List of Irish writers
A
- Cecelia Ahern ( b. 1981 )
- William Allingham (1824-1889)
B
- John Banville ( born 1945 )
- Leland Bardwell (* 1922)
- Kevin Barry ( b. 1969 )
- Sebastian Barry ( b. 1955 )
- Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)
- Brendan Behan (1923-1964)
- Dominic Behan (1928-1989)
- Ronan Bennett ( born 1956 )
- Paul Bew ( b. 1950 )
- Maeve Binchy (1940-2012)
- Eavan Boland ( b. 1944 )
- Dermot Bolger ( born 1959 )
- Pat Boran ( b. 1963 )
- Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973)
- Patrick Gillman Bowen (1882-1940)
- John Boyne (born 1971 )
- Herbie Brennan ( born 1940 )
- Jimmy Brennan (1944-2006)
- Maeve Brennan (1917-1993)
- Robert Brennan (1881-1964)
- Ken Bruen ( born 1951 )
- Johnny Byrne (1935-2008)
C
- William Carleton (1794-1869)
- Marina Carr ( b. 1964 )
- Ciarán Carson ( b. 1948 )
- Paul Carson ( b. 1949 )
- Joyce Cary (1888-1957)
- Desmond Chapman - Huston (1884-1952)
- Cheiro (1866-1936)
- Robert Erskine Childers (1870-1922)
- Austin Clarke (1896-1974)
- Harry Clifton ( b. 1952 )
- Brian Coffey (1905-1995)
- Eoin Colfer (born 1965 )
- Padraic Colum (1881-1972)
- John Connolly ( b. 1968 )
- Freeman Wills Crofts (1879-1957)
- Thomas Crofton Croker (1798-1854)
- Anthony Cronin ( born 1928 )
- Cú Chuimne († 748 )
- Michael Curtin ( b. 1942 )
D
- George Darley (1795-1846)
- Thomas Davis (1814-1845)
- Seamus Deane ( born 1940 )
- Eilis Deeney (born 1954 )
- Frank Delaney ( b. 1942 )
- John Denham (1615-1669)
- Denis Devlin (1908-1959)
- Eilis Dillon (1920-1994)
- John Blake Dillon (1814-1866)
- J. P. Donleavy ( born 1926 )
- Emma Donoghue (born 1969 )
- Gerard Donovan ( b. 1959 )
- Siobhan Dowd (1960-2007)
- Roddy Doyle ( b. 1958 )
- Charles Gavan Duffy (1816-1903)
- Martin Duffy ( b. 1952 )
- Lord Dunsany (1878-1957)
E
- Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849)
- Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744-1817)
- Jane Francesca Elgee (1821-1896)
- Anne Enright (born 1962 )
F
- Denis Fahey (1883-1954)
- George Farquhar (~ 1677-1707 )
- James Gordon Farrell (1935-1979; also GB)
- Samuel Ferguson (1810-1886)
- Constantine Fitzgibbon (1919-1983)
- Brian Friel ( born 1929 )
G
- Patrick Galvin (1927-2011)
- Monk Gibbon (1896-1987)
- Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878-1957)
- Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)
- Robert Greacen (1920-2008)
- Isabella Augusta Gregory (1852-1932)
- Elizabeth Griffith (1727-1792)
B
- Anna Maria Hall (1800-1881)
- Samuel Carter Hall (1800-1889)
- Hugo Hamilton ( b. 1953 )
- Charles Handy ( b. 1932 )
- James Hardiman (1782-1855)
- Josephine Hart (1942-2011)
- Michael Hartnett (1941-1999)
- Anne Haverty (* 1959)
- Richard Head (~ 1637-1686 )
- Randolph Healy ( born 1956 )
- Seamus Heaney (1939-2013)
- F. R. Higgins (1896-1941)
- Michael D. Higgins ( b. 1941 )
- Padraig J. Higgins ( * 19 **)
- Desmond Hogan ( born 1950 )
- Declan Hughes ( b. 1963 )
- Douglas Hyde (1860-1949)
I
- Valentin Iremonger (1918-1991)
J
- Biddy Jenkinson ( b. 1948 )
- Jennifer Johnston (* 1930)
- John Jordan (1930-1988)
- Neil Jordan ( b. 1950 )
- James Joyce (1882-1941)
- Stanislaus Joyce (1884-1955)
- Trevor Joyce (* 1947)
K
- Patrick Kavanagh (1904-1967)
- John B. Keane (1928-2002)
- Claire Keegan ( b. 1968 )
- Marian Keyes ( b. 1963 )
- Benedict Kiely (1919-2007)
- Thomas Kilroy ( b. 1934 )
- Thomas Kinsella ( b. 1928 )
- Anatoli Kudrjawizki (* 1954)
L
- James Fintan Lalor (1807-1849)
- Derek Landy ( b. 1974 )
- Dionysius Lardner (1793-1859)
- Emily Lawless (1845-1913)
- William Edward Hart poles Lecky (1838-1903)
- Francis Ledwidge (1887-1917)
- Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873)
- Hugh Leonard (1926-2009)
- C. S. Lewis (1898-1963)
- James Liddy ( b. 1934 )
- Michael Longley ( b. 1939 )
- John V. Luce (1920-2011)
M
- Seamas Mac Annaidh ( b. 1952 )
- Liam Mac Coil ( b. 1952 )
- Donagh MacDonagh (1912-1968)
- Thomas MacDonagh (1878-1916)
- Steve MacDonogh ( 1948/49-2010 )
- Thomas MacGreevy (1893-1967)
- Bernard MacLaverty ( b. 1942 )
