List of Irish writers

A–D

John Banim (1798–1842)

Ivy Bannister (born 1951)

Sebastian Barry (born 1955)

Colin Bateman (born 1962)

Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

Brendan Behan (1923–1964)

George A. Birmingham (1865–1950)

Dermot Bolger (born 1959)

Dion Boucicault (1820–1890)

Colm Byrne (born 1971)

Marina Carr (born 1964)

Austin Clarke (1896–1974)

Padraic Colum (1881–1972)

William Congreve (1670–1729)

James Cousins (1873–1956)

Anne Devlin (writer) (born 1951)

Roddy Doyle (born 1958)

Gary Duggan (born 1979)

Lord Dunsany (1878–1957)

E–J

John Ennis

St John Ervine (1883–1971)

Bernard Farrell (born 1941)

Brian Friel (1929–2015)

Oliver Goldsmith (c. 1728–1774)

Lady Augusta Gregory (1852–1932)

Gerald Griffin (1803–1840)

Declan Hughes (born 1963)

Denis Johnston (1901–1984)

Jennifer Johnston (born 1930)

Marie Jones (born c. 1951)

James Joyce (1882–1941)

James Augustus Hickey (fl. 1780s)

K–P

Patrick Kavanagh (1904–1967)

John B. Keane (1928–2002)

Cathy Kelly (born 1966)

Thomas Kilroy (born 1934)

Jerome Kilty (1922–2012)

C. S. Lewis (1898–1963)

Hugh Leonard (1926–2009)

Walter Macken (1915–1967)

Micheál MacLiammoir (1899–1978)

Ian Macpherson (living)

Edward Martyn (1859–1923)

John McCann (1905–1980)

Donagh MacDonagh (1912–1968)

Martin McDonagh (born 1970)

Frank McGuinness (born 1953)

Christina McKenna (living)

Conor McPherson (born 1971)

M. J. Molloy (1914–1994)

George Moore (1852–1933)

Jimmy Murphy (living)

John Murphy (1924–1998)

Tom Murphy (born 1935)

T. C. Murray (1873–1959)

Seán O'Casey (1880–1964)

Joseph O'Connor (living)

Antoine Ó Flatharta (living)

Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1967)

Mark O'Rowe (born 1970)

Cathal Ó Searcaigh (born 1956)

Robert Owenson (1744–1812)

Q–Z

Christina Reid (born 1942)

Lennox Robinson (1886–1958)

Billy Roche (born 1949)

G. Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

Peter Sheridan (born 1952)

George Shiels (1881–1949)

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)

John Millington Synge (1871–1909)

Colin Teevan (born 1968)

Colm Tóibín (born 1955)

Joseph Tomelty (1911–1995)

Mervyn Wall (1908–1997)

Enda Walsh (born 1967)

Oscar Wilde (1845–1900)

W. B. Yeats (1865–1939)

Gardening

Diarmuid Gavin (born 1964)

Dermot O'Neill (living)

History

Seathrún Céitinn (Geoffrey Keating, c. 1569 – c. 1644)

Roy Foster, historian

Gerard Anthony Hayes-McCoy (1911–1975), historian

F. S. L. Lyons (1923–1983), historian

John A. Murphy (born 1927), historian

Richard Barry O'Brien (1847–1918), historian and journalist

John Cornelius O'Callaghan (1805–1883), historian

Music

Aloys Fleischmann (1910–1992)

Tilly Fleischmann (1882–1967)

John Waters (born 1949)

Morality and ethics

John Duncan Craig (1830–1909)

Edward Daly (1933–2016), bishop and religious writer

Desmond Fennell (born 1929)

Catherine Mary MacSorley (1848–1929)

Richard Baptist O'Brien (1809–1885)

Fintan O'Toole (born 1958)

William Thompson (1775–1833)

John Waters (born 1949)

Philosophy

Desmond Fennell (born 1929)

John Moriarty (1938–2007)

William Thompson (1775–1833)

Women's issues

Maeve Kelly (born 1930)

Nell McCafferty (born 1944)

