Did any famous people attend your school?

Lapin · 17-01-2012 05:58PM

Winston Churchill, Robert Peel, James Blunt, King Hussein of Jordan, John McCririck, The Duke of Westminster, a few more prime ministers and princes and eh..... Witnail.

elPadrino · 17-01-2012 06:00PM

Roddy Doyle

Ronan Keating:mad:

leviathon · 17-01-2012 06:04PM

SeaFields wrote: »

Some of these guys did apparently

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxmZZBJQAKM

Same as above - Niall O' Flaherty went to mine

mattjack · 17-01-2012 06:06PM

Ian Wiley.

guinang · 17-01-2012 06:10PM

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Actually my maths teacher was Aidan Lynch of LOI fame

I was in the same school as you fella, though definitely not at the same time. Aidan Lynch was a year ahead of me when i was there. His brother is a pretty good footie player too - spent a while at Leeds, and then back to Bohs. Not sure what was in between or after for him though.

By the way, how did you forget Liam Brady, but remember Bertie. The shame.

seamus · 17-01-2012 06:12PM

It's a big rugby school, so there's a long list of rugby players. But having never had any interest in rugby, I've never heard of any of them, except the one muppet who was in my year.

The best-known alumni are probably Dave Allen (comedian), The Coronas, Mike Murphy and Peter Lawrie.

No super-famous people and nobody notable really except for the above 4. Even the Coronas just barely make it into the "notable" category.

bop1977 · 17-01-2012 06:12PM

I was in school with Emma Byrne. Ireland and Aresnal's goalkeeper.

http://www.nigoalkeeping.com/images/EmmaByrne1w.jpg

mattjack · 17-01-2012 06:13PM

bop1977 wrote: »

i was in School with Emma byrne. ireland and aresnal's womens soccer goalkeeper.

http://www.nigoalkeeping.com/images/EmmaByrne1w.jpg

Jumpin' Jebus :eek:

ejmaztec · 17-01-2012 06:13PM

too much information.:P

GLaDOS · 17-01-2012 06:15PM

guinang wrote: »

By the way, how did you forget Liam Brady, but remember Bertie. The shame.

I remember him giving some talk at the school but couldn't reember if he'd actually been to the school or was just some random guest

BigCon · 17-01-2012 06:16PM

Jazz Duro was in my class.

May be NSFW

KTRIC · 17-01-2012 06:20PM

Sindri wrote: »

Ahh yes, the infamous KTRIC. Famous for his short but provocative and sensationalist posts.

I'm female :rolleyes:

John Doe1 · 17-01-2012 06:21PM

irishejit wrote: »

There's a few from my old school-

Henry Francis Lyte - wrote Abide With Me
Oscar Wilde
Samuel Beckett
and Neil Hannon of Divince Comedy fame!

Aw Royal School Portora, I went to a sister school The Royal and Prior in Raphoe, God save the queen:D

no1beemerfan · 17-01-2012 06:21PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

You hardly went to the tech in Roscrea Co Tipp did you? I remember Seamus Dennison used to teach history there.

Yup I did. Would go back in a heart beat, loved it!

ciarang85 · 17-01-2012 06:24PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

The ones I remember from school were:

Aidan Gillen (Actor from The Wire, Love/Hate)
Kenny Cunningham (former Ireland international footballer)
Dessie Farrell (Chief Executive of the GAA & former Dublin GAA player)
Jason Sherlock (former Dublin GAA player)

I knew them all from playing football with them, with the exception of Gillen.

Eamon Coghlan (former athlete) & Ronan Collins (RTE) also attended my school, but a good bit before my time.

Stephen Cluxton is a teacher there aswell

ManofStraw · 17-01-2012 06:24PM

Sindri wrote: »

No one famous went to my school.

Except Christy MOORE!!! Jamie Heaslip, Geordan Murphy, Geordan Murphy's nephew, Fionn Carr, Bernard Jackman and myself who one day will be famous.

You forgot Tony Buckley and Fergal Quinn (founded Superquinn)

neil_hosey · 17-01-2012 06:31PM

Bertie went to my school the cúnt... and writer Michael Nugent, Dublin gaelic footballers Tommy Drumm, Paul Clarke, Dave Synnott, Paddy Christie and Paddy Moran, Olympians Owen Casey (tennis) Paul Ward (cycling) and Niall Bruton (athletics) and former Republic of Ireland footballers Liam Brady and Mark Kinsella and David Brophy, Principal Conductor of the RTE Concert Orchestra.

(copy pasta).

stimpson · 17-01-2012 06:52PM

neil_hosey wrote: »

Bertie went to my school the cúnt... and writer Michael Nugent, Dublin gaelic footballers Tommy Drumm, Paul Clarke, Dave Synnott, Paddy Christie and Paddy Moran, Olympians Owen Casey (tennis) Paul Ward (cycling) and Niall Bruton (athletics) and former Republic of Ireland footballers Liam Brady and Mark Kinsella and David Brophy, Principal Conductor of the RTE Concert Orchestra.

(copy pasta).

Do Aidan's actually call Bertie a cúnt on the website? I didn't know Michael Nugent was an Aidan's lad. I hope the brothers are proud about producing the Irish Dawkins. I was in Kinsellas class and I remember Niall Bruton too.

Oh, Tommy Broughan TD(who recently got the heave from the Labour Party over voting against the budget) was a teacher. And I believe the Art teacher in my day was a prominent Republican.