SURE james joyce went there..... i mean the orts blok isnt that old

The library is called 'the James Joyce library' isn't it? Makes sense I guess!

Pythia

ed6hellsfresh wrote:

eh ......... are u SURE james joyce went there..... i mean the orts blok isnt that old

Are you serious?

hullaballoo

Pythia wrote:

Are you serious?

Nah, he had to have been taking the piss...right?

panda100

You've gotta give it to roassana she is absolutely gorgeous. I look like a right perv though,in the computer room in the terrace and the guy beside me just saw me oggoling hullabaloo's pics of roassanna.

Assmaster_Kronk

Brian O' Driscoll went to UCD i think

funktastic

Em do you know anything about the history of UCD?! The arts block was completed in 1970, the science block was the first to be built on the belfield campus, so Joyce attended UCD when the University was based in the city centre at Earlsfort Terrace, which the college still owns part of. ray D'arcy did Psychology in UCD, that Brenda Donoghue one did Economics, Haughey did Commerce, Maeve Binchy did arts.

Jonny Arson

funktastic wrote:

I'm almost 100% that Bono didn't attend UCD even for a few weeks. I think he failed irish in his leaving cert and stayed back to repeat just that subject for the year, then the band really took off.

It couldn't happen to a more deserving person!

pilson

panda100 wrote:

You've gotta give it to roassana she is absolutely gorgeous. I look like a right perv though,in the computer room in the terrace and the guy beside me just saw me oggoling hullabaloo's pics of roassanna.

she could do with eating a few pies but yeah I think w'ed all give her one.

Jonny Arson

pilson wrote:

she could do with eating a few pies but yeah I think w'ed all give her one.

Yeah TBH I wouldn't mind some of her pie! :v:

pilson

Two slices of ass pie please and dont be skimpy with the cream

TheVan

Ok to clear up, James Joyce did go to UCD, just it wasn't based in Belfield at the time!

Some people eh!

LovelyHurling

James Joyce deffor went to UCD shame on the guy who questioned it!

Also Brian O Driscoll went here along with Eugene Davy another rugby ledge. I think Eavan Boland did as well, in fact lots of famous irish poets did.

Ray Darcy went to TCD not UCD... and I cant believe Maeve Binchy did arts?! Hmmm

I think Gerard Manley Hopkins was our most famous lecturer open to correction on that

HappyCrackHead

DaveMcG wrote:

What did Bertie study and why didn't he graduate, does anyone know?

Bertie never went to ucd, thats a myth. fact is bertie himself claims he went to London School of Economics but no record exists in the LSE of his attendance.

tintinr35

its a big conspiracy

Running Bing

tintinr35 wrote:

ha u wud never imagine he had more than a playschool education

He doesnt.lol.

You know you've got a problem when your most esteemed graduates are Rosanna davidson, brian odriscoll, ray darcy, charles haughey and kathryn Thomas. Ill give you Joyce though.

pilson

No this is the most 'famous' ucd people thread not the most esteemed. Just because Haughey, Rosanna etc are famous does'nt mean we respect them.

elmyra

pilson wrote:

I saw a programme on rte about Dermot Morgan. I think I remember seeing him at UCD as a student

That's true. Have a seminar with Terry Dolan at the moment in English and he told us in one of them that he was Dermot Morgan's tutor way back when.

RedRaven

Chuck Norris founded U.C.D.!! Way back in the day!!

Blush_01

Maeve Binchy, Marian Keyes, Frank McGuinness, Aidan Mathews, Neil Jordan, Marina Carr, Conor McPherson, Dara O'Briain, Joyce (eurgh), Declan Kiberd, Eilis Ni Dhuibhne, John McGahern, Flann O'Brien... so many people went to UCD, it's been around for a while, y'know?

spagboll

Ross O Carrol Kelly

errlloyd

You dragged up a 5 year old thread for Ross O Carroll Kelly? Really?

Sorry just to stop a mod getting angry, we've had like 90% of Ireland's chief justices and Attorneys General.

OpenYourEyes

Chris O'Dowd from The IT Crowd!

Raphael

Why would I get angry at you, you didn't drag up a 5 year old thread just to make an off topic post.

Locked, btw.