14 Notable alumni of
Saint Patrick's College, Maynooth
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Saint Patrick's College, Maynooth is 2923rd in the world, 914th in Europe, and 13th in Ireland by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from Saint Patrick's College, Maynooth sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Craig Doyle
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Craig Doyle is an Irish television and radio presenter. To British viewers he is recognisable as working for the BBC and ITV and more recently BT Sport. Irish viewers also know him as the host of RTÉ One chat show Tonight with Craig Doyle and RTÉ2's Craig Doyle Live. He is the main anchor on BT Sport Premiership, European Champions Cup rugby coverage and MotoGP motorcycle racing. Craig has also been a presenter on ITV's Rugby World Cup coverage. Since 2022, Doyle has been a regular relief presenter on ITV daytime series This Morning alongside Josie Gibson and Holly Willoughby. In September 2023, he replaced Laura Woods as host of The NFL Show on ITV.
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John Dominic Crossan
- Enrolled in Saint Patrick's College, Maynooth
- In 1959 graduated with Doctor of Divinity
- Occupations
- New Testament scholar
- Biography
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John Dominic Crossan is an Irish-American New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity, former Catholic priest who was a prominent member of the Jesus Seminar, and emeritus professor at DePaul University. His research has focused on the historical Jesus, the theology of noncanonical Gospels, and the application of postmodern hermeneutical approaches to the Bible. His work is controversial, portraying the Second Coming as a late corruption of Jesus' message and saying that Jesus' divinity is metaphorical. In place of the eschatological message of the Gospels, Crossan emphasizes the historical context of Jesus and of his followers immediately after his death. He describes Jesus' ministry as founded on free healing and communal meals, negating the social hierarchies of Jewish culture and the Roman Empire.
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Ignatius Aphrem II
- Enrolled in Saint Patrick's College, Maynooth
- Studied in 1994
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II is a Syrian-American Christian prelate who is serving as the Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church since 29 May 2014.
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Tomás Ó Fiaich
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Tomás Séamus Cardinal Ó Fiaich, KGCHS was an Irish prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the Catholic Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh from 1977 until his death. He was created a Cardinal in 1979. Ó Fiaich was born in 1923 in Cullyhanna and raised in Camlough, County Armagh.
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Mary Hanafin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mary Hanafin is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport from 2010 to 2011, Deputy leader of Fianna Fáil from January 2011 to March 2011, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation from January 2011 to March 2011, Minister for Social and Family Affairs from 2008 to 2011, Minister for Education and Science from 2004 to 2008, Government Chief Whip from 2002 to 2004 and Minister of State for Children from 2000 to 2002. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency from 1997 to 2011.
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Jerry Buttimer
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jerry Buttimer is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann since December 2022. He has served as a Senator for the Labour Panel since 2016, and previously from 2007 to 2011. He served as Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from July 2020 to August 2020, Leader of the Seanad from 2016 to 2020 and Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad from 2016 to 2020. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-Central constituency from 2011 to 2016.
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Brian Hayes
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Brian Hayes is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Minister of State from 2011 to 2014, Leader of the Opposition in the Seanad and Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad from 2002 to 2007. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency from 2014 to 2019. He was as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-West constituency from 1997 to 2002 and 2007 to 2014. He was also a Senator from 1995 to 1997, after being nominated by the Taoiseach and from 2002 to 2007 for the Cultural and Educational Panel.
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Peadar Ua Laoghaire
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- writerCatholic priesttranslatorlinguistBible translator
- Biography
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Father Peadar Ua Laoghaire or Peadar Ó Laoghaire, also anglicized as Peter O'Leary, was an Irish writer and Catholic priest, who is regarded today as one of the founders of modern literature in Irish.
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John O'Mahony
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John O'Mahony is an Irish former Fine Gael politician and former football manager who served as a Senator from 2016 to 2020, after being nominated by the Taoiseach. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo constituency from 2007 to 2016.
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Joe Costello
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph Costello is an Irish former Labour Party politician who was a member of Dublin City Council from 2019 to 2023. He served as a Minister of State from 2011 to 2014. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Central constituency from 1992 to 1997 and 2000 to 2016.
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Dominic Corrigan
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- cardiologistpathologistphysicianpolitician
- Biography
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Sir Dominic John Corrigan, 1st Baronet, was an Irish physician, known for his original observations in heart disease. The abnormal "collapsing" pulse of aortic valve insufficiency is named Corrigan's pulse after him.
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Diarmuid Wilson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Diarmuid Wilson is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a Senator for the Administrative Panel since September 2002.
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Thomas Ambrose Butler
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Thomas Ambrose Butler was an Irish American Catholic priest known for his writings on Irish immigration and his promotion of Irish settlements in the state of Kansas, which led to the founding of the Irish colony of Butler City, Kansas.
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John Healy
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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The Most Rev. Dr John Healy was an Irish clergyman of the Catholic Church. He served as Lord Bishop of Clonfert from 1896 to 1903 and as Lord Archbishop of Tuam from 1903 to 1918.
