List of Irish writers

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.

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)
 * Maeve Binchy (1939–2012)
 * George A. Birmingham (1865–1950)
 * Dermot Bolger (born 1959)
 * Angela Bolster (1925-2005)
 * Dion Boucicault (1820–1890)
 * Colm Byrne (born 1971)
 * Úna-Minh Chaomhánach (born 1991)
 * Marina Carr (born 1964)
 * Austin Clarke (1896–1974)
 * Padraic Colum (1881–1972)
 * William Congreve (1670–1729)
 * Michael Cormican (1948-2023)
 * James Cousins (1873–1956)
 * Anne Devlin (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)
 * Fannie Gallaher (1854-1936)
 * William Nugent Glascock (c. 1787–1847)
 * Oliver Goldsmith (c. 1728–1774)
 * Lady Augusta Gregory (1852–1932)
 * Gerald Griffin (1803–1840)
 * James Augustus Hicky (fl. 1780s)
 * Declan Hughes (born 1963)
 * Denis Johnston (1901–1984)
 * Jennifer Johnston (born 1930)
 * Marie Jones (born 1951)
 * James Joyce (1882–1941)
 * John O'Keeffe (1747–1833)

K–P

 * Patrick Kavanagh (1904–1967)
 * John B. Keane (1928–2002)
 * Cathy Kelly (born 1966)
 * Thomas Kilroy (born 1934)
 * Jerome Kilty (1922–2012)
 * Deirdre Kinahan (born 1968)
 * Conor Kostick (born 1964)
 * Hugh Leonard (1926–2009)
 * C. S. Lewis (1898–1963)
 * Micheál Mac Liammóir (1899–1978)
 * Donagh MacDonagh (1912–1968)
 * Walter Macken (1915–1967)
 * Ian Macpherson (living)
 * Aodhán Madden (1947–2015)
 * Malsachanus (fl. 8–9 AD)
 * Edward Martyn (1859–1923)
 * John McCann (1905–1980)
 * 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 (1935–2018)
 * T. C. Murray (1873–1959)
 * Megan Nolan (born 1990)
 * Seán O'Casey (1880–1964)
 * Philip Ó Ceallaigh (born 1968)
 * 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 (1942–2015)
 * Lennox Robinson (1886–1958)
 * Billy Roche (born 1949)
 * Sally Rooney (born 1991)
 * G. Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
 * Peter Sheridan (born 1952) sraka pierdaka
 * 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 (1845–1900)
 * W. B. Yeats (1865–1939)

Biography and memoirs

 * Úna-Minh Caomhánach (Úna-Minh Kavanagh, born 1991), memoirist
 * Bill Cullen (living) author, and businessman
 * Emma Dabiri (living) author, academic, and broadcaster
 * Edith Newman Devlin (1926–2012) author and academic
 * Julia Kavanagh (1824–1877), biographer and social scientist
 * Malachy McCourt (living), actor and politician
 * Tomás Ó Criomhthain (1856–1937), memoirist
 * Thomas O'Crohan (1856–1937), biographer (in the Irish language)
 * Muiris Ó Súilleabháin (Maurice O'Sullivan, 1904–1950), memoirist

Gardening and natural history

 * Helen Dillon (born 1940), gardener
 * Diarmuid Gavin (born 1964), 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

 * Peter Brown (born 1935)
 * Seathrún Céitinn (Geoffrey Keating, c. 1569 – c. 1644)
 * Roy Foster (born 1949)
 * Gerard Anthony Hayes-McCoy (1911–1975)
 * Anthony Holten (1945–2020)
 * Geoffrey Keating (Seathrún Céitinn, c. 1569 – c. 1644)
 * James Kelly (born 1959)
 * Thomas Leland (1722–1785)
 * F. S. L. Lyons (1923–1983)
 * John A. Murphy (born 1927)
 * Richard Barry O'Brien (1847–1918), historian and journalist
 * John Cornelius O'Callaghan (1805–1883)
 * Colmán N. Ó Clabaigh, friar and historian
 * Matthew Potter (living)
 * Sharon Slater (living)
 * James Ware (1594–1666)
 * Cecil Woodham-Smith (1896–1977)

