List of Irish dramatists

This is a list of playwrights either born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship. Playwrights whose work is in Irish are included.

A brief outline of the history of Irish theatre is also available.

A – J
• John Banim (1798–1842),

• Sebastian Barry (born 1955)

• Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

• Brendan Behan (1923–1964)

• Dermot Bolger (born 1959)

• Dion Boucicault (1820–1890)

• Patricia Burke Brogan (1932-2022)

• Colm Byrne (born 1966)

• Marina Carr (born 1964)

• Paul Vincent Carroll (1900–1968)

• Anne-Marie Casey(born 1965)

• Austin Clarke (1896–1974)

• Olivia Owenson, Lady Clarke, (1785–1845

• Padraic Colum (1881–1972)

• William Congreve (1670–1729)

• Máirín Cregan (1891–1975)

• Geraldine Cummins (1890–1969)

• Suzanne R. Day (1876–1964)

• Hamilton Deane

• Anne Devlin (born 1951)

• Roddy Doyle (born 1958)

• Gary Duggan (born 1979)

• Lord Dunsany (1878–1957)

• St John Ervine (1883–1971)

• Padraic Fallon (1905–1974)

• George Farquhar (1677–1707)

• Bernard Farrell (born 1941)

• George Fitzmaurice (1877–1963)

• Gerard Mannix Flynn (born 1957)

• Brian Friel (1929–2015)

• Miriam Gallagher (born 1940)

• Ewen Glass (born 1982)

• Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)

• Lady Augusta Gregory (1852–1932)

• Gerald Griffin (1803–1840)

• Michael Harding (born 1953)

• Declan Hughes (born 1963)

• Denis Johnston (1901–1984)

• Jennifer Johnston (born 1930)

• Henry Jones (1721–1770)

• Marie Jones

• Lauren-Shannon Jones (born c. 1989)

• James Joyce (1882–1941)

K – Z
• Patrick Kavanagh (1904–1967)

• John B. Keane (1928–2002)

• Thomas Kilroy (born 1934)

• Deirdre Kinahan (born 1968)

• Hugh Leonard (1926–2009)

• Máiréad Ní Ghráda (1896-1971)

• Walter Macken (1915–1967)

• Micheál MacLiammoir (1899–1978)

• Mary Manning (1905–1999)

• Edward Martyn (1859–1923)

• Charles Macklin (1699-1797)

• Martin McDonagh (born 1970)

• Frank McGuinness (born 1953)

• Conor McPherson (born 1971)

• Paul McSwiney (1856–1890)

• M. J. Molloy (1914–1994)

• George Moore (1852–1933)

• Jimmy Murphy

• John Murphy

• Tom Murphy (1935-2018)

• T. C. Murray (1873–1959)

• Janet McNeill (1907–1994)

• Áine Ní Ghlinn (born 1955)

• Seán O'Casey (1880–1964)

• Joseph O'Connor

• Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1967)

• Sean O'Rourke (born 1955)

• Mark O'Rowe (born 1970)

• Cathal Ó Searcaigh (born 1956)

• Lennox Robinson (1886–1958)

• Billy Roche (born 1949)

• G. Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

• Peter Sheridan (born 1952)

• Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)

• George Shiels (1881–1949)

• 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 (1854–1900)

• W. B. Yeats (1865–1939)