page_title: The King's Hospital
section_title: Notable past pupils
hierarchical_section_title: The King's Hospital / Notable past pupils
caption_attribution_description: Ireland, Mr. Leo Varadkar, Minister for Social Protection Informal Meeting of Ministers for Employment and Social Policy ph halime sarrag
context_page_description: The Hospital and Free School of King Charles II, Oxmantown, also called The King's Hospital is a Church of Ireland co-educational independent day and boarding school situated in Palmerstown, Dublin, Ireland. It is on an 80-acre campus beside the River Liffey, called Brooklawn, named after the country houses situated on the site and in which the headmaster and his family reside. The school is also a member of the HMC Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the BSA.
  Founded in 1669, it is one of the oldest schools in Ireland and was also known as the Blue Coat School. Although priority is given to those of the main Protestant tradition, as a Christian school, it is attended by students of other denominations and faiths. The school's colours are navy and gold. The school crest is three burning castles with the date "1669", almost identical to the crest for Dublin city. The current headmaster is Mark Ronan.
context_section_description: Jack Boothman - President of the GAA (1994 and 1997);
  Professor Jonathan Coleman (physicist), lecturer in the School of Physics in CRANN at Trinity College Dublin and the 2011 Science Foundation Ireland 'Researcher of the Year'
  Natalya Coyle is an Irish athlete who competed for Ireland at the 2012 Summer Olympics London 2012 where she finished 9th in the modern pentathlon.
  Harvey du Cros - financier; the founder of the pneumatic tire industry based on the discovery of John Boyd Dunlop
  Robert Dowds - politician; a former Irish Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Mid-West constituency from 2011 to 2016.
  John and Edward Grimes - members of the pop duo Jedward
  Andy Orr - member of the pop group Six
  Lisa Hannigan - Irish folk/pop singer famous for her recordings with Damien Rice
  Niall Hogan - co-founder of Touchtech Payments, bought by billion dollar online global payments company Stripe in 2019
  Heike Holstein - is the most successful ever dressage rider based in Ireland and was a three times competitor equestrianism at the Olympics in Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.
  Noel Mahony - First-class cricketer for Ireland and president of the Irish Cricket Union, also taught mathematics at the school.
  Angus McKeen - Former Leinster and Ireland rugby prop forward;
  Tom Murphy - Tony Award-winning Irish actor;
  Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany - film producer
  Robin Roe - captain of the Ireland national rugby union team. Also capped with The Lions and The Barbarians;
  Camilla Speirs - competed in equestrianism for Ireland at the 2012 Summer Olympics London 2012 Summer Olympics;
  Kathryn Thomas - Irish television presenter;
  Leo Varadkar - 14th Taoiseach of Ireland (2017–present);
  Roderic O'Gorman - Cllr and Chairman of The Green Party (Ireland)
  Robert Alexander Warke (born 1930), Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross;
  John Weir - Loyalist murderer and member of the Glenanne gang;
  Ian Fitzpatrick - Rugby player, domestically as a full back for Leinster and internationally as a forward for the Irish rugby sevens side.
caption: Past pupil Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD
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