William Thompson (1775–1833)

Miscellaneous

Charles Duff (1894–1966), non-fiction and language-book writer

Brian Farrell, broadcaster

Gene Kerrigan (living), journalist

Robert Wilson Lynd (1879–1949), essayist

Edward MacLysaght (1887–1986), genealogist

Dervla Murphy (born 1931), travel writer

George O'Brien (born 1945), academic

Tomás Ó Criomhthain (1856–1937), memoirist

John O'Hart (1824–1902), genealogist

Muiris Ó Súilleabháin (1904–1950), memoirist

Peig Sayers (1873–1958), story teller

Maev-Ann Wren (living), economist

Norah Meade (1888–1954), Journalist

A–C

John Banim (1798–1842)

Michael Banim (1796–1874)

John Banville (born 1945)

Leland Bardwell (born 1922)

Sebastian Barry (born 1955)

Kevin Barry (born 1969)

Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

Brendan Behan (1923–1964)

Gerard Beirne (born 1962)

Maeve Binchy (1940–2012)

George A. Birmingham (1865–1950)

Dermot Bolger (born 1959)

John Boyne (born 1971)

Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)

Maeve Brennan (1916–1993)

John Broderick (1924–1989)

Lucy Caldwell (born 1981)

Jane Casey (born 1977)

Aifric Campbell (born before 1976)

William Carleton (1794–1869)

Austin Clarke (1896–1974)

Brian Cleeve (1921–2003)

Eoin Colfer (born 1965)

Padraic Colum (1881–1972)

Colm Connolly (born 1942)

D–J

Seamus Deane (born 1940)

Frank Delaney (born 1942)

Emma Donoghue (born 1969)

Gerard Donovan (born 1959)

Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne (1889–1928)

Roddy Doyle (born 1958)

Catherine Dunne (born 1954)

Lord Dunsany (1878–1957)

Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849

Anne Enright (born 1962)

Anne Marie Forrest (born 1967)

Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)

Gerald Griffin (1803–1840)

Hugo Hamilton (born 1953)

Dermot Healy (born 1947)

Aidan Higgins (born 1927)

Desmond Hogan (born 1950)

Arlene Hunt (born 1972)

Jennifer Johnston (born 1930)

Neil Jordan (born 1950)

James Joyce (1882–1941)

K–R

John B. Keane (1928–2002)

Molly Keane (1904–1996, writing as M.J. Farrell)

Cathy Kelly (born 1966)

Marian Keyes (born 1963)

Charles Kickham (1828–1882)

David M. Kiely (born 1949)

Celine Kiernan (born 1967)

Conor Kostick (born 1964)

Derek Landy (born 1974)

C. S. Lewis (1899–1963)

Morgan Llywelyn (born 1937)

Brinsley MacNamara (1890–1963, real name John Weldon, see Valley of the Squinting Windows)

Ian Macpherson (living)

David Marcus (born 1924)

Charles Robert Maturin (1782–1824)

Colum McCann (born 1965)

Barry McCrea (born 1974)

Frank McCourt (1930–2009)

John McGahern (1934–2006)

Christina McKenna (born 1957)

Anna McPartlin (born 1972)

Brian Moore (1921–1999)

George Moore (1852–1933)

Lady Morgan (Sidney Owenson, c. 1776–1859)

Danny Morrison (born 1953)

Iris Murdoch (1919–1999)

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne (born 1954)

Edna O'Brien (born c. 1932)

Philip Ó Ceallaigh (born 1968)

Joseph O'Connor (born 1963)

Peadar O'Donnell (1893–1986)

Liam O'Flaherty (1896–1984)

Valentine O'Hara (1875–1941)

Jamie O'Neill (born 1962)

Brian O'Nolan (1912–1966, writing as Flann O'Brien and Myles na gCopaleen)

TS O'Rourke (born 1968)

Glenn Patterson (born 1961)

James Plunkett (1920–2003)

Katherine Purdon (1852–1920)

Keith Ridgway (born 1965)

Frank Ronan (born 1963)

