Irish Writers Online: List A-Z

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A

Æ (George William Russell) poet
*Agee, Chris poet
* Alioth, Gabrielle novelist & short story writer
Allen, Fergus poet
Arthur, Chris essayist
* Augustin, Michael poet
Azadeh, Carol short story writer

B

Baker, Keith novelist
Bannister, Ivy short-story writer, autobiographer, playwright & poet
Banville, John novelist & playwright
Banville, Vincent novelist & playwright
Bardwell, Leland poet, dramatist, novelist
Barrett, Anne screenwriter, playwright
Barry, Sebastian dramatist, poet, novelist
Bateman, Colin novelist
Beckett, Mary novelist, short story and children’s writer
Beckett, Samuel poet, dramatist , novelist and critic
Behan, Brendan poet, short story writer, dramatist & essayist
Beirne, Gerard poet, novelist & short story writer
Bennett, Louis novelist & activist
Bennett, Ronan novelist & scriptwriter
Berkeley, Sara poet, short story writer & novelist
Berry, Ciaran poet
*Bhatt, Sujata poet
Binchy, Chris novelist
Binchy, Dan novelist
Binchy, Maeve novelist & short story writer
Boland, Eavan poet, critic
Boland, Rosita poet, travel writer
Bolger, Dermot poet, novelist, dramatist
Boran, Pat poet, short story writer
Bourke, Angela short story writer
Bourke, Eva poet
Boyne, John novelist & short story writer
Bowen, Elizabeth novelist & short story writer
Boylan, Clare short story writer & novelist
Breathnach, Colm file
Breathnach, Pádraic géarscéalaí & úrscéalaí
Branley, Mary poet
Brennan, Deirdre file/poet
Brennan, Joe playwright and storyteller
Brennan, Jimmy novelist, short story writer, screen writer and poet
Brennan, Maeve short story writer
Brennan, Rory poet
Brett, Heather poet
Broderick, John novelist & critic
Broderick, Sonja poet
Brophy, Catherine novelist and script writer
Broe, Christine poet
Brosnan, Meredith novelist
Brown, Christy autobiographer, novelist & poet
*Browne, Corinne novelist, non-fiction writer
Bryce, Colette poet
Burnside, Sam poet
Bushe, Paddy poet
Butler, Hubert essayist
Byrne, Mairead poet
Byron, Catherine poet

C

Cafferky, Tony novelist & playwright
Callaghan, Louise C. poet
Callaghan, Mary Rose novelist, short story writer & biographer
Campbell, Siobhán poet
Cannon, Moya poet
Carr, Marina dramatist
Caroll, Paul Vincent playwright and script writer
Cary, Joyce novelist & poet
Casey, Kevin novelist
Casey, Philip poet, novelist, dramatist
Carleton, William novelist and short-story writer
Carnduff, Thomas poet & playwright
Carson, Ciaran poet & non-fiction
Cashman, Seamus poet & editor
Chapman, Patrick poet
Cheasty, James novelist and playwright
Cimino, Glenda poet
Clamp, Paula novelist
Clarke, Austin poet & playwright
Clarkin, Sean poet
Clear, Christine novelist
Cleeve, Brian poet & novelist
Clifton, Harry poet
Coady, Michael poet
Coffey, Brian poet
Colfer, Eoin novelist
Coll, Mary poet
Coll Rua, Mael performance poet
Collins, Michael short story writer and novelist
Colum, Padraic poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, & children's writer
Conlon, Evelyn novelist & short story writer
Connaughton, Shane short story writer, film writer & playwright
Connolly, John novelist
Connolly, Kieron novelist
Connolly, Susan poet
Considine, June novelist & writer for children
Cooke, Emma short story writer, novelist
Connaughton, Shane short story writer, film writer & playwright
*Corrigan, Michael short story writer, novelist
Cotter, Patrick poet
Cowman, Ros poet
Cronin, Anthony poet, novelist & biographer
Cross, Eric biographer & short story writer
Cullen, Carmen poet & dramatist
Cullen, Leo short story writer
Cunningham, Peter novelist
Cully, Kevin novelist
Cunningham, Tim poet
Curtis, Tony poet

