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.
Dramatists
A–D
- John Banim
- Ivy Bannister
- Sebastian Barry
- Colin Bateman
- Samuel Beckett
- Brendan Behan
- George A. Birmingham
- Dermot Bolger
- Dion Boucicault
- Colm Byrne
- Marina Carr
- Austin Clarke
- Padraic Colum
- William Congreve
- James Cousins
- Anne Devlin
- Roddy Doyle
- Gary Duggan
- Lord Dunsany
E–J
- John Ennis
- St John Ervine
- Bernard Farrell
- Brian Friel
- William Nugent Glascock
- Oliver Goldsmith
- Lady Augusta Gregory
- Gerald Griffin
- Declan Hughes
- Denis Johnston
- Jennifer Johnston
- Marie Jones
- James Joyce
- James Augustus Hicky
K–P
- Patrick Kavanagh
- Úna-Minh Kavanagh
- John B. Keane
- Cathy Kelly
- Thomas Kilroy
- Jerome Kilty
- C. S. Lewis
- Hugh Leonard
- Walter Macken
- Micheál Mac Liammóir
- Ian Macpherson
- Edward Martyn
- John McCann
- Donagh MacDonagh
- Martin McDonagh
- Frank McGuinness
- Christina McKenna
- Conor McPherson
- M. J. Molloy
- George Moore
- Jimmy Murphy
- John Murphy
- Tom Murphy
- T. C. Murray
- Seán O'Casey
- Joseph O'Connor
- Antoine Ó Flatharta
- Mary Devenport O'Neill
- Mark O'Rowe
- Cathal Ó Searcaigh
- Robert Owenson
Q–Z
- Christina Reid
- Lennox Robinson
- Billy Roche
- G. Bernard Shaw
- Peter Sheridan
- George Shiels
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- John Millington Synge
- Colin Teevan
- Colm Tóibín
- Joseph Tomelty
- Mervyn Wall
- Enda Walsh
- Oscar Wilde
- W. B. Yeats
Non-fiction
Biography and memoirs
- Emma Dabiri author, academic, and broadcaster
- Julia Kavanagh, biographer and social scientist
- Thomas O'Crohan, biographer
- Tomás Ó Criomhthain, memoirist
- Muiris Ó Súilleabháin, memoirist
- Úna-Minh Kavanagh, memoirist
Gardening and natural history
- Diarmuid Gavin, gardener
- Marcus Hartog, natural historian
- William Henry Harvey, natural historian
- Dermot O'Neill, gardener
- William Robinson, gardener
History
- Peter Brown
- Seathrún Céitinn
- Roy Foster
- Gerard Anthony Hayes-McCoy
- Geoffrey Keating
- Thomas Leland
- F. S. L. Lyons
- John A. Murphy
- Richard Barry O'Brien, historian and journalist
- John Cornelius O'Callaghan
- James Ware
- Cecil Woodham-Smith
Journalism and broadcasting
- Brian Farrell, broadcaster
- Gene Kerrigan, journalist
- Robert Wilson Lynd, essayist
- Karen Frances McCarthy, journalist
- Norah Meade, journalist
- Fintan O'Toole, journalist
- Cornelius Ryan, journalist and historian
- Richard Steele, journalist and politician
- John Waters, journalist
Literature and language
- Elizabeth Bowen, literary critic
- Mrs. E. M. Field, literary critic and education
Morality and ethics
- John Bale
- Nicholas Bernard
- Richard Paul Blakeney
- Maxwell Henry Close
- Frances Power Cobbe, writer on religious and social issues and fine arts
- John Duncan Craig
- Edward Daly, bishop
- Eamon Duffy
- Desmond Fennell
- C. S. Lewis
- John Lynch, religious writer and historian
- Catherine Mary MacSorley
- Richard Baptist O'Brien
- Fintan O'Toole
- William Thompson
- James Ussher, bishop
- John Waters
- Richard Whately, religious writer and economist
Music
