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 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) John Ennis (born 1944) St John Ervine (1883–1971) Bernard Farrell (born 1941) Brian Friel (1929–2015) Fannie Gallaher (1854–1936) 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 Benedict Kiely (1919–2007)Benedict Kiely Denis Johnston (1901–1984) Jennifer Johnston (1930–2025) Marie Jones (born 1951) James Joyce (1882–1941) 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—see also "Novelists") Ian Macpherson (living) Aodhán Madden (1947–2015) Malsachanus (fl. 8–9 AD) Edward Martyn (1859–1923) John McCann (1905–1980) Martin McDonagh (born 1970) Hugh McFadden (born 1942) John McGahern (1934–2006)John McGahern 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) Flan O'Brien (1911–1966) Seán O'Casey (1880–1964) Philip Ó Ceallaigh (born 1968) Joseph O'Connor (living) Antoine Ó Flatharta (living) Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1967) John O'Keeffe (1747–1833) Mark O'Rowe (born 1970) Cathal Ó Searcaigh (born 1956) Robert Owenson (1744–1812)
R–T 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) Bram Stoker (1847–1912) John Millington Synge (1871–1909) Colin Teevan (born 1968) Colm Tóibín (born 1955) Joseph Tomelty (1911–1995)
W and Y Mervyn Wall (1908–1997) Enda Walsh (born 1967) Oscar Wilde (1845–1900) Evie Woods (born 1976) 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 (1930–2025) 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
Novelists
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) Lucy Caldwell (born 1981) Aifric Campbell (born before 1976) 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) Louise Kennedy (born 1967) 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) Walter Macken (1915–1967—see also "Dramatists") 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)