List of Irish writers

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This is a list of writers either born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship, who have a Wikipedia page. Writers whose work is in Irish are included.

Dramatists[]

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)
  • Úna-Minh Caomhánach (born 1991)
  • 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 (born 1944)
  • St John Ervine (1883–1971)
  • Bernard Farrell (born 1941)
  • Brian Friel (1929–2015)
  • William Nugent Glascock (c. 1787–1847)
  • 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 1951)
  • James Joyce (1882–1941)
  • James Augustus Hicky (fl. 1780s)
  • John O'Keeffe 1747–1833

K–P[]

Q–Z[]

  • Christina Reid (1942–2015)
  • 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)

Non-fiction[]

Biography and memoirs[]

Gardening and natural history[]

  • Diarmuid Gavin (born 1964), gardener
  • Helen Dillon (born 1940), gardener
  • Marcus Hartog (1851–1924), natural historian
  • William Henry Harvey (1811–1866), natural historian
  • Dermot O'Neill (living), gardener
  • William Robinson (1838–1935), gardener

History[]

Journalism and broadcasting[]

  • Brian Farrell (1929–2014), broadcaster
  • Gene Kerrigan (living), journalist
  • Robert Wilson Lynd (1879–1949), essayist
  • Karen Frances McCarthy (living), journalist
  • Norah Meade (1888–1954), journalist
  • Fintan O'Toole (born 1958), journalist
  • Cornelius Ryan (1920–1974), journalist and historian
  • Richard Steele (1672–1729), journalist and politician
  • John Waters (born 1955), journalist

Literature and language[]

  • Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973), literary critic
  • Mrs. E. M. Field (1856–1940), literary critic and education

Morality and ethics[]

  • John Bale (1495–1563)
  • Nicholas Bernard (1600–1661)
  • Richard Paul Blakeney (1820–1884)
  • Maxwell Henry Close (1822–1903)
  • Frances Power Cobbe (1822–1904), writer on religious and social issues and fine arts
  • John Duncan Craig (1830–1909)
  • Edward Daly (1933–2016), bishop
  • Eamon Duffy (born 1947)
  • Desmond Fennell (1929–2021)
  • C. S. Lewis (1898–1963)
  • John Lynch (c. 1599 – c. 1677), religious writer and historian
  • Catherine Mary MacSorley (1848–1929)
  • Richard Baptist O'Brien (1809–1885)
  • Fintan O'Toole (born 1958)
  • William Thompson (1775–1833)
  • James Ussher (1581–1656), bishop
  • John Waters (born 1955)
  • Richard Whately (1787–1863), religious writer and economist

Music[]

  • Aloys Fleischmann (1910–1992)
  • Tilly Fleischmann (1882–1967)

Philosophy[]

  • George Berkeley (1685–1753)
  • George Boole (1815–1864)
  • Desmond Fennell (1929–2021)
  • John Moriarty (1938–2007)
  • William Thompson (1775–1833)

Politics[]

  • Thomas Amory (c. 1691–1788)
  • Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery (1621–1679)
  • John Wilson Croker (1780–1857)

Women's issues[]

  • Maeve Kelly (born 1930)
  • Nell McCafferty (born 1944)
  • William Thompson (1775–1833)

Miscellaneous[]

  • Eugene Davis (1857–1897), travel writer, poet
  • Edward MacLysaght (1887–1986), genealogist
  • Dervla Murphy (born 1931), travel writer
  • George O'Brien (born 1945), academic
  • John O'Hart (1824–1902), genealogist
  • Brendan Simms (born 1967), politician
  • Francis Stoughton Sullivan (1715–1766), lawyer
  • Maev-Ann Wren (living), economist

Novelists[]

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)
  • Joyce Cary (1888–1957)
  • 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)
  • Evelyn Conlon (born 1952)
  • Colm Connolly (born 1942)
  • June Considine (born before 1959)

D–J[]

  • Seamus Deane (1940–2021)
  • Frank Delaney (1942–2017)
  • 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)
  • J. G. Farrell (1935–1979)
  • 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)
  • John le Carré (1931–2020)

K–R[]

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)
  • Maurice Walsh (1879–1964)
  • Leonard Wibberley (1915–1983)
  • Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
  • Niall Williams (born 1958)

Poets[]

A–D[]

  • Adomnán (c. 624 – 704)
  • Æ: George William Russell (1867–1935)
  • William Allingham (1824–1889)
  • Beccán mac Luigdech (fl. c. 650)
  • Leland Bardwell (1922–2016)
  • Eaton Stannard Barrett (1786–1820)
  • Richard Barrett (1740–1818)
  • Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
  • Brendan Behan (1923–1964)
  • Gerard Beirne (born 1962)
  • Blathmac mac Con Brettan (fl. c. 750)
  • Eavan Boland (1944–2020)
  • Dermot Bolger (born 1959)
  • Pat Boran (born 1963)
  • Frances Browne (1816–1887)
  • Ciarán Carson (1948–2019)
  • Patrick Chapman (born 1968)
  • Austin Clarke (1896–1974)
  • Brendan Cleary (born 1958)
  • Brian Coffey (1905–1995)
  • Colmán mac Lénéni (530–606)
  • Padraic Colum (1881–1972)
  • James Cousins (1873–1956)
  • Cuirithir of Connacht (fl. 7th century)
  • John Cunningham (1729–1773)
  • Dallán Forgaill (c. 560 – 640)
  • 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 Mainistreach (died 1056)
  • Patrick Galvin (born 1927)
  • Monk Gibbon (1896–1987)
  • Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878–1957)
  • Oliver Goldsmith (c. 1730–1774)
  • Sarah Maria Griffin (c1988)
  • 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)
  • Brian Lynch (born 1945)

M–P[]

Q–Z[]

Short story writers[]

A–D[]

  • Robert William Alexander (1905–1979)
  • 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)
  • Evelyn Conlon (born 1952)
  • Daniel Corkery (1878–1964)
  • Anne Devlin (born 1951)
  • Lord Dunsany (1878–1957)

E–L[]

  • Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849)
  • Brian Friel (1929–2015)
  • Frank Gallagher (1893–1962)
  • Gerald Griffin (1803–1840)
  • Aidan Higgins (1927–2015)
  • 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[]

P–Z[]

Children's and Young Adult Literature Writers[3][]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Cyclist and seafaring engineer with passion for River Boyne". Meath Chronicle.
  2. ^ "Anthony Holten". www.librarything.nl.
  3. ^ "Our recommendations | Childrens Books Ireland". childrensbooksireland.ie. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
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