List of members of Aosdána

This is a list of current and former members of Aosdána, an association of artists whose work is deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to the creative arts in Ireland.

Details of membership Membership of Aosdána is based on a system of peer nomination and election and is limited to a maximum of 250 living artists who must be resident in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland for five years, although there exist exceptions where artists resident outside of Ireland are eligible "if the body of their work is deemed to significantly benefit the arts in Ireland".

Saoi Members of Aosdána may be elected by other members to receive the honour of Saoi for singular and sustained distinction in the arts. Not more than seven members can hold this honour at any one time.

Members Name Category Membership Saoithe Elaine Agnew Music John Arden Literature Arthur Armstrong Visual arts Robert Ballagh Visual arts John Banville Literature Leland Bardwell Literature Aideen Barry Visual arts Gerald Barry Music Kevin Barry Literature Sebastian Barry Literature Samuel Beckett Literature Walter Beckett Music John Behan Visual arts Ed Bennett Music Pauline Bewick Visual arts Michael Biggs Visual arts Shane de Blacam Architecture Cathal Black Visual arts Basil Blackshaw Visual arts Seóirse Bodley Music Veronica Bolay Visual arts David Bolger Choreography Dermot Bolger Literature Pat Boran Literature Brian Bourke Visual arts Eva Bourke Literature Fergus Bourke Visual arts Brian Boydell Music Clare Boylan Literature Charles Brady Visual arts Cecily Brennan Visual arts Louis le Brocquy Visual arts Melanie le Brocquy Visual arts Jerome de Bromhead Music Vincent Browne Visual arts John Buckley Music Linda Buckley Music Michael Bulfin Visual arts John Burke Visual arts Anna Burns Literature Paddy Bushe Literature Gerard Byrne Visual arts John Byrne Visual arts Michael Byrne Visual arts Moya Cannon Literature Patrick Carey Visual arts Cathy Carman Visual arts Marina Carr Literature Ciaran Carson Literature Philip Casey Literature Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin Literature Rhona Clarke Music Siobhán Cleary Music Harry Clifton Literature Michael Coady Literature Seán Ó Coisdealbha Literature James Coleman Visual arts Pat Collins Visual arts Patrick Collins Visual arts Eamon Colman Visual arts Joe Comerford Visual arts Micheál Ó Conghaile Literature Evelyn Conlon Literature Amanda Coogan Visual arts Barrie Cooke Visual arts Diana Copperwhite Visual arts Frank Corcoran Music Maud Cotter Visual arts Gary Coyle Visual arts Anthony Cronin Literature Dorothy Cross Visual arts William Crozier Visual arts Charles Cullen Visual arts Michael Cullen Visual arts Shane Cullen Visual Arts Cindy Cummings Choreography Peter Cunningham Literature Tony Curtis Literature Ita Daly Literature Margaretta D'Arcy Literature Rosaleen Davey Visual arts John T. Davis Visual arts Philip Davison Literature Michael Davitt Literature John F. Deane Literature Raymond Deane Music Seamus Deane Literature Catherine Delaney Visual arts Edward Delaney Visual arts Diarmuid Delargy Visual arts Donnacha Dennehy Music Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Literature Éilís Ní Dhuibhne Literature Vivienne Dick Visual arts Éilis Dillon Literature Máirtín Ó Direáin Literature Jim Doherty Music Willie Doherty Visual arts Neil Donnelly Literature Micky Donnelly Visual arts Mary Dorcey Literature Theo Dorgan Literature Roger Doyle Music Rita Duffy Visual arts Catherine Dunne Literature Paul Durcan Literature Benjamin Dwyer Music Felim Egan Visual arts Anne Enright Literature Conor Fallon Visual arts Peter Fallon Literature Julia Ó Faoláin Literature Seán Ó Faoláin Literature Bernard Farrell Literature Ciarán Farrell Music Éibhlís Farrell Music Micheal Farrell Visual arts Yvonne Farrell Architecture Pádraic Fiacc Literature Sean Fingleton Visual arts Mary FitzGerald Visual arts Tom Fitzgerald Visual arts Aloys Fleischman Music Críostóir Ó Floinn Literature Gerard Mannix Flynn Literature Marie Foley Visual arts Brian Friel Literature Martin Gale Visual arts Mia Gallagher Literature Patrick Galvin Literature Stephen Gardner Music Carlo Gébler Literature Ernest Gébler Literature Doireann Ní Ghríofa Literature John Gibbons Visual arts Richard Gorman Visual arts Tim Goulding Visual arts Patrick Graham Visual arts Robert Greacen Literature Vona Groarke Literature Anita Groener Visual arts Ronan Guilfoyle Music Patrick Hall Visual arts Andrew Hamilton Music Hugo Hamilton Literature Gerard Hanley Literature James Hanley Visual arts Marie Hanlon Visual arts Alice Hanratty Visual arts Kerry Hardie Literature Michael Harding Literature Margo Harkin Visual arts Charles Harper Visual arts James Harpur Literature Pat Harris Visual arts Michael Hartnett Literature Francis Harvey Literature Anne Haverty Literature Dermot Healy Literature Seamus Heaney Literature Frances Hegarty Visual arts Brian Henderson Visual arts Róisín Heneghan Architecture Christine Dwyer Hickey Literature Kieran Hickey Visual arts Patrick Hickey Visual arts Aidan Higgins Literature Rita Ann Higgins Literature Michael Holohan Music Pearse Hutchinson Literature Jaki Irvine Visual arts Denis Johnston Literature Fergus Johnston Music Jennifer Johnston Literature Jesse Jones Visual arts Eithne Jordan Visual arts John Jordