This is a list of short story Irish writers either born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship. Short story writers whose work is in Irish are included. A brief outline of the history of Irish fiction is also available.

A–D

Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) Maeve Binchy (1940–2012) Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973) Clare Boylan (1948–2006) Patrick Boyle (1905–1982) Maeve Brennan (1917–1993) Donn Byrne (1889–1928) William Carleton (1794–1849) Joyce Cary (1888–1957) Patrick Chapman (born 1968) Padraic Colum (1881–1972) Daniel Corkery (1878–1964) Julia Crottie (1853–?) Ita Daly (born 1945) Lord Dunsany (1878–1957) Martina Devlin

E–L

Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849) M. E. Francis (1859–1930) Brian Friel (1929–2015) Miriam Gallagher (born 1940) Gerald Griffin (1803–1840) Jack Harte Aidan Higgins (1927–2015) Desmond Hogan (born 1951) Fred Johnston (writer) (1951–2024) Neil Jordan (born 1950) James Joyce (1882–1941) Claire Keegan (born 1969) Maeve Kelly (1930–2025) Benedict Kiely (1919–2007) 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) Violet Florence Martin (1862–1923) of Somerville and Ross partnership Aidan Mathews (born 1956) Eugene McCabe (1930–2020) John McGahern (1934–2006) Janet McNeill (1907–1994) George McWhirter (born 1939) John Montague (1929–2016) George Moore (1852–1933) Val Mulkerns (1925–2018) C. E. Murphy (born 1973) Nuala Ní Chonchúir (born 1970) Éilís Ní Dhuibhne (born 1954) Edna O'Brien (1930–2024) Kate Cruise O'Brien (1948–1998) Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906–1970) Billy O'Callaghan (born 1974) Philip Ó Ceallaigh (born 1968) 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) Lennox Robinson (1886–1958) Somerville and Ross (1858–1949 and 1862–1915) James Stephens (1882–1950) Eithne Strong(1925–1999) Colm Tóibín (born 1955) William Trevor (1928–2016) William Wall (born 1955) Liz Weir (born 1950) Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

See also

Irish literature Irish short story List of Irish poets List of Irish novelists List of Irish dramatists