- Aloys Fleischmann
- Tilly Fleischmann
Philosophy
- George Berkeley
- George Boole
- Desmond Fennell
- John Moriarty
- William Thompson
Politics
- Thomas Amory
- Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery
- John Wilson Croker
Women's issues
- Maeve Kelly
- Nell McCafferty
- William Thompson
Miscellaneous
- Edward MacLysaght, genealogist
- Dervla Murphy, travel writer
- George O'Brien, academic
- John O'Hart, genealogist
- Brendan Simms, politician
- Francis Stoughton Sullivan, lawyer
- Maev-Ann Wren, economist
Novelists
A–C
- John Banim
- Michael Banim
- John Banville
- Leland Bardwell
- Sebastian Barry
- Kevin Barry
- Samuel Beckett
- Brendan Behan
- Gerard Beirne
- Maeve Binchy
- George A. Birmingham
- Dermot Bolger
- John Boyne
- Elizabeth Bowen
- Maeve Brennan
- John Broderick
- Lucy Caldwell
- Joyce Cary
- Jane Casey
- Aifric Campbell
- William Carleton
- Austin Clarke
- Brian Cleeve
- Eoin Colfer
- Padraic Colum
- Evelyn Conlon
- Colm Connolly
D–J
- Seamus Deane
- Frank Delaney
- Emma Donoghue
- Gerard Donovan
- Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
- Roddy Doyle
- Catherine Dunne
- Lord Dunsany
- Maria Edgeworth
- Anne Marie Forrest
- Oliver Goldsmith
- Gerald Griffin
- Hugo Hamilton
- Dermot Healy
- Aidan Higgins
- Desmond Hogan
- Arlene Hunt
- Jennifer Johnston
- Neil Jordan
- James Joyce
K–R
- John B. Keane
- Molly Keane
- Cathy Kelly
- Marian Keyes
- Charles Kickham
- David M. Kiely
- Celine Kiernan
- Conor Kostick
- Derek Landy
- Charles Lever
- C. S. Lewis
- Morgan Llywelyn
- Rosina Bulwer Lytton
- Brinsley MacNamara
- Deirdre Madden
- Ian Macpherson
- David Marcus
- Charles Robert Maturin
- Colum McCann
- Barry McCrea
- Frank McCourt
- John McGahern
- Christina McKenna
- Anna McPartlin
- Brian Moore
- George Moore
- Lady Morgan
- Danny Morrison
- Iris Murdoch
- Éilís Ní Dhuibhne
- Edna O'Brien
- Billy O'Callaghan
- Philip Ó Ceallaigh
- Joseph O'Connor
- Peadar O'Donnell
- Liam O'Flaherty
- Valentine O'Hara
- Jamie O'Neill
- Brian O'Nolan
- TS O'Rourke
- Glenn Patterson
- James Plunkett
- Katherine Purdon
- Keith Ridgway
- Frank Ronan
S–Z
- John W. Sexton
- Darren Shan
- Somerville and Ross:
- Laurence Sterne
- Bram Stoker
- Francis Stuart
- Jonathan Swift
- Kate Thompson
- Colm Tóibín
- Robert Tressell
- William Trevor
- Ethel Lilian Voynich
- William Wall
- Maurice Walsh
- Leonard Wibberley
- Oscar Wilde
- Niall Williams
Poets
A–D
- Adomnán
- Æ: George William Russell
- William Allingham
- Beccán mac Luigdech
- Leland Bardwell
- Eaton Stannard Barrett
- Richard Barrett
- Samuel Beckett
- Brendan Behan
- Gerard Beirne
- Blathmac mac Con Brettan
- Eavan Boland
- Dermot Bolger
- Pat Boran
- Frances Browne
- Ciarán Carson
- Patrick Chapman
- Austin Clarke
- Brendan Cleary
- Brian Coffey
- Colmán mac Lénéni
- Padraic Colum
- James Cousins
- Cuirithir of Connacht
- John Cunningham
- Dallán Forgaill
- Thomas Davis
- Cecil Day-Lewis
- John F. Deane
- Denis Devlin
- John Dillon
- Gerard Donovan
- William Drennan
- Charles Gavan Duffy
- Seán Dunne
- Lord Dunsany
- Paul Durcan
E–L
- Flann Mainistreach
