Alumni and Friends
Alumni of the School at the Graduate Reunion Weekend (August 2012)
- Stay Connected
- Photo Gallery
- Alumni Interviews
- Share Your Experience
- Alumni Appeal Thank You
- The Grattan Scholars
The School's alumni community is made up of over 9,000 people around the world from Tipperary to Thailand! The School aims to provide opportunities for alumni to remain involved long after they have graduated. Our goal is to ensure that our alumni can stay connected not only with the School but also with their fellow graduates.
School alumni play an important role in enhancing public debate and understanding of economic, political, social and philosophical issues. Many accomplished alumni are now in leading roles in fields as diverse as business, entertainment, education, journalism, government and public service.
Stay Connected
It has never been easier to keep in touch!
- Keep up-to-date with the School alumni newsletter (PDF, 944KB)
- Come along to an Alumni Event
- Join an Alumni Branch, Group or Network
- Follow us on Facebook and Twitter
- E-mail your comments or suggestions to sspalum@tcd.ie
- Help us to keep in touch with you – update your contact details
Plus you can register on Front Gate online to connect with fellow alumni, register for events, join the career network and other groups, all in one place!
Photo Gallery
Visit the alumni photo gallery to see photos of recent events.
Alumni Interviews
Find out more about fellow School alumni in recent interviews and features:
- E-zine May 2012: Jennifer Cassidy - History and Political Science (2010)
- E-zine November 2011 : Hugo MacNeill - B.A. in Economics (1981)
- Trinity Today October 2011: “London Calling” Profile of Margaret Doyle - B.A. in Economic and Social Studies (1990)
- Trinity Today October 2011: “An Independent Voice” Interview with foreign correspondent Robert Fisk - PhD in Political Science (1985)
- E-zine February 2011: Sinead English - B.A. in Economic and Social Studies (1989)
- E-zine May 2010: Grainne Dooley - B.A. in Business and Economics (1991)
Share Your Experience
From left to right: David O'Sullivan, Joschka Fischer (former German Vice-Chancellor) and Paul Gillespie.
Have you started a company? Made a difference in Ireland or the wider world? Done something different and unexpected? We encourage alumni to come back to College to speak to undergraduate and graduate students about their experiences.
Alumni also participate in other events and activities such as the School’s Henry Grattan Public Lecture Series which aims to promote informed debate on social, political and economic issues. School alumni such as David O'Sullivan, Chief Operating Officer of the European External Action Service and Paul Gillespie, columnist at The Irish Times have spoken at previous events.
If you are interested in getting involved as a speaker please contact sspalum@tcd.ie
Alumni Appeal Thank You
Winners of the 2012 Dermot McAleese Teaching Awards
Thanks to the generosity of our graduates who donated to the Alumni Appeal the School has established the Dermot McAleese Teaching Award. This award recognises teaching assistants who have made an outstanding contribution in the pursuit of teaching excellence; it is the first time such an award has been presented in Trinity.