# 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)
* 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)

## Non-fiction
### 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 (1931 - 2024), 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

* Eoghan Daltun (born 1967), rewilding advocate
* Helen Dillon (born 1940), gardener
* Diarmuid Gavin (born 1964), gardener
* Marcus Hartog (1851–1924), natural historian
* William Henry Harvey (1811–1866), natural historian
* Miles McMullan (born 1967), author of wildlife guide books
* Dermot O'Neill (1964 - 2022), 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 (1931-2022), 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 (1927-2015)
* 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 (1930–2024)
* 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)
* 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)

## Poets
### 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)

## Short story writers
### 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