S–Z

John W. Sexton (born 1958)

Darren Shan (born 1972)

Somerville and Ross (Edith Somerville, 1858–1949, and Violet Florence Martin, 1862–1915)

Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

Bram Stoker (1847–1912)

Francis Stuart (1902–2000)

Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

Kate Thompson (born 1959)

Colm Tóibín (born 1955)

Robert Tressell (1870–1911)

William Trevor (born 1928)

Ethel Lilian Voynich (1864–1960)

William Wall (born 1955)

Leonard Wibberley (1915–1983)

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

A–D

Adomnan (died 704)

Æ (George William Russell) (1867–1935)

William Allingham (1824–1889)

Beccan mac Luigdech (fl. c. 650)

Leland Bardwell (born 1922)

Eaton Stannard Barrett (1786–1820)

Richard Barrett (1740–1818)

Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

Brendan Behan (1923–1964)

Gerard Beirne (born 1962)

Blathmac mac Cú Brettan (fl. c. 750)

Eavan Boland (born 1944)

Dermot Bolger (born 1959)

Pat Boran (born 1963)

Frances Browne (1816–1887)

Ciarán Carson (born 1948)

Patrick Chapman (born 1968)

Austin Clarke (1896–1974)

Brendan Cleary

Brian Coffey (1905–1995)

Colmán mac Lénéni (died 604)

Padraic Colum (1881–1972)

James Cousins (1873–1956)

Cuirithir of Connacht (fl. 7th century)

John Cunningham (1729–1773)

Dallan Forgaill (late 6th century)

Thomas Davis (1814–1845)

Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972)

John F. Deane (born 1943)

Denis Devlin (1908–1959)

John Dillon (1816–1866)

Gerard Donovan (born 1959)

William Drennan (died 1820)

Charles Gavan Duffy (1816–1903)

Seán Dunne (1956–1995)

Lord Dunsany (1878–1957)

Paul Durcan (born 1944)

E–L

Flann Mainistrech (died 1056)

Patrick Galvin (born 1927)

Monk Gibbon (1896–1987)

Oliver St John Gogarty (1878–1957)

Oliver Goldsmith (c. 1730–1774)

Stephen Gwynn (1864–1950)

Michael Hartnett (1944–1999)

Randolph Healy (born 1956)

Seamus Heaney (1939–2013)

F. R. Higgins (1896–1941)

Pearse Hutchinson (1927–2012)

Douglas Hyde (1860–1949)

Valentin Iremonger (1918–1991)

John Jordan (1930–1988)

James Joyce (1882–1941)

Trevor Joyce (born 1947)

Patrick Kavanagh (1904–1967)

Thomas Kinsella (born 1928)

Charles Kickham (died 1882)

Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954)

Emily Lawless (1845–1913)

Francis Ledwidge (1887–1917)

C. S. Lewis (1899–1963)

James Liddy (1934–2008)

Ruth Frances Long (born 1971)

Michael Longley (born 1939)

Luccreth moccu Chiara (fl. c. 580)

M–P

Oengus Celi De (fl. c. 800)

Denis Florence MacCarthy (1817–1868)

Donagh MacDonagh (1912–1968)

Thomas MacDonagh (1878–1916)

Patrick MacDonogh (1902–1961)

Seán MacFalls (born 1957)

Patrick MacGill (1889–1960)

Thomas MacGreevy (1893–1967)

Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)

Derek Mahon (born 1941)

James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849)

Hugh McFadden (born 1942)

Gerard McKeown (born 1980)

Nigel McLoughlin (born 1968)

Máire Mhac an tSaoi (born 1922)

Brian Merriman (1747–1805)

Alice Milligan (1865–1953)

John Montague (born 1929)

Thomas Moore (1779–1852)

Paul Muldoon (born 1951)

Gerry Murphy (born 1952)

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942)

Nuala Ní Chonchúir (born 1970)

Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (born 1952)

Dáibhí Ó Bruadair (David O Bruadair, 1625–1698)

Lughaidh Ó Cléirigh (c. 1580 – c. 1640)

