List of Irish short story writers

This is a list of short story Irish writers either born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship. Short story writers whose work is in Irish are included. A brief outline of the history of Irish fiction is also available.

A–D

 * Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
 * Maeve Binchy (1940–2012)
 * Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)
 * Clare Boylan (1948–2006)
 * Patrick Boyle (1905–1982)
 * Maeve Brennan (1917–1993)
 * Donn Byrne (1889-1928)
 * William Carleton (1794–1849)
 * Joyce Cary (1888–1957)
 * Patrick Chapman (born 1968)
 * Padraic Colum (1881–1972)
 * Daniel Corkery (1878–1964)
 * Julia Crottie (born 1853)
 * Ita Daly (born 1945)
 * Lord Dunsany (1878–1957)
 * Martina Devlin

E–L

 * Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849)
 * M. E. Francis (1859–1930)
 * Brian Friel (1929–2015)
 * Miriam Gallagher (born 1940)
 * Gerald Griffin (1803–1840)
 * Jack Harte
 * Aidan Higgins (1927-2015)
 * Desmond Hogan (born 1951)
 * Fred Johnston (writer) (born 1951)
 * Neil Jordan (born 1950)
 * James Joyce (1882–1941)
 * Claire Keegan (born 1969)
 * Maeve Kelly (born 1930)
 * Benedict Kiely (1919-2007)
 * Mary Lavin (1912–1996)
 * Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873)
 * Edmund Leamy (1848–1904)

M–O

 * Walter Macken (1915–1967)
 * John MacKenna (born 1952)
 * Bernard MacLaverty (born 1942)
 * Michael McLaverty (1907–1992)
 * Bryan MacMahon (1909–1998)
 * Violet Florence Martin (1862–1923) of Somerville and Ross partnership
 * Aidan Mathews (born 1956)
 * Eugene McCabe (1930-2020)
 * John McGahern (1934–2006)
 * Janet McNeill (1907–1994)
 * George McWhirter (born 1939)
 * John Montague (1929-2016)
 * George Moore (1852–1933)
 * Val Mulkerns (1925-2018)
 * C. E. Murphy (born 1973)
 * David Murphy (born 1953)
 * Nuala Ní Chonchúir (born 1970)
 * Éilís Ní Dhuibhne (born 1954)
 * Edna O'Brien (born 1932)
 * Kate Cruise O'Brien (1948-1998)
 * Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906–1970)
 * Billy O'Callaghan (born 1974)
 * Philip Ó Ceallaigh (born 1968)
 * Pádraic Ó Conaire (1882–1928)
 * Frank O'Connor (1903–1966)
 * Mary O'Donnell (born 1954)
 * Julia O'Faolain (1933-2020)
 * Seán Ó Faoláin (1900–1990)
 * Liam O'Flaherty (1896–1984)
 * Seumas O'Kelly (1881–1918)

P–Z

 * James Plunkett (1920–2003)
 * Lennox Robinson (1886–1958)
 * Somerville and Ross (1858–1949 and 1862–1915)
 * James Stephens (1882–1950)
 * Eithne Strong(1925–1999)
 * Colm Tóibín (born 1955)
 * William Trevor (1928-2016)
 * William Wall (born 1955)
 * Liz Weir (born 1950)
 * Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)