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Date 1592 - present
Notable Alumni Mary Robinson • J.B. Bury • John Elliott Cairnes • Oscar Wilde • Leo Varadkar • Sally Rooney • John Boyne • William Campbell • Robert Fisk • William Trevor • J.P. Donleavy • J.P. Donleavy • Sir George Abraham Grierson

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