Máirtín Ó Direáin (1910–1988)

Dennis O'Driscoll (1954–2012)

Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin (died 1372)

Cinaed Ó hArtucain (died 975)

Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1967)

Antoine Ó Raifteiri (Anthony Raftery, 1784–1835)

Aogán Ó Rathaille (1675–1729)

Seán Ó Ríordáin (1916–1977)

Frank Ormsby (born 1947)

Cathal Ó Searcaigh (born 1956)

Seamus O'Sullivan (1879–1958)

Eoghan Ó Tuairisc (Eugene Watters, 1919–1982)

Tom Paulin (born 1949)

Patrick Pearse (1879–1916)

Joseph Plunkett (1887–1916)

Q–Z

Anthony Raferty (c. 1784–1834)

George Reavey (1907–1976)

Lennox Robinson (1886–1958)

Gabriel Rosenstock (born 1949)

Adam Rudden (born 1983)

Blanaid Salkeld (1880–1959)

Maurice Scully (born 1952)

John W. Sexton (born 1958)

Eileen Shanahan (1901–1979)

James Simmons (1933–2001)

Michael Smith (born 1942)

Sydney Bernard Smith (1936–2008)

Geoffrey Squires (born 1942)

James Stephens (1880–1950)

Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

Senchán Torpéist (fl. c. 580 – c. 650)

Katherine Tynan (1861–1931)

William Wall (born 1955)

Catherine Walsh (born 1964)

Jane Wilde (1821–1896)

Oscar Wilde (1845–1900)

James Wills (1790–1868)

Macdara Woods (born 1942)

Frances Wynne (1863–1893)

W. B. Yeats (1865–1939)

Augustus Young (born 1943)

A–D

Ivy Bannister (born 1951)

Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

Gerard Beirne (born 1962)

Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)

Clare Boylan (1948–2006)

Patrick Boyle (1905–1982)

John Boyne (born 1971)

Maeve Brennan (1917–1993)

Joyce Cary (1888–1957)

William Carleton (1794–1849)

Patrick Chapman (born 1968)

Padraic Colum (1881–1972)

Daniel Corkery (1878–1964)

Anne Devlin (born 1951)

Lord Dunsany (1878–1957)

E–L

Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849)

Brian Friel (born 1929)

Frank Gallagher (1893–1962)

Gerald Griffin (1803–1840)

Aidan Higgins (born 1927)

Desmond Hogan (born 1951)

John Jordan (1930–1988)

Neil Jordan (born 1950)

James Joyce (1882–1941)

Claire Keegan (born 1969)

Maeve Kelly (born 1930)

Benedict Kiely (1919–2007)

David M. Kiely (born 1949)

Mary Lavin (1912–1996)

Edmund Leamy (1848–1904)

Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873)

M–O

Walter Macken (1915–1967)

John MacKenna (born 1952)

Bernard MacLaverty (born 1942)

Michael MacLaverty (1907–1992)

Bryan MacMahon (1909–1998)

Ian Macpherson (born 1951)

Aidan Mathews (born 1956)

Eugene McCabe (born 1930)

John McGahern (1934–2006)

Christina McKenna (born 1957)

John Montague (born 1929)

Violet Florence Martin (1862–1923) of Somerville and Ross partnership

George A. Moore (1852–1933)

Val Mulkerns (born 1925)

Edna O'Brien (born 1932)

Kate Cruise O'Brien (born 1948)

Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906–1970)

Pádraic Ó Conaire (1882–1928)

Frank O'Connor (1903–1966)

Julia O'Faolain (born 1933)

Seán Ó Faoláin (1900–1990)

Liam O'Flaherty (1896–1984)

Seamus O'Kelly (1881–1918)

P–Z

James Plunkett (1920–2003)

Victor O'D. Power (died 1918)

Lennox Robinson (1886–1958)

John W. Sexton (born 1958)

Somerville and Ross (1858–1949) and (1862–1915)

James Stephens (1882–1950)

Colm Tóibín (born 1955)

William Trevor (born 1928)

William Wall (born 1955)

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)