The following is a list of University of Galway people, including notable alumni and faculty members of the University of Galway and its forerunners: Queen's College, Galway (QCG) created in 1845 as a college of the Queen's University of Ireland; University College, Galway (UCG) chartered in accordance with the Irish Universities Act, 1908 as a university college of the National University of Ireland; and National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI, Galway and later NUI Galway without the comma), a constituent university of the National University of Ireland and newly named since the Universities Act, 1997 until 2022. Alumni Politicians Michael D. Higgins - 9th President of Ireland Enda Kenny Eamon Gilmore Frank Fahy Joseph Brennan Séamus Kirk Michael Kitt Pat "the Cope" Gallagher Heather Humphreys Michael Ring Lisa Chambers Barry Cowen Anne Rabbitte Sylvester Barrett Mark Clinton Paul Connaughton Jnr Ciara Conway Rose Conway-Walsh Brendan Griffin Fidelma Healy Eames Jim Higgins Lorraine Higgins Seán Kyne Patrick Lindsay Farrell McElgunn Bobby Molloy Rónán Mullen Ronan Moore Carol Nolan Derek Nolan Maureen O'Carroll Pádraig Ó Céidigh Trevor Ó Clochartaigh John O'Mahony Pat Rabbitte Seán Sherlock Madeleine Taylor-Quinn Mary Upton Pat Upton John Dallat - SDLP politician Aisling Dolan Government officials Henry Arthur Blake - Governor of Hong Kong (1898-1903) Antony MacDonnell, 1st Baron MacDonnell - Colonial Administrator Charles James O'Donnell - Colonial Administrator John Sheehy - Colonial Official William Alfred Browne - Civil servant Diplomats Noel Dorr Pádraig MacKernan Law John Atkinson Joseph R. Fisher Mark Heslin, judge of the High Court Likando Kalaluka - Attorney General of Zambia in 2015 Walter Lewis Robert McCall John Monroe Thomas O'Shaughnessy Andrew Reed Guy Rutledge Mathilda Twomey - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Seychelles Raymond West - High Court Judge in British India Máire Whelan - Attorney General of Ireland, Judge of the Court of Appeal Military Major General Michael Beary - UNIFIL Commander General Bindon Blood - British military commander Major General Kieran Brennan - Deputy Chief of Staff (Ops) and former Kilkenny hurler Lieutenant General Sean McCann - Former Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces Vice Admiral Mark Mellett - Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces Brigadier General Maureen O'Brien - First woman to attain the rank of Lt Colonel (Army Line), Colonel and Brig Gen in the Irish Defence Forces Commandant Cathal Berry - Former Deputy Commander of the Army Ranger Wing and Head of the Military