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

B–H

  • John Ennis (born 1944)
  • St John Ervine (1883–1971)
  • Bernard Farrell (born 1941)
  • Brian Friel (1929–2015)
  • Fannie Gallaher (1854–1936)[2]
  • Evie Gaughan (born 1976)
  • 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)

J-O

R–T

W and Y

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)[3][4]
  • 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

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

Women's issues

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

Novelists

A–C

D–J

K–R

S–Z

Poets

A–D

E–L

M–P

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–H

J–M

  • 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)
  • 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)

O-P

R–T

W

  • William Wall (born 1955)

Children's and young adult literature writers

See also

References

  1. ^ "Angela Bolster rsm RIP". Mercy World. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Gallaher, Francesca (Fannie) Mary | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Cyclist and seafaring engineer with passion for River Boyne". Meath Chronicle.
  4. ^ "Anthony Holten". www.librarything.nl.
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