# List of Irish Nobel laureates and nominees

Since 1923, Ireland (which consists of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, a constituent part of the United Kingdom) has produced eleven Nobel laureates: one in Physics, one in Physiology or Medicine, four in Literature and five in Peace category.
Two additional Nobel laureates in physics are sometimes included in this list: Guglielmo Marconi, whose mother was Irish, and Erwin Schrödinger, who became a naturalized Irish citizen in 1948 (he received the award in 1933).

## Laureates

| Year | Laureate | Born | Died | Field | Rationale |
| Citizens |||||||
| 1923 | William Butler Yeats | 13 June 1865 in Sandymount, Dublin | 28 January 1939 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes, France | Literature | "for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation." |
| 1925 | George Bernard Shaw | 26 July 1856 in Dublin | 2 November 1950 in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England | Literature | "for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty." |
| 1933 | Erwin Schrödinger | 12 August 1887 in Vienna, Austria (acquired Irish citizenship in 1948) | 4 January 1961 in Vienna, Austria | Physics | "for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory" (shared with English physicist Paul Dirac) |
| 1951 | Ernest Walton | 6 October 1903 in Dungarvan, County Waterford | 25 June 1995 in Belfast | Physics | "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles." (shared with English physicist John Cockcroft) |
| 1969 | Samuel Beckett | 13 April 1906 in Foxrock, Dublin | 22 December 1989 in Paris, France | Literature | "for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation." |
| 1974 | Seán MacBride | 26 January 1904 in Paris, France | 15 January 1988 in Dublin | Peace | "for his efforts to secure and develop human rights throughout the world." (shared with Japanese politician Eisaku Satō) |
| 1976 | Betty Williams | 22 May 1943 in Belfast | 17 March 2020 in Belfast | Peace | "for the courageous efforts in founding a movement to put an end to the violent conflict in Northern Ireland." |
| 1976 | Mairead Maguire | 27 January 1944 in Belfast | — | Peace | "for the courageous efforts in founding a movement to put an end to the violent conflict in Northern Ireland." |
| 1995 | Seamus Heaney | 13 April 1939 in Tamniaran, near Castledawson | 30 August 2013 in Blackrock, Dublin | Literature | "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past." |
| 1998 | John Hume | 18 January 1937 in Derry | 3 August 2020 in Derry | Peace | "for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland." |
| 1998 | David Trimble | 15 October 1944 in Belfast | 25 July 2022 in Belfast | Peace | "for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland." |
| 2015 | William Cecil Campbell | 28 June 1930 in Ramelton, County Donegal | — | Physiology or Medicine | "for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites." (shared with Japanese biochemist Satoshi Ōmura and Chinese malariologist Tu Youyou) |

## Nominations
### Nominees

* Physics
* Chemistry
* Physiology or Medicine
* Literature
* Peace
| Image | Nominee | Born | Died | Years Nominated | Citation | Nominator(s) |
| Physics |||||||
| | John Sealy Townsend | 7 June 1868 in Galway, County Galway, Ireland | 16 February 1957 in Oxford, England | 1924, 1942 | "for studies concerning the electrical conduction of gases (concerning the kinetics of electrons and ions) and directly measured the electrical charge. " | Jean Baptiste Perrin (1870–1942) France |
| | John Sealy Townsend | 7 June 1868 in Galway, County Galway, Ireland | 16 February 1957 in Oxford, England | 1944 | "for his discovery of a phenomenon of the electron avalanche in electromagnetism (Townsend discharge)." | Victor Albert Bailey (1895–1964) Australia |
| Literature |||||||
| | William Butler Yeats | 13 June 1865 in Sandymount, Leinster, Ireland | 28 January 1939 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes, France | 1902 | The Land of Heart's Desire (1894) Cathleen ni Houlihan (1902) The King's Threshold (1904) Deirdre (1907) The Green Helmet (1910) The Wild Swans at Coole (1919) The Tower (1928) Last Poems and Plays (1940) | William E. H. Lecky (1838–1903) Ireland |