D

deFreine, Celia file
de Paor, Louis file
Dáibhís, Bríd file
Daly, Ita short story writer and novelist
Pádraig J. Daly poet
D'Arcy, Margaretta playwright & non-fiction author
Davison, Philip novelist, playwright & script writer
Davitt, Michael file
Dawe, Gerald poet & critic
de Freine, Celia poet, dramatist & screenwriter
Deane, John F. poet and novelist
Deane, Seamus poet, novelist & critic
Deeley, Patrick poet
Deevy, Teresa playwright
Delaney, Frank
Delanty, Greg poet
Derham, Roger novelist & children’s writer
Devlin, Anne short story writer, playwright & screenwriter
Devlin, Denis poet
Devlin, Martina novelist
Ní Dhomhnaill, Nuala file
Ní Dhuibhne, Eilis short story writer & novelist
Dillon, Eilís novelist
Donleavy, JP novelist, dramatist, non-fiction writer & autobiographer
Donnelly, Neil playwright
Donoghue, Emma novelist & playwright
Donaldson, Moyra poet
Donovan, Gerard poet & novelist
Donovan, Katie poet, essayist & novelist
Doorty, John poet & editor
Dorcey, Mary poet & novelist
Dorgan, Theo poet
Doyle, Mogue novelist
Doyle, Paddy autobiographer
Doyle, Roddy novelist, dramatist & filmwriter
Doyle, Rose novelist
Duffy, Katherine poet
Dunne, Catherine novelist
Durcan, Paul poet
Dwyer Hickey, Christine Novelist

E

Edgeworth, Maria novelist
Egan, Ann poet
Egan, Desmond poet
Ellis, Conleth poet & novelist
Enright, Ann short story writer, novelist
Ennis, John poet
Evans, Martina poet & novelist

F

Faller, Kevin poet & novelist
Fallon, Padraic poet
Fallon, Peter poet & publisher
Farquhar, George dramatist
Farrell, Bernard playwright
Fanning, Gerard poet
Fiacc, Padraic poet
Fitzgerald, Anne poet
FitzGerald-Petri, Trisha novelist
FitzMaurice, Gabriel poet, essayist, anthologist & children’s writer
FitzPatrick Simmons, Janice poet
*Flanagan, Thomas novelist & critic
Flynn,Leontiapoet
Flynn, Mannix novelist & playwright
Foley, Catherine úrscéalaí
Foster, Aisling novelist
French, Tom poet
Friel, Brian short-story writer & playwright

G

Galvin, Patrick poet, playwright & autobiographer
Gallagher, Miriam playwright, novelist & screenwriter
Gallagher, Owen poet
Gebler, Carlo novelist, travelwriter, children's writer and screenwriter
Gebler, Ernest novelist, playwright and screenwriter
Gillece, Karen novelist and short story writer
Givans, Raypoet
Glavin, Anthony short story-writer & novelist
Glavin, Anthony poet
Golden, Frank poet & novelist
Goldsmith, Oliver playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, dramatist
Graham, Brendan novelist
Granier, Mark poet
Greacen, Robert poet & autobiographer
Gregory, Lady Augusta playwright & folklorist
Gregory, Jarlath novelist
Grennan, Eamon poet & critic
Groarke, Vona poet

HI

Hamilton, Hugo short story writer, novelist
Hanley, Gerald novelist
Hanley, James playwright, short story writer & novelist
Hanna, Davoren poet
Hardie, Kerry poet
Harding, Michael dramatist & novelist
Harte, Jack poet, short story writer, and novelist
Harte, Lara novelist
(Le Marquand) Hartigan, Ann poet & dramatist
Hartnett/Ó hAirtnéide, Michael/Micheál poet/file & translator
Harvey, Francis poet & playwright
Harrs, Norma novelist, short storywriter & playwright
Haverty, Anne novelist
Hayes, Katy short story writer, dramatist & novelist
Hayes, Trudy short story writer, dramatist
*Hayman, Carole novelist, short story writer, TV dramatist
Healy, Dermot poet, short story-writer & novelist
Healy, Randolph poet
Heaney, Seamus poet, essayist & dramatist
Hewitt, John poet
Higgins, Aidan Novelist & autobiographer
Higgins, Kevinpoet
Higgins, Michael D. poet
Higgins, Rita Ann poet & playwright
Hogan, Desmond short story-writer and novelist
Hughes, Declan playwright
Hughes, John poet
Hutchinson, Pearse poet, translator

I

Iremonger, Valentin poet

JL

Jankowsky, Peter translator & essayist
Jenkinson, Biddy file
Johnston, Fred poet
Johnston, Jennifer novelist & playwright
Johnston, Denis playwright
Jones, Marie playwright
Jordan, John poet, short story writer & essayist
Jordan, Neil novelist, short story writer & film-maker
Joyce, James poet, novelist & playwright
Joyce, Trevorpoet
Judge, Michael novelist, playwright and short story writer

