Home Rule and later went on to found the Leinster Leader newspaper. The nationalist Maurice Leyne and the physician and poet Richard D'Alton Williams (1822–1862) attended Carlow College. Poet and teacher William A. Byrne, (William Dara) also attended Carlow. Patrick Moriarty OSA was the second president of Villanova College, and instrumental in its setting up, studied at Carlow, before joining the Augustinians. Patrick Barry, Bishop of St. Augustine, Florida and co-founder of Barry University began his studies for the priesthood at Carlow College in 1890. British General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny GCB GCVO (1840–1914) was also educated as a lay student at Carlow College. Rev Thomas Nangle (1889–1972) from Canada, padre of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment in the first world war, studied for the priesthood at Carlow, later a Rhodesian farmer and MP. Michael O'Hanrahan who was executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising, was educated in Carlow College Academy. Nationalist activist Kevin O'Higgins studied for a while at Carlow College, after he was expelled from Maynooth College in 1911 for smoking. A number of the rooms in the college are named after alumni and people associated with the college such as Cobden Hall named after the architect Thomas Cobden who designed the college building, the John England Room and the Therry Room, among others. Lawrence Duffy, current bishop of Clogher, studied in Carlow. Bishop elect of Achonry Paul Dempsey also studied in Carlow. Notable professors Among the first professors were French refugees following the revolution, Abbés Noget, Chabout and Labruné. Patrick J. (P.J.) Brophy BD (1919 – 1998) Professor (1944-1974), President(1970–74) Thomas Croke DD, Archbishop of Cashel, GAA Patron, taught for a time at Carlow James Warren Doyle, O.E.S.A., Roman Catholic bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, campaigner for Catholic Emancipation, and the builder of Carlow Cathedral, held a professorship at Carlow College from 1814 to 1819. He was a professor of theology and was chair of rhetoric. Sports In 1865 Carlow College Cricket Club established and games played against other Carlow and Dublin teams. In 1882 Ecclesiastic students at Carlow College played rugby and Carlow College Rugby Club formed in 1898 they played in the Leinster Senior Cup, in 1912 rugby was reintroduced, as the Irish Nationalism increased Gaelic games became more prominent. In 1976 St. Patrick's College, Carlow defeated St. Patrick's College, Thurles, to win the Higher Education Hurling League. Presidents of the college Henry Staunton (1792–1814)