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
 * Margaret E. Ward, journalist and broadcaster
 * 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)
 * Dermot Moran (living)
 * Desmond Fennell (1929–2021)
 * Richard Kearney (born 1954)
 * John Moriarty (1938–2007)
 * Brendan Sweetman (born 1962)
 * William Thompson (1775–1833)

Politics

 * Thomas Amory (c. 1691–1788)
 * Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery (1621–1679)
 * John Wilson Croker (1780–1857)
 * Margracia Loudon (c.1788–1860)

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
 * Seamus O'Mahony (born 1960), medical writer
 * Brendan Simms (born 1967), politician
 * Francis Stoughton Sullivan (1715–1766), lawyer
 * Maev-Ann Wren (living), economist

A–C

 * John Banim (1798–1842)
 * Michael Banim (1796–1874)
 * John Banville (born 1945)
 * Leland Bardwell (born 1922)
 * Kevin Barry (born 1969)
 * Sebastian Barry (born 1955)
 * 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)
 * Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)
 * John Boyne (born 1971)
 * Maeve Brennan (1916–1993)
 * John Broderick (1924–1989)
 * Ken Bruen (born 1951)
 * Aifric Campbell (born before 1976)
 * Lucy Caldwell (born 1981)
 * William Carleton (1794–1869)
 * Joyce Cary (1888–1957)
 * Jane Casey (born 1977)
 * 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)
 * Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne (1889–1928)
 * Emma Donoghue (born 1969)
 * Gerard Donovan (born 1959)
 * 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)

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)
 * Charles Lever (1806–1872)
 * C. S. Lewis (1899–1963)
 * Morgan Llywelyn (born 1937)
 * Rosina Bulwer Lytton (1802–1882)
 * Brinsley MacNamara (1890–1963, real name John Weldon, see The Valley of the Squinting Windows)
 * Ian Macpherson (living)
 * Deirdre Madden (born 1960)
 * David Marcus (1924–2009)
 * 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)
 * James Murphy (1839–1921)
 * Éilís Ní Dhuibhne (born 1954)
 * Edna O'Brien (born c. 1932)
 * Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906–1970)
 * Billy O'Callaghan (born 1974)
 * Philip Ó Ceallaigh (born 1968)
 * Joseph O'Connor (born 1963)
 * Mary O'Donnell (born 1954)
 * Peadar O'Donnell (1893–1986)
 * Liam O'Flaherty (1896–1984)
 * Valentine O'Hara (1875–1941)
 * Jamie O'Neill (born 1962)
 * Louise O'Neill (born 1985)
 * 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)
 * Sally Rooney (born 1991)

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 (1928–2016)
 * 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)

A–D

 * Adomnán (c. 624 – 704)
 * Æ: George William Russell (1867–1935)
 * William Allingham (1824–1889)
 * Leland Bardwell (1922–2016)
 * Eaton Stannard Barrett (1786–1820)
 * Richard Barrett (1740–1818)
 * Beccán mac Luigdech (fl. c. 650)
 * Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
 * Brendan Behan (1923–1964)
 * Gerard Beirne (born 1962)
 * Eavan Boland (1944–2020)
 * Dermot Bolger (born 1959)
 * Pat Boran (born 1963)
 * Blathmac mac Con Brettan (fl. c. 750)
 * 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)
 * Charles Donnelly (1914 - 1937)
 * 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 (1927-2011)
 * 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 (1928-2021)
 * 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

