Kevin Byrne

Louis Byrne He received his early education there before leaving to study at the De La Salle College boarding school in Castletown. He trained as a teacher at the Inglewood Scholasticate in Kintbury from 9 September 1948 and at the Strawberry Hill Scholasticate in Strawberry Hill, London from 1 September 1950. According to the Irish Independent, Byrne was an "inspired leader" who "led an enthusiastic staff." The school moved in 1988. Brother Joseph Kiely, who was previously the principal of SJI, and Rudy Mosbergen were selected to serve as Byrne's deputy principals.

In June 1991, it was announced that Byrne would be retiring from SJI at the end of the 1991 school year. He was to be succeeded in this position by Brother Paul Rogers. At the farewell Mass held at the school hall in November, he named the school's relocation and it going independent as his achievements as principal.

In 1992, he started teaching at the Saint Patrick's School, Singapore, where he remained for half a decade before retiring to Ireland. He then served at the Mount La Salle in Ballyfermot. In 2009, he began residing at the Miguel House nursing home in Castletown, where he spent his last years.