- Patrick Galvin
- Monk Gibbon
- Oliver St. John Gogarty
- Oliver Goldsmith
- Sarah Maria Griffin
- Stephen Gwynn
- Michael Hartnett
- Randolph Healy
- Seamus Heaney
- F. R. Higgins
- Pearse Hutchinson
- Douglas Hyde
- Valentin Iremonger
- John Jordan
- James Joyce
- Trevor Joyce
- Patrick Kavanagh
- Thomas Kinsella
- Charles Kickham
- Anatoly Kudryavitsky
- Emily Lawless
- Francis Ledwidge
- C. S. Lewis
- James Liddy
- Ruth Frances Long
- Michael Longley
- Luccreth moccu Chiara
M–P
- Oengus Celi De
- Denis Florence MacCarthy
- Donagh MacDonagh
- Thomas MacDonagh
- Patrick MacDonogh
- Seán Mac Falls
- Patrick MacGill
- Thomas MacGreevy
- Louis MacNeice
- Derek Mahon
- James Clarence Mangan
- Hugh McFadden
- Nigel McLoughlin
- Máire Mhac an tSaoi
- Brian Merriman
- Alice Milligan
- John Montague
- Thomas Moore
- Paul Muldoon
- Gerry Murphy
- Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
- Nuala Ní Chonchúir
- Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
- Dáibhí Ó Bruadair
- Lughaidh Ó Cléirigh
- Máirtín Ó Direáin
- Dennis O'Driscoll
- Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin
- Cinaed Ó hArtucain
- Mary Devenport O'Neill
- Antoine Ó Raifteiri
- Aogán Ó Rathaille
- John Boyle O'Reilly
- Seán Ó Ríordáin
- Frank Ormsby
- Cathal Ó Searcaigh
- Seumas O'Sullivan
- Eoghan Ó Tuairisc
- Tom Paulin
- Patrick Pearse
- Joseph Plunkett
Q–Z
- Anthony Raferty
- George Reavey
- Lennox Robinson
- Gabriel Rosenstock
- Adam Rudden
- Blanaid Salkeld
- Maurice Scully
- John W. Sexton
- Eileen Shanahan
- James Simmons
- Michael Smith
- Sydney Bernard Smith
- Geoffrey Squires
- James Stephens
- Jonathan Swift
- Senchán Torpéist
- Katharine Tynan
- William Wall
- Catherine Walsh
- Jane Wilde
- Oscar Wilde
- James Wills
- Macdara Woods
- Frances Wynne
- W. B. Yeats
- Augustus Young
Short story writers
A–D
- Robert William Alexander
- Ivy Bannister
- Samuel Beckett
- Gerard Beirne
- Elizabeth Bowen
- Clare Boylan
- Patrick Boyle
- John Boyne
- Maeve Brennan
- Joyce Cary
- William Carleton
- Patrick Chapman
- Padraic Colum
- Evelyn Conlon
- Daniel Corkery
- Anne Devlin
- Lord Dunsany
E–L
- Maria Edgeworth
- Brian Friel
- Frank Gallagher
- Gerald Griffin
- Aidan Higgins
- Desmond Hogan
- John Jordan
- Neil Jordan
- James Joyce
- Claire Keegan
- Maeve Kelly
- Benedict Kiely
- David M. Kiely
- Mary Lavin
- Edmund Leamy
- Sheridan Le Fanu
M–O
- Walter Macken
- John MacKenna
- Bernard MacLaverty
- Michael McLaverty
- Bryan MacMahon
- Ian Macpherson
- Aidan Mathews
- Eugene McCabe
- John McGahern
- Christina McKenna
- John Montague
- Violet Florence Martin of Somerville and Ross partnership
- George A. Moore
- Val Mulkerns
- Edna O'Brien
- Kate Cruise O'Brien
- Máirtín Ó Cadhain
- Billy O'Callaghan
- Feardorcha Ó Conaill
- Pádraic Ó Conaire
- Frank O'Connor
- Julia O'Faolain
- Seán Ó Faoláin
- Liam O'Flaherty
- Seumas O'Kelly
P–Z
- James Plunkett
- Victor O'D. Power
- Lennox Robinson
- Peig Sayers, story teller
- John W. Sexton
- Somerville and Ross and
- James Stephens
- Colm Tóibín
- William Trevor
- William Wall
- Oscar Wilde