K

Kavanagh, Patrick poet, & novelist
Keady, Walter novelist
Keane, John B. poet, novelist & dramatist
Keane, Molly novelist & dramatist
Keegan, Claire short story writer
Kell, Richard poet
Kelly, John novelist
Kelly, Julia novelist
Kelly, Rita file
Kelly, Maeve novelist & short story writer
Keenan, Brian novelist & autobiographer
Kennedy, Conan novelist & non-fiction writer
Kennelly, Brendan dramatist, poet & novelist
Kenny, Adrian novelist, short story and travel writer
Kerr, Michaelautobiographer
Keyes, Marian novelist
Kiely, Benedict novelist and short-story writer
Kiely, David M. fiction and non-fiction writer
Kiely, Kevin novelist and poet
Killeen, Ger poet
Kilroy, Claire novelist
Kilroy, Thomas playwright and novelist
King, Noel poet and short-story writer
Kinsella, Thomas poet, translator and anthologist
Kostic, Conor historian and a writer of fiction for children and young adults
Kudryavitsky, Anatoly poet, fiction writer and literary translator

L

Laird, Nick poet & novelist
Langan, Brian novelist
Lavin, Mary short story writer & novelist
Lawless, James novelist, short story writer, poet
Leahy, Ann poet
Ledwidge, Francis poet
Leland, Mary short story writer & novelist
Leonard, Hugh playwright
Lendennie, Jessie poet & publisher
Levine, June novelist and non-fiction writer
Leyden, Brian short story writer, novelist & memoirist
Liddy, James poet
Liddy, John poet
Logue, Antonia novelist
Longley, Michael poet
Lordan, Dave poet
Lucy, Sean poet
Lynch, Brian poet, dramatist & screenwriter
Lynch, Liam dramatist & novelist
Lynch, Thomas poet & essayist
Lysaght, Seán poet & biographer

M

MacAnna, Ferdia novelist
Pádraig Mac Fhearghusa file
Mac Grianna, Seosamh úrscéalaí & dírbheathaisnéisí
MacGreevy, Thomas poet, critic & art historian
MacIntyre, Tom poet, dramatist and fiction writer
MacKenna, John short story writer and novelist
MacLaverty, Bernard short story writer, novelist & filmwriter
MacMahon, Bryan short story writer, novelist & dramatist
MacNeice, Louis poet, translator, critic, playwright
Mac Uistin, Liam úrscéalaí & drámadóir
Mhac an tSaoi, Máire file
McAuley, James J. poet & dramatist
McCabe, Eugene playwright, short story writer and novelist
McCabe, James poet
McCloskey, Molly short story writer and novelist
McCann, Colum short story writer & novelist
McBreen, Joan poet
McArdle, J. Ardle novelist
McCabe, Patrick novelist
MacCarthy, Catherine Phil poet
McCarthy, Thomas poet, novelist
McCormack, Mike short story writer & novelist
McDonagh, Martin dramatist
McDonagh, Philip poet
McDonagh, Terry poet, dramatist
Peter McDonald poet, critic
McFadden, Hugh poet, editor
McFadden, Roy poet
McGahern, John short story writer, novelist & dramatist
McGinley, Patrick novelist
McGovern, Iggy poet
McGrath, Eamonn novelist
McGuckian, Medbh poet
McGuinness, Frank poet & dramatist
McIntyre, Hazel novelist & memoirist
*McKiernan, Ethna poet
McKinney, Blánaid shortstory writer & novelist
McLaverty, Michael shortstory writer & novelist
McLoughlin, Nigel poet
McLoughlin, Thomas playwright
McNamee, Eoin novelist, shortstory writer
McNulty, Ted poet
McPherson, Conor (var.MacPherson) playwright & film maker
Macken, Walter dramatist, novelist & short story writer
Madden, Aodhan dramatist & short story writer
Madden, Deirdre novelist
Maguire, Aisling short story writer & novelist
Malone, Martin short story writer & novelist
Mahon, Derek poet & translator
Malone, Mary novelist
David Marcus novelist, anthologist, editor & autobiographer
Martin, Emer novelist
Mathews, Aidan poet, short story writer, playwright and novelist
Maude, Caitín poet & dramatist
Maxton, Hugh poet and essayist
Medbh, Máighréad poet
Meehan, Paula poet, dramatist
Melling, O.R. novelist
Millar, Cormac novelist
Mills, Billy poet
Mills, Geraldine poet & short story writer
Mills, Lia novelist
Millar, Sam novelist & autobiographer
Mitchell, Gary dramatist
Molloy, Frances novelist
Molloy, MJ playwright
Monahan, Sean novelist
Monahan, Noel poet
Montague, John poet, novelist &essayist
Mooney, Martin poet
Mooney, Matt poet
Moore, Brian novelist
Moore, George novelist, playwright & essayist
Moran, Stephen short story writer
Tom Morgan poet
Moriarty, John poet & philosopher
Moriarty, Sineadnovelist
Morrissy, Mary novelist, short story writer
Morrissey, Sinéad poet
Morrison, Danny novelist & playwright
Moxley, Gina playwright
Mulkerns, Helena short story writer
Mulkerns, Val short story writer & novelist
Mullan, Pat poet & novelist
Muldoon, Paul poet
Murdoch, Iris novelist, poet, playwright & philosopher
Murphy, Aidan poet
Murphy, David short story writer & novelist
Murphy, Dervla autobiographer, travel writer
Murphy, Gerry poet
Murphy, Jimmy playwright
Murphy, Marian novelist
Murphy, Michael poet
Murphy, Paul poet
Murphy, Tom playwright & novelist
Murphy, Richard poet
Murray, Paul poet

