peer John S. Beckett, musician, composer and conductor Michael Biggs, sculptor Robert Blackburn, educationalist Sir Dermot Boyle, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Thomas Chamney, former Olympic track and field athlete Adam Clayton, musician (U2) Brian Faulkner, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Jasmine Guinness, designer and fashion model Edward Gwynn, scholar Stephen Gwynn, writer and author E. Chambré Hardman, pictorialist photographer Christopher Robin Haskins, Baron Haskins, businessman, life peer, and former member of the British Labour Party Joseph Hone, writer, professor Rex Ingram, director Richard Claverhouse Jebb, classicist Roy Johnston, Irish physicist William John Leech, painter Charles Marriott, International cricketer Ian McKinley, International rugby player Sir Kenneth O'Connor, President of the East African Court of Appeal Harry Read, rugby union international and first-class cricketer Alan Ruddock, journalist, editor of The Sunday Times Ireland, and The Scotsman Patrick Scott, artist Victoria Smurfit, actress Holly Somerville, botanical illustrator and artist William Trevor, KBE, writer Peter Wyse Jackson, botanist Ivan Yates, politician, former TD Michael Yeats, barrister and Fianna Fáil politician Wardens Robert Corbet Singleton (1843–47) M.C. Morton (1848–50) George Williams (1850–56) John Gwynn (1856–64) John Longden (1864–67) Robert Rice (1867–91) Percy Whelan (1891-1904) William Parker (1904–08) R.M. Gwynn (1909-09), Acting-Warden William Blackburn (1909–19) R.M. Gwynn, (1919-1919) Acting-Warden C.B. Armstrong (1919–33) C.W. Sowby (1933–49) F.M. Argyle (1949–74) D. Gibbs (1974 - 1988) T. E. Macey (1988 - 2001) ? Haslett (2001-2016) M. Boobbyer (2016–present) References External links English department blog Science department website Old Columbans Germany Secondary schools in County Dublin Anglican schools in the Republic of Ireland Boarding schools in Ireland Educational institutions established in 1843 Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference Private schools in the Republic of Ireland 1843 establishments in Ireland