| | William Butler Yeats | 13 June 1865 in Sandymount, Leinster, Ireland | 28 January 1939 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes, France | 1914 | The Land of Heart's Desire (1894) Cathleen ni Houlihan (1902) The King's Threshold (1904) Deirdre (1907) The Green Helmet (1910) The Wild Swans at Coole (1919) The Tower (1928) Last Poems and Plays (1940) | George Noble Plunkett (1851–1948) Ireland |
| | William Butler Yeats | 13 June 1865 in Sandymount, Leinster, Ireland | 28 January 1939 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes, France | 1915, 1918 | The Land of Heart's Desire (1894) Cathleen ni Houlihan (1902) The King's Threshold (1904) Deirdre (1907) The Green Helmet (1910) The Wild Swans at Coole (1919) The Tower (1928) Last Poems and Plays (1940) | Per Hallström (1866–1960) Sweden |
| | William Butler Yeats | 13 June 1865 in Sandymount, Leinster, Ireland | 28 January 1939 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes, France | 1921 | The Land of Heart's Desire (1894) Cathleen ni Houlihan (1902) The King's Threshold (1904) Deirdre (1907) The Green Helmet (1910) The Wild Swans at Coole (1919) The Tower (1928) Last Poems and Plays (1940) | Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864–1931) Sweden |
| | William Butler Yeats | 13 June 1865 in Sandymount, Leinster, Ireland | 28 January 1939 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes, France | 1922, 1923 | The Land of Heart's Desire (1894) Cathleen ni Houlihan (1902) The King's Threshold (1904) Deirdre (1907) The Green Helmet (1910) The Wild Swans at Coole (1919) The Tower (1928) Last Poems and Plays (1940) | Nobel Committee |
| | George Bernard Shaw | 26 July 1856 in Dublin, Ireland | 2 November 1950 in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England | 1911 | Candida (1898) Caesar and Cleopatra (1901) Man and Superman (1902) Major Barbara (1907) The Doctor's Dilemma (1909) Pygmalion (1913) Saint Joan (1923) | Gilbert Murray (1866–1957) Great Britain |
| | George Bernard Shaw | 26 July 1856 in Dublin, Ireland | 2 November 1950 in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England | 1912 | Candida (1898) Caesar and Cleopatra (1901) Man and Superman (1902) Major Barbara (1907) The Doctor's Dilemma (1909) Pygmalion (1913) Saint Joan (1923) | Kristian Birch-Reichenwald Aars (1868–1917) Norway |
| | George Bernard Shaw | 26 July 1856 in Dublin, Ireland | 2 November 1950 in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England | 1921 | Candida (1898) Caesar and Cleopatra (1901) Man and Superman (1902) Major Barbara (1907) The Doctor's Dilemma (1909) Pygmalion (1913) Saint Joan (1923) | Henrik Schück (1855–1947) Sweden |
| | George Bernard Shaw | 26 July 1856 in Dublin, Ireland | 2 November 1950 in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England | 1924, 1925, 1926 | Candida (1898) Caesar and Cleopatra (1901) Man and Superman (1902) Major Barbara (1907) The Doctor's Dilemma (1909) Pygmalion (1913) Saint Joan (1923) | Tor Hedberg (1862–1931) Sweden |
| | George Bernard Shaw | 26 July 1856 in Dublin, Ireland | 2 November 1950 in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England | 1926 | Candida (1898) Caesar and Cleopatra (1901) Man and Superman (1902) Major Barbara (1907) The Doctor's Dilemma (1909) Pygmalion (1913) Saint Joan (1923) | Nathan Söderblom (1866–1931) Sweden |
| | Edward Dowden | 3 May 1843 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland | 4 April 1913 in Dublin, Ireland | 1913 | Shakspere: A Critical Study of His Mind and Art (1875) Shakespeare Primer (1877) The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1886) | James Lindsay (1847–1913) Great Britain |
| | Darrell Figgis | 17 September 1882 in Dublin, Ireland | 27 October 1925 in London, England | 1922 | Recollections of the Irish War (1900) A Vision of Life (1909) A Chronicle of Jails (1917) The Return of the Hero (1923) | Thomas Rudmose-Brown (1878–1942) Ireland |
| | James Cousins | 22 July 1873 in Belfast, Northern Ireland | 20 February 1956 in Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, India | 1935 | The Sleep of the King (1902) New Ways in English Literature (1912) The Renaissance in India (1918) A Bardic Pilgrimage (1934) | Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) India |