- Domhnall MacSíthigh (*)
- Louis MacNeice (1907-1963)
- Terence MacSwiney (1879-1920)
- Deirdre Madden ( born 1960 )
- Richard Robert Madden (1798-1886)
- Derek Mahon ( b. 1941 )
- James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849)
- Emer Martin ( b. 1968 )
- Charles Robert Maturin (1782-1824)
- Patrick McCabe ( b. 1955 )
- Colum McCann (born 1965 )
- John McCann (1905-1980)
- Denis Florence McCarthy (1817-1868)
- Barry McCrea ( b. 1974 )
- Martin McDonagh ( b. 1970 )
- John McGahern (1934-2006)
- Frank McGuinness ( born 1953 )
- Anna McPartlin (born 1972 )
- Conor McPherson ( b. 1971 )
- Glenn Meade ( b. 1957 )
- Paula Meehan ( b. 1955 )
- Brian Merriman (1747-1805)
- Máire Mhac to tSaoi (* 1922)
- Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
- Danny Morrison (born 1953)
- Peter Morwood ( b. 1956 )
- Paul Muldoon ( b. 1951 )
- Iris Murdoch (1919-1999)
- Paul Murray ( b. 1975 )
N
- Eilean Ní Chuilleanáin ( b. 1942 )
- Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill ( b. 1952 )
- Christopher Nolan (1965-2009)
O
- Edna O'Brien ( b. 1930 )
- Fitz- James O'Brien (1828-1862)
- Flann O'Brien (1911-1966)
- Kate O'Brien (1897-1974)
- Dáibhí Ó Bruadair (David O'Bruadair ) ( 1625-1698 )
- Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906-1970)
- Sean O'Casey (1880-1964)
- Pádraic Ó Conaire (1882-1928)
- Pádraic Óg Ó Conaire (1903-1971)
- Frank O'Connor (1903-1966)
- Gemma O'Connor ( b. 1940 )
- Joseph O'Connor ( b. 1963 )
- Tomás Ó Criomhthain (1856-1937)
- Máirtín Ó Direáin (1910-1988)
- John O'Donohue (1954-2008)
- Ciaran O'Driscoll ( b. 1943 )
- Dennis O'Driscoll ( b. 1954 )
- Gréagóir Ó Dúill ( b. 1946 )
- Nuala O'Faolain (1940-2008)
- Seán O'Faolain (1900-1991)
- Liam O'Flaherty (1896-1984)
- Breandán Ó hEithir (1930-1990)
- Ed O'Loughlin ( * 19 **)
- Aogán Ó Muircheartaigh ( b. 1948 )
- Jamie O'Neill ( b. 1962 )
- Marian O'Neill ( * 19 **)
- Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879-1967)
- Antoine Ó Raiftéirí (Anthony Raftery ) ( 1784-1835 )
- Aogán Ó Rathaille (1675-1729)
- Seán Ó Ríordáin (1916-1977)
- Cathal Ó Searcaigh ( b. 1956 )
- Pádraig Ó Snodaigh (* 1935)
- Diarmaid Ó Súilleabháin (1932-1985)
- Seamus O'Sullivan ( James Sullivan Starkey ) ( 1879-1958 )
- Eoghan Ó Tuairisc (Eugene Watters ) ( 1919-1982 )
P
- Stewart Parker (1941-1988)
- Tom Paulin ( Thomas Neilson Paulin ) ( b. 1949 )
- Patrick Pearse ( Pádraig Mac Piarais ) ( 1879-1916 )
- Edward Plunkett (1878-1957)
- Joseph Plunkett (1887-1916)
R
- George Reavey (1907-1976)
- Keith Ridgway ( b. 1965 )
- Lennox Robinson ( Esmé Stuart Lennox Robinson) ( 1886-1958 )
- Billy Roche ( b. 1949 )
- Frank Ronan ( b. 1963 )
- Gabriel Rosenstock ( b. 1949 )
- Rubin Dairinis († 725 )
- George William Russell (1867-1935), pseudonym: Æ
- Cornelius Ryan (1920-1974)
S
- Blanaid Salkeld (1880-1959)
- Michael Scott ( b. 1959 )
- Joseph Medlicott Scriven (1820-1886)
- Maurice Scully ( b. 1952 )
- Bob Shaw (1931-1996)
- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
- Maurice Sheehy (1928-1991)
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)
- Michael Smith ( b. 1942 )
- Geoffrey Squires ( b. 1942 )
- Richard Steele (1672-1729)
- James Stephens (1880-1950)
- Laurence Sterne (1713-1768)
- Bram Stoker (1847-1912)
- Francis Stuart (1902-2000)
- Matthew Sweeney ( b. 1952 )
- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
- John Millington Synge (1871-1909)
T
- Kate Thompson ( b. 1959 )
- Alan Titley ( b. 1947 )
- Colm Tóibín ( b. 1955 )
- William Trevor ( b. 1928 )
- Una Troy (1913-1993)
- Katharine Tynan (1861-1931)
W
- Martin Waddell ( b. 1941 )
- Mervyn Wall (1908-1997)
- Catherine Walsh ( b. 1964 )
- David Walsh ( b. 1955 )
- Enda Walsh ( born 1967)
- James White (1928-1999)
- Oscar Wilde (1845-1900)
- James Wills (1790-1868)
- William Gorman Wills (1828-1891)
- Robert McLiam Wilson ( b. 1964 )
Y
- Jack Butler Yeats (1871-1957)
- William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
- Augustus Young ( b. 1943 )
- Ella Young (1867-1956)