 * Denis Florence MacCarthy (1817–1868)
 * Donagh MacDonagh (1912–1968)
 * Thomas MacDonagh (1878–1916)
 * Patrick MacDonogh (1902–1961)
 * Seán Mac Falls (born 1957)
 * Patrick MacGill (1889–1960)
 * Thomas MacGreevy (1893–1967)
 * Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)
 * Derek Mahon (1941–2020)
 * James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849)
 * Hugh McFadden (born 1942)
 * Nigel McLoughlin (born 1968)
 * Brian Merriman (1747–1805)
 * Máire Mhac an tSaoi (born 1922)
 * Alice Milligan (1865–1953)
 * John Montague (1929–2016)
 * Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
 * Paul Muldoon (born 1951)
 * Gerry Murphy (born 1952)
 * Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942)
 * Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (born 1952)
 * Nuala Ní Chonchúir (born 1970)
 * Dáibhí Ó Bruadair (David O Bruadair, 1625–1698)
 * Lughaidh Ó Cléirigh (c. 1580 – c. 1640)
 * Máirtín Ó Direáin (1910–1988)
 * Mary O'Donnell (born 1954)
 * Dennis O'Driscoll (1954–2012)
 * Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin (died 1372)
 * Oengus Celi De (fl. c. 800)
 * Cinaed Ó hArtucain (died 975)
 * Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1967)
 * Antoine Ó Raifteiri (Anthony Raftery, 1784–1835)
 * Aogán Ó Rathaille (1675–1729)
 * John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890)
 * Seán Ó Ríordáin (1916–1977)
 * Frank Ormsby (born 1947)
 * Cathal Ó Searcaigh (born 1956)
 * Seumas 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 (1942–2014)
 * Sydney Bernard Smith (1936–2008)
 * Geoffrey Squires (born 1942)
 * James Stephens (1880–1950)
 * Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
 * Senchán Torpéist (fl. c. 580 – c. 650)
 * Katharine 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 (1942–2018)
 * Frances Wynne (1863–1893)
 * W. B. Yeats (1865–1939)
 * Augustus Young (born 1943)

A–D

 * Robert William Alexander (1905–1979)
 * Ivy Bannister (born 1951)
 * Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
 * Gerard Beirne (born 1962)
 * Blindboy Boatclub (born 1985/6)
 * Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)
 * Clare Boylan (1948–2006)
 * Patrick Boyle (1905–1982)
 * John Boyne (born 1971)
 * Maeve Brennan (1917–1993)
 * William Carleton (1794–1849)
 * Joyce Cary (1888–1957)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Ian Macpherson (born 1951)
 * Violet Florence Martin (1862–1923) of Somerville and Ross partnership
 * Aidan Mathews (born 1956)
 * Eugene McCabe (1930–2020)
 * John McGahern (1934–2006)
 * Christina McKenna (born 1957)
 * John Montague (1929–2016)
 * George A. Moore (1852–1933)
 * Val Mulkerns (1925–2018)
 * Edna O'Brien (born 1932)
 * Kate Cruise O'Brien (born 1948)
 * Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906–1970)
 * Billy O'Callaghan (born 1974)
 * Feardorcha Ó Conaill (1876–1929)
 * 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)
 * Victor O'Donovan Power (1860–1933)
 * Lennox Robinson (1886–1958)
 * Peig Sayers (1873–1958), story teller
 * John W. Sexton (born 1958)
 * Somerville and Ross (1858–1949) and (1862–1915)
 * James Stephens (1882–1950)
 * Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)
 * Colm Tóibín (born 1955)
 * William Trevor (1928–2016)
 * William Wall (born 1955)

Children's and young adult literature writers

 * Sarah Bowie
 * Niall Breslin
 * Eoin Colfer
 * Marita Conlon-McKenna
 * Sarah Crossan
 * Judi Curtin
 * Oein DeBhairduin
 * Aoife Dooley
 * Patricia Forde
 * Sarah Maria Griffin
 * Paul Howard
 * Oliver Jeffers
 * Derek Landy
 * PJ Lynch
 * Dara McAnulty
 * Oisín McGann
 * Sinéad Moriarty
 * David O'Doherty
 * Siobhán Parkinson
 * Niamh Sharkey
 * Deirdre Sullivan