Editing University of Galway (section)

==People==
{{main|List of University of Galway people}}

===Presidents===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left"
|-
!Name of President
!Years
|-
|[[Joseph W. Kirwan]] 
|1845–1849
|-
|[[Edward Berwick]] 
|1849–1877
|-
|[[Thomas William Moffett]] 
|1877–1897
|-
|[[W.J.M. Starkie]] 
|1897–1899
|-
|[[Alexander Anderson (physicist)|Alexander Anderson]]
|1899–1934
|-
|[[Monsignor John Hynes|John Hynes]] 
|1934–1945
|-
|[[Monsignor Pádraig de Brún]] 
|1945–1959
|-
|[[Martin J. Newell]] 
|1960–1975
|-
|[[Colm Ó hEocha]] 
|1975–1996
|-
|[[Patrick F. Fottrell]] 
|1996–2000
|-
|[[Iognáid G. Ó Muircheartaigh]] 
|2000–2008
|-
|[[James J. Browne]] 
|2008–2018
|-
|Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh 
|2018–2024
|-
|Peter McHugh
|2024 to present
|-
|}

===Notable alumni===
* [[Keith Barry]], performing artist
* [[Fiona Everard]], national champion runner<ref>{{cite web |date=20 November 2023 |title=The Startling running progress of Fiona Everard |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2023/11/20/the-startling-running-progress-of-fiona-everard/ |accessdate=21 November 2023 |website=Irish Times}}</ref>
* [[Ethna Gaffney]], first female professor at the [[Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Finn |first=Clodagh |date=2024-01-13 |title=Clodagh Finn: Ethna Gaffney was an academic trailblazer who introduced first dietetics course |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41307472.html |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Michael D. Higgins]], 9th [[President of Ireland]]
* [[Enda Kenny]], former [[Taoiseach]]
* [[Aifric Keogh]] and [[Fiona Murtagh (rower)|Fiona Murtagh]] Olympic bronze medalists Tokyo 2020
* [[Mark Heslin]], judge of the [[High Court of Ireland|High Court]]
* [[Máire Whelan]], former [[Attorney General of Ireland|Attorney General]] and current judge of the [[Court of Appeal of Ireland|Court of Appeal]]
* [[Breandán Ó hEithir]], writer and author
* [[Pat McGrath (journalist)|Pat McGrath]], news correspondent
* [[Wilfrid Napier]] O.F.M., Cardinal, Archbishop of Durban
* [[Conor Pope]], journalist
* [[Gráinne Seoige]], former news anchor and TV presenter on RTÉ, Virgin, TG4 and Sky
* [[Martin Sheen]], actor
* [[Nicola Coughlan]], actor<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sin.ie/2019/04/02/derry-girls-nicola-coughlan-on-life-in-nui-galway-acting-and-the-impact-of-the-hit-comedy-show/ | title=Derry Girls' Nicola Coughlan on life in NUI Galway, acting, and the impact of the hit comedy show | date=2 April 2019 }}</ref>

===Notable faculty===
*[[Emily Anderson]] - first professor of German<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 February 2017|title=Ceremony to Mark Naming of Emily Anderson Concert Hall at NUI Galway|url=https://www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/news-and-events/news-archive/2017/february2017/ceremony-to-mark-naming-of-emily-anderson-concert-hall-at-nui-galway.html|access-date=22 March 2017|website=NUI Galway News}}</ref>
*[[Nicholas Canny]] - historian
* [[Colm McDonald]] - professor of psychiatry
* [[Michael D. Higgins]] - sociologist, 9th [[President of Ireland]]
* [[William King (geologist)|William King]] - geologist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nuigalway.ie/science/king.html |title=William King |work=History of NUI Galway, the Science Faculty and associated scientists |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716223105/http://www.nuigalway.ie/science/king.html |archive-date=16 July 2012 }}</ref>
*[[Alice Perry]] - engineer
*[[Gerard Quinn]] - jurist, specialist in international and comparative disability law and policy<ref>{{cite news|date=3 March 2015|title=Prof. Gerard Quinn|work=Department of the Taoiseach|url=http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/News/Government_Press_Releases/Appointments_to_the_Court_of_Appeal.html}}</ref>
* [[Niamh Reilly]] - sociologist and political scientist
*[[George Johnstone Stoney]] - physicist<ref>{{cite web|last=Mulvihill|first=Mary|date=15 February 2011|title=The man who 'invented' the electron|url=http://ingeniousireland.ie/2011/02/the-man-who-%E2%80%98invented%E2%80%99-the-electron/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604133542/http://ingeniousireland.ie/2011/02/the-man-who-%E2%80%98invented%E2%80%99-the-electron/|archive-date=4 June 2015}}</ref>