| | Seán O'Casey | 30 March 1880 Dublin, Ireland | 18 September 1964 Torquay, Devon, England | 1949, 1950 | The Shadow of a Gunman (1923) Juno and the Paycock (1924) The Plough and the Stars (1926) The Silver Tassie (1927) The End of the Beginning (1937) Red Roses for Me (1942) Cock-a-Doodle Dandy (1949) | Oscar Wieselgren (1886–1971) Sweden |
| | Seán O'Casey | 30 March 1880 Dublin, Ireland | 18 September 1964 Torquay, Devon, England | 1950 | The Shadow of a Gunman (1923) Juno and the Paycock (1924) The Plough and the Stars (1926) The Silver Tassie (1927) The End of the Beginning (1937) Red Roses for Me (1942) Cock-a-Doodle Dandy (1949) | Mary Elizabeth Morton (1876–1957) Ireland |
| | Seán O'Casey | 30 March 1880 Dublin, Ireland | 18 September 1964 Torquay, Devon, England | 1955 | The Shadow of a Gunman (1923) Juno and the Paycock (1924) The Plough and the Stars (1926) The Silver Tassie (1927) The End of the Beginning (1937) Red Roses for Me (1942) Cock-a-Doodle Dandy (1949) | Una Ellis-Fermor (1894–1958) Great Britain |
| | Seán O'Casey | 30 March 1880 Dublin, Ireland | 18 September 1964 Torquay, Devon, England | 1957 | The Shadow of a Gunman (1923) Juno and the Paycock (1924) The Plough and the Stars (1926) The Silver Tassie (1927) The End of the Beginning (1937) Red Roses for Me (1942) Cock-a-Doodle Dandy (1949) | Oscar Cargill (1898–1972) United States |
| | Seán O'Casey | 30 March 1880 Dublin, Ireland | 18 September 1964 Torquay, Devon, England | 1959, 1961, 1962 | The Shadow of a Gunman (1923) Juno and the Paycock (1924) The Plough and the Stars (1926) The Silver Tassie (1927) The End of the Beginning (1937) Red Roses for Me (1942) Cock-a-Doodle Dandy (1949) | Geoffrey Tillotson (1905–1969) Great Britain |
| | Seán O'Casey | 30 March 1880 Dublin, Ireland | 18 September 1964 Torquay, Devon, England | 1961 | The Shadow of a Gunman (1923) Juno and the Paycock (1924) The Plough and the Stars (1926) The Silver Tassie (1927) The End of the Beginning (1937) Red Roses for Me (1942) Cock-a-Doodle Dandy (1949) | Roy Pascal (1904–1980) Great Britain |
| | Seán O'Casey | 30 March 1880 Dublin, Ireland | 18 September 1964 Torquay, Devon, England | 1963 | The Shadow of a Gunman (1923) Juno and the Paycock (1924) The Plough and the Stars (1926) The Silver Tassie (1927) The End of the Beginning (1937) Red Roses for Me (1942) Cock-a-Doodle Dandy (1949) | The English PEN Club |
| | Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany | July 24, 1878 in London, England | 25 October 1957 in Dublin, Ireland | 1950 | The Gods of Pegāna (1905) The King of Elfland's Daughter (1924) The Travel Tales of Mr. Joseph Jorkens (1931) | The Irish PEN Club |
| | Lennox Robinson | 4 October 1886 in Douglas, County Cork, Ireland | 15 October 1958 in Dublin, Ireland | 1957 | The Clancy Name (1908) The Whiteheaded Boy (1916) The Big House (1926) Drama at Inish (1933) | The Irish PEN Club |
| | Samuel Beckett | 13 April 1906 in Foxrock, Dublin Ireland | 22 December 1989 in Paris, France | 1957 | Murphy (1938) Molloy (1951) Malone Dies (1951) Waiting for Godot (1952) The Unnamable (1953) Krapp's Last Tape (1958) How It Is (1961) Happy Days (1961) | Robert-Léon Wagner (1905–1982) France |
| | Samuel Beckett | 13 April 1906 in Foxrock, Dublin Ireland | 22 December 1989 in Paris, France | 1963, 1966 | Murphy (1938) Molloy (1951) Malone Dies (1951) Waiting for Godot (1952) The Unnamable (1953) Krapp's Last Tape (1958) How It Is (1961) Happy Days (1961) | Johannes Edfelt (1904–1997) Sweden |
| | Samuel Beckett | 13 April 1906 in Foxrock, Dublin Ireland | 22 December 1989 in Paris, France | 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 | Murphy (1938) Molloy (1951) Malone Dies (1951) Waiting for Godot (1952) The Unnamable (1953) Krapp's Last Tape (1958) How It Is (1961) Happy Days (1961) | William Stuart Maguinness (1903–1983) Great Britain |
| | Samuel Beckett | 13 April 1906 in Foxrock, Dublin Ireland | 22 December 1989 in Paris, France | 1964 | Murphy (1938) Molloy (1951) Malone Dies (1951) Waiting for Godot (1952) The Unnamable (1953) Krapp's Last Tape (1958) How It Is (1961) Happy Days (1961) | Bengt Holmqvist (1924–2002) Finland |
| | Samuel Beckett | 13 April 1906 in Foxrock, Dublin Ireland | 22 December 1989 in Paris, France | 1966 | Murphy (1938) Molloy (1951) Malone Dies (1951) Waiting for Godot (1952) The Unnamable (1953) Krapp's Last Tape (1958) How It Is (1961) Happy Days (1961) | Léon Cellier et al. (1911–1976) France |
| | Samuel Beckett | 13 April 1906 in Foxrock, Dublin Ireland | 22 December 1989 in Paris, France | 1967, 1968 | Murphy (1938) Molloy (1951) Malone Dies (1951) Waiting for Godot (1952) The Unnamable (1953) Krapp's Last Tape (1958) How It Is (1961) Happy Days (1961) | Nelly Sachs (1891–1970) Sweden |
| | Samuel Beckett | 13 April 1906 in Foxrock, Dublin Ireland | 22 December 1989 in Paris, France | 1967 | Murphy (1938) Molloy (1951) Malone Dies (1951) Waiting for Godot (1952) The Unnamable (1953) Krapp's Last Tape (1958) How It Is (1961) Happy Days (1961) | The Swedish PEN Club et al. |
| | Samuel Beckett | 13 April 1906 in Foxrock, Dublin Ireland | 22 December 1989 in Paris, France | 1967, 1968 | Murphy (1938) Molloy (1951) Malone Dies (1951) Waiting for Godot (1952) The Unnamable (1953) Krapp's Last Tape (1958) How It Is (1961) Happy Days (1961) | Siegbert Salomon Prawer (1925–2012) Great Britain |
| | Samuel Beckett | 13 April 1906 in Foxrock, Dublin Ireland | 22 December 1989 in Paris, France | 1968 | Murphy (1938) Molloy (1951) Malone Dies (1951) Waiting for Godot (1952) The Unnamable (1953) Krapp's Last Tape (1958) How It Is (1961) Happy Days (1961) | Matthew Hodgart et al. (1916–1996) Great Britain |
| | Samuel Beckett | 13 April 1906 in Foxrock, Dublin Ireland | 22 December 1989 in Paris, France | 1969 | Murphy (1938) Molloy (1951) Malone Dies (1951) Waiting for Godot (1952) The Unnamable (1953) Krapp's Last Tape (1958) How It Is (1961) Happy Days (1961) | Christopher Ricks et al. (born 1933) Great Britain |
| | Elizabeth Bowen | 7 June 1899 in Dublin, Ireland | 22 February 1973 in London, England | 1958 | The Last September (1929) The House in Paris (1936) The Heat of the Day (1949) Eva Trout (1968) | Roman Jakobson (1896–1982) Russia |
| | Austin Clarke | 9 May 1896 in Stoneybatter, Dublin, Ireland | 19 March 1974 in Templeogue, Dublin, Ireland | 1972 | Night and Morning (1938) Ancient Lights (1955) Twice Round the Black Church (1962) A Penny in the Clouds (1968) | Kenneth Deale (1907–1974) Ireland |
| | Austin Clarke | 9 May 1896 in Stoneybatter, Dublin, Ireland | 19 March 1974 in Templeogue, Dublin, Ireland | 1972 | Night and Morning (1938) Ancient Lights (1955) Twice Round the Black Church (1962) A Penny in the Clouds (1968) | Desmond Clarke (1907–1979) Ireland |
| | Stanislaus Lynch | 1907 in Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, Ireland | 1983 in County Cavan, Ireland | 1972 | Echoes of the Hunting Horn (1947) A Hunting Man's Rambles (1951) Hounds are Running! (1950) | Desmond Clarke (1907–1979) Ireland |
| | Francis Stuart | 29 April 1902 in Townsville, Queensland, Australia | 2 February 2000 in Fanore, County Clare, Ireland | 1972 | The Pillar of Cloud (1948) Redemption (1949) The Flowering Cross (1950) Black List, Section H (1971) | Desmond Clarke (1907–1979) Ireland |
| Peace |||||||
| | Arthur Griffith | 31 March 1871 in Dublin, Ireland | 12 August 1922 in Dublin, Ireland | 1922 | "for [his role in the] peaceful negotiations with the Anglo-Irish Treaty in establishing Irish Free State." | Halvdan Koht (1873–1965) Norway |
| | Fr. William Ferris | 1881 in Rattoo, County Kerry, Ireland | 1971 in Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland | 1938 | "for his brochure The Democratic Constitution, in which he outlined an electoral system which guaranteed unanimity in choice of every spokesman or representative, securing perfect harmony in the counsels of all assemblies, local, national, and international." | Jed O'Sullivan (?) Ireland |
| | Raphael Armattoe | 12 August 1913 in Keta, Volta, Ghana | 22 December 1953 in Hamburg, Germany | 1948 | "for his campaigns for the unification of British Togoland, the Gold Coast and French Togoland." | members of the Parliament of Ireland |
| | The Shop Stewards of the Belfast Shipyards | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 1970 | "for their devoted efforts to prevent sectarian violence breaking out in the shipyards and contributing to inter-communal peace." | members of the Parliament of Ireland |
| | Bloody Sunday families | Bogside, Derry, Northern Ireland | Bogside, Derry, Northern Ireland | 2023 | "for their commitment to peace and reconciliation during their long fight for truth and justice." | Colum Eastwood (born 1983) Ireland |