15 Notable alumni of Carlow College
Updated: May 31, 2026 EliteDegrees
Carlow College is ranked #9,146 in the world and #31 in Ireland by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 15 notable alumni from Carlow College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Carlow College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Thomas Fitzpatrick
1832-1900 (aged 68)
physician
Thomas Fitzpatrick, born in Virginia, County Cavan, Ireland, became a prominent London physician and member of the Royal College of Physicians. He was the son of James and Elizabeth (née Lawler) Fitzpatrick and born in the Headfort Arms Hotel, Virginia where his parents were the proprietors. From a privileged upbringing Thomas was educated at St. Patrick's, Carlow College, a school...
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2. Patrick Phelan
1856-1925 (aged 69)
Catholic priest
Catholic bishop
Bishop Patrick Phelan DD was Roman Catholic Bishop of Sale, Victoria, Australia.
3. Patrick John Ryan
1831-1911 (aged 80)
Catholic priest
Catholic bishop
Patrick John Ryan was an Irish-born Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1884 until his death in 1911.
4. Thomas Kelly-Kenny
1840-1914 (aged 74)
military personnel
General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny was a British Army general who served in the Second Boer War.
5. John O'Hanlon
1821-1905 (aged 84)
Catholic priest
poet
John Canon O'Hanlon MRIA was an Irish Catholic priest, scholar and writer who also published poetry and illustrations, and involved himself in Irish politics. He is best known as a folklorist and a hagiographer, and in particular for his comprehensive Lives of the Irish Saints.
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6. Thomas Nangle
1889-1972 (aged 83)
diplomat
politician
Thomas Matthew Mary Nangle was a Newfoundland cleric and diplomat. He served as the military chaplain of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War I. In his later life, he moved to Southern Rhodesia, where he became a farmer and was briefly elected to their Legislative Assembly.
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7. Andrew Killian
1872-1939 (aged 67)
theologian
Catholic bishop
Catholic priest
Andrew Killian was an Irish clergyman and the fourth Archbishop of Adelaide. Born and ordained in Ireland, Killian moved to Australia, where he became Bishop of Port Augusta before succeeding Robert Spence as Archbishop of Adelaide.
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8. Lawrence Geoffrey Power
1841-1921 (aged 80)
lawyer
politician
Lawrence Geoffrey Power, PC was a Canadian lawyer and politician.
9. James J. Davis
1852-1926 (aged 74)
Catholic priest
James Joseph Davis was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Davenport in Iowa from 1906 to until his death in 1926.
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10. Peter Lalor
1827-1889 (aged 62)
politician
Peter Fintan Lalor; 5 February 1827 – 9 February 1889) was an Irish-Australian rebel and, later, politician, who rose to fame for his leading role in the Eureka Rebellion, an event identified with the "birth of democracy" in Australia.
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11. John O'Leary
1830-1907 (aged 77)
journalist
poet
John O'Leary was an Irish separatist and a leading Fenian. He studied both law and medicine but did not take a degree and for his involvement in the Irish Republican Brotherhood, he was imprisoned for five years in England during the nineteenth century.
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12. Michael O'Hanrahan
1877-1916 (aged 39)
revolutionary
Michael O'Hanrahan was an Irish rebel who was executed for his active role in the 1916 Easter Rising.
13. Willie Redmond
1861-1917 (aged 56)
barrister
military personnel
politician
William Hoey Kearney Redmond was an Irish nationalist politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP). He was also a lawyer and soldier who was killed in action in World War I.
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14. James Fintan Lalor
1807-1849 (aged 42)
journalist
writer
James Fintan Lalor was an Irish revolutionary, journalist, and “one of the most powerful writers of his day.” A leading member of the Irish Confederation (Young Ireland), he was to play an active part in both the Rebellion in July 1848 and the attempted Rising in September of that same year. Lalor's writings were to exert a seminal influence on...
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15. John England
1786-1842 (aged 56)
Catholic priest
Catholic bishop
John England was an Irish-born American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of Charleston, leading a diocese that then covered three Southern states. England previously served as a priest in Cork, Ireland, where he was active in the movement for Catholic emancipation in the British Isles. As bishop in Charleston, he ministered to and provided...
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