List of chancellors of the University of Dublin

• 1592 – 1598: The 1st Baron Burghley
• 1598 – 1601: The 2nd Earl of Essex
• 1601 – 1612: The 1st Earl of Salisbury (known as Viscount Cranborne until 1605)
• 1612 – 1633: Dr George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1633 – 1645: Dr William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1645 – 1653: The 1st Marquess of Ormonde (created the 1st Duke of Ormonde in 1661)
• 1653 – 1660: Henry Cromwell
• 1660 – 1688: The 1st Duke of Ormonde (restored)
• 1688 – 1715: The 2nd Duke of Ormonde
• 1715 – 1727: H.R.H. George, Prince of Wales
• 1727 – 1728: Vacant
• 1728 – 1751: H.R.H. Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales
• 1751 – 1765: H.R.H. The Duke of Cumberland
• 1765 – 1771: The 4th Duke of Bedford
• 1771 – 1805: H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
• 1805 – 1851: H.R.H. The Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (succeeded as H.M. King Ernest Augustus of Hanover in June 1837)
• 1851 – 1862: Lord John George de la Poer Beresford, Archbishop of Armagh
• 1862 – 1867: The 3rd Earl of Rosse
• 1867 – 1885: The 1st Baron Cairns (created The 1st Earl Cairns in 1878)
• 1885 – 1908: The 4th Earl of Rosse
• 1908 – 1927: The 1st Viscount Iveagh (created The 1st Earl of Iveagh in 1919)
• 1927 – 1963: The 2nd Earl of Iveagh
• 1963 – 1982: Frederick Boland
• 1982 – 1984: Professor William Bedell Stanford
• 1985 – 1998: Francis O'Reilly
• 1998 – 2019: Professor Mary Robinson
• 2019 – present: Professor Mary McAleese

The Chancellor of the University of Dublin is supported by a number of Pro-Chancellors who may act in his/her place. The appointment was formerly known as the Vice-Chancellor; this post was held by one individual who acted as deputy to the Chancellor. In 1964, the Vice-Chancellor was replaced by a group of Pro-Chancellors (up to a maximum of six): the seniority of the Pro-Chancellors is determined by date of election.[2]

Vice-Chancellors[3]

• 1: Henry Alvey (1609–1612)
• 2: Luke Challoner (1612–1613)
• 3: Charles Dunn (1614–1615)
• 4: The Most Revd James Ussher (1615–1646)
• 5: The Right Revd Henry Jones (1646–1660)
• 6: The Right Revd Jeremy Taylor (1660–1667)
• 7: The Most Revd James Margetson (1667–1678)
• 8: The Right Revd Michael Ward (1678–1681)
• 9: The Most Revd Anthony Dopping (1682–1697)
• 10: Edward Smith (1697–1698)
• 11: The Most Revd Richard Tenison (1698–1702)
• 12: The Right Revd St George Ashe (1702–1713)
• 13: The Most Revd John Vesey (1713–1714)
• 14: The Right Revd Thomas Smyth (1714–1721)
• 15: The Right Revd John Sterne (1721–1743)
• 33: Michael Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse (1949–1979); Vice-Chancellor to 1964

Pro-Chancellors

• 33: Michael Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse (1949–1979); Pro-Chancellor from 1964
• 34: Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne (1965–1977)
• 35: Professor George Alexander Duncan (1965–1972)
• 49: Professor Dermot F. McAleese (2005–present)
• 50: Professor Vincent John Scattergood (2008–2015)
• 51: Professor Thomas David Spearman (2009–2012)
• 52: Petros Serghiou Florides (2010–2012)
• 53: Mary Henry (2012–2015)
• 54: Edward McParland (2013–present)
• 55: Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell (2013–present)
• 56: The Honorable Sir Donnell Deeny (2014–present)
• 57: Professor Jane Grimson (2016–present)
• 58: Professor David McConnell (2016–present)

Current

• 2005 – present: Professor Dermot F. McAleese
• 2013 – present: Dr Edward McParland
• 2013 – present: Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell
• 2014 – present: The Honorable Sir Donnell Deeny
• 2016 – present: Professor Jane Grimson
• 2016 – present: Professor David McConnell