N

Newman, Joan poet
Newmann, Kate poet
Nic Aodha, Colette géarscéalaí & file
Ní Aonghusa, Cláir novelist
Ní Chonchúir, Nuala poet & fiction writer
Ní Chuilleanáin, Eiléan poet
Ní Ghallchóir, Colette file
Ní Ghlinn, Áine file/poet
Ní Mhóráin, Bríd file
Norton, Jim poet
Nolan, Christopher autobiographer, poet & novelist
Norrington, Alison novelist

O

Ó Baoill Aindrias úrscéalaí & géarscéalaí
O’Brien, Edna novelist and short story writer
O’Brien, Flann novelist, playwright & satirist
O’Brien, George memoirist
O’Brien, Jean poet
O’Brien, Kate novelist, travel writer & biographer
Ó Cadhain, Máirtín úrscéalaí & géarscéalaí
O’Callaghan, Conor poet
O’Callaghan, Julie poet
O’Casey, Sean playwright & autobiographer
Ó Conghaile, Micheál file, drámadóir, úrscéalaí & géarrscéalaí.
O’Connell, Fergus novelist
O’Connor, Clairr poet, playwright and novelist
O’Connor, Conleth poet, playwright & novelist
O’Connor, Frank stort-story writer, novelist, autobiographer & critic
O’Connor, Joseph novelist, stort-story writer, humourist
O’Connor, Karen poet & short story writer
O’Connor, Tommy Frank novelist
O’Connor, Ulick biographer, poet and playwright
O’Dea, Michael poet
Ó Díreáin, Máirtín file
O’Doherty, Brian novelist & critic
O’Donnell, Mary poet, short-story writer, novelist
O’Donovan, Síofra novelist
O’Donnell, John poet
O’Donnell, Peadar novelist & playwright
O’Donoghue, Bernard poet
O’Donoghue, Gregory poet
O’Donoghue, Mary poet
O’Donohue, John poet & philosopher
O’Driscoll, Ciaran poet
O’Driscoll, Dennis poet
Gréagóir Ó Dúill file
O’Dwyer, Tony poet
O’Faolain, Julia short story writer, novelist, editor & translator
O’Faoláin, Sean short story writer, novelist, editor & biographer
O’Flaherty, Liam short story writer & novelist
Ó Floinn/O’Flynn, Críostóir/Christoir file, drámadóir, úrscéalaí & translator
O’Gaora, Colm short story writer & novelist
O’Grady, Desmond poet & translator
O’Hagan, Sheila poet
O’Loughlin, Michael poet, short story writer & novelist
O’Mahony, Nessa poet
O’Malley, Ernie non-fiction writer
O’Malley, Mary poet
Ó Muirthile, Liam file
O’Neill, Joseph novelist
O’Reilly, Caitriona poet
O’Reilly, Patricia novelist
O’Reilly, Sean short story writer
O’Riordan, Kate novelist, playwright and television screenwriter
O’Rourke, TS novelist
O’Siadhail, Micheal poet
ÓSearcaigh, Cathal file agus drámadóir
Ó Snodaigh, Pádraig O’Sullivan, Derry file
file
Ó Tuama, Seán file
O’Toole, Fintanbiographer and critic
Ó Tuairisc/Watters, Eoghan/Eugene file & úrscéalaí
Ormsby, Frank poet & editor
Owens, Damien novelist

P

* Padel, Ruth poet & non-fiction writer
David Park novelist
Stewart Parker playwright
Parsons, Julie novelist
Patterson, Glenn novelist
Payne, Basil poet & playwright
Perry, Paul poet
Phelan, Tom novelist
Plunkett, James short story writer, novelist, film script writer & essayist
Power, Suzanne novelist
Prunty, Morag novelist
Purcell, Deirdre novelist

Q

Quarton, Marjorie novelist and non-fiction writer
Quigley, Patrick novelist
Quinn, Bob novelist, non-fiction writer & film maker
Quinn, Justin poet
Quinn, Niall novelist &dramatist

R

Ramsell, Billy poet
*Rancourt, Jaques poet, essayist & translator
Regan, Nell poet and biographer
Redmond, John poet
Rice, Adrian poet
Ridgway, Keith short story writer & novelist
Reidy, Gerard poet
Riordan, Maurice poet
Roche, Billy novelist & dramatist
Ronan, Frank novelist
Rooney, Aidan poet
Rooney, Padraig poet, short story writer & novelist
Rosenstock, Gabriel file
Rowley, Rosemarie poet, essayist and pamphleteer
Russell, Mary travel & short story writer
Ryan, James novelist
Ryan, Liz novelist
Hugh Fitzgerald Ryan novelist
Ryan, Oran novelist and poet

S

Salkeld, Blanaid poet
* Salzman, Eva poet
Scoltock, Jack children's novelist
Scully, Maurice poet
Sexton, John W. poet & scriptwriter
Shaw, George Bernard novelist, playwright & commentator
Shaughnessy, Lorna poet and translator
Sheehan O’Connor, Kathleen novelist
Sheehan, Eileen
Sheehan, Ronan novelist, short story writer
Sheridan, Jim playwright, screen writer and screen director
Sheridan, John D. novelist, short story writer, poet and humourist
Sheridan, Peter playwright, memorist and novelist
Simmons, James poet, playwright, editor & songwriter
Sirr, Peter poet
* Skinner, Knute poet
Slade, Jo poet
Smith, Michael poet, translator & publisher
Smith, Paul novelist & dramatist
Smith, Sydney Bernard poet, playwright & novelist
Smyth, Gerard poet
Smyth, Damian poet & playwright
Somers, Dermot Short story writer, non-fiction writer & script-writer
Stack, Eddie short story writer
Stern, James novelist, short story writer & translator
Sterne, Laurence novelist
Stevens, James poet & fiction writer
* Steppe, Lisa poet, folklorist, short story writer & novelist
Stoker, Bram short story writer & novelist
Strong, Eithne poet/file, short story writer & novelist
Stuart, Francis poet, dramatist & novelist
Sullivan, Breda poet
Sweeney, Eamonn novelist
Sweeney, Matthew poet and fiction writer
Swift, Jonathan
Synge, John Millington poet and dramatist

T

Thompson, Neville novelist, playwright & screenwriter
Thompson, Kate novelist for adults and children
Tinley, Bill poet
Tóibín, Colm novelist & non-fiction writer
Toman, Edward novelist
Tracy, Honor novelist
Traynor, Sean poet, & novelist for children
Tremayne, Peternovelist & short story writer
Trevor, William short story writer, playwright & novelist
Troy, Una shortstory writer, playwright & novelist
Tuomey, Nesta novelist, playwright & short story writer
Tynan, Katharine poet, novelist, playwright & short story writer

V

*Valentine, Jean poet

W

Wall, Eamonn poet and critic
Wall, Mervyn novelist, shortstory writer & playwright
Wall, William poet, short story writer, & children's novelist
Walsh, Catherine poet
Walsh, Michael poet
Watters, Eugene poet & shortstory writer
Weir, Anthony poet
Wheatley, David poet
Whelan, Gerald children's and non-fiction writer
White, Victoria short story writer
Wilde, Oscar poet, short story writer, novelist & playwright
Williams, Caroline novelist
Williams, Niall novelist
Wilson, Robert McLiam novelist
Woods, Joseph poet
Woods, MacDara poet
Woods, Vincent poet & playwright
Wyley, Enda poet
Wynne-Jones, Grace novelist & short story writer

Y

Yeats, William Butler poet, playwright, essayist & autobiographer
Young, Augustus poet, autobiographer, & editor

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