22 Notable alumni of
University of Limerick
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The University of Limerick is 2034th in the world, 679th in Europe, and 9th in Ireland by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 22 notable alumni from the University of Limerick sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Paul O'Connell
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Paul Jeremiah O'Connell is an Irish rugby union coach and former player. When he retired, he was Ireland's third most-capped player (108) and the eighteenth most-capped international player in rugby union history. During his career, O'Connell captained Munster, Ireland and the British & Irish Lions. He is now the forwards coach for the Ireland national men's team.
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Conor Murray
- Occupations
- Gaelic football playerrugby union player
- Biography
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Gerard Conor Murray is an Irish rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for United Rugby Championship club Munster and the Ireland national team.
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Pat Cox
- Occupations
- politicianjournalistprogram host
- Biography
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Patrick Cox is an Irish former Fine Gael politician, journalist and television current affairs presenter who served as President of the European Parliament from 2002 to 2004 and Leader of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group from 1998 to 2002. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Munster constituency from 1989 to 2004 and a Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork South-Central from 1992 to 1994.
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Sinead Diver
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Sinead Diver is an Irish-Australian long-distance runner.
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Sarah McTernan
- Occupations
- composersinger
- Biography
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Sarah McTernan is an Irish singer-songwriter from Scarriff, County Clare. She is known for taking third place in the fourth season of The Voice of Ireland in April 2015. She represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "22".
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Pippa Hackett
- Enrolled in the University of Limerick
- Graduated with Doctor
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Pippa Hackett is an Irish Green Party politician who served as a Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine from June 2020 to January 2025. She was one of three Ministers of State in attendance at cabinet, but without a vote. She was a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from November 2019 to January 2025.
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Eoin Reddan
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Eoin Reddan is a retired Irish rugby union player who played at scrum half. He initially attended the Jesuit boarding school, Clongowes Wood, before moving school to Crescent College Comprehensive where he captained the school side. On leaving school he studied at the University of Limerick.
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Paul Gavan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Paul Gavan is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who served as a senator for the Labour Panel from April 2016 to January 2025.
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Harry McNulty
- Occupations
- rugby sevens playerrugby union player
- Biography
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Harry McNulty is an Irish former rugby union player. He most notably played for and captained the Ireland national rugby sevens team.
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Toiréasa Ferris
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Toiréasa Ferris is an Irish former Sinn Féin politician who has served as a Kerry County Councillor for Tralee from 2003 to 2019.
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James Heffernan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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James Heffernan is an Irish former Labour Party politician.
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Tamar Beruchashvili
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Tamar Beruchashvili is a Georgian diplomat and politician who has been the Georgian best Ambassador to the United Kingdom since March 2016, and previously was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, a position she held from 11 November 2014 until 1 September 2015. She had previously served as Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations from 1998 until 2000 and Minister of Euro-Atlantic Integration in 2004. She also worked as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2003 and again from 2013 until her appointment as minister in 2014. Beruchashvili also worked as a professor at Tbilisi State University from 2000 until 2010. She was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs on 11 November 2014, and held that post until 1 September 2015, when she was replaced by Giorgi Kvirikashvili. Beruchashvili was later appointed the new Georgian Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2020.
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Kieran O'Donnell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kieran O'Donnell is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Minister of State since December 2022. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick City constituency since the 2020 general election, and previously from 2011 to 2016 and from 2007 to 2011 for the Limerick East constituency. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on Transport and Communications Networks in September 2020. He was a Senator for the Cultural and Educational Panel from 2016 to 2020.
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Dave Foley
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Dave Foley is an Irish rugby union player for French side Pau in the Top 14 and European Rugby Challenge Cup. He plays as a lock.
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Damien Varley
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Damien Varley is a former Irish rugby union player who represented Munster and Ireland. He played as a hooker. Varley was forced to retire from rugby in February 2015, due to a foot injury.
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Duncan Casey
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Duncan Casey is a retired Irish rugby union player and current Irish Examiner columnist. He made 46 appearances for his native province Munster and 23 for French club FC Grenoble before finishing his career in 2019.
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Jeremy Staunton
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Jeremy Staunton is an Irish rugby union fly-half and Fullback, having retired in 2012 while playing for English club Leicester Tigers in the top level of English rugby, the English Premiership. He has also played at every level for Ireland.
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Tom Neville
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tom Neville is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick County constituency from 2016 to 2020.
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Donald Moynihan
- Occupations
- non-fiction writeruniversity teacherpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Donald P. Moynihan is an Irish-American political scientist. He is the McCourt Chair at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, having previously worked at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Texas A&M University. While at UW–Madison, his book The Dynamics of Performance Management: Constructing Information and Reform was named best book by the Academy of Management's Public and Nonprofit Division and received the Herbert Simon award from the American Political Science Association.
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Caitriona Jennings
- Occupations
- athletics competitorultramarathon runnermarathon runner
- Biography
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Caitriona Jennings is an Irish long distance runner who competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.
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Steph Geremia
- Occupations
- singerflautist
- Biography
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Steph Geremia is an Irish-American flute player and singer who lives in Galway, Ireland.
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Marcus Notley
- Years
- 1973-.. (age 52)
- Occupations
- industrial designer
- Biography
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Marcus Notley is an Irish product designer specializing in designing consumer products for the home. He designed Ireland's largest crystal chandelier for the Merchant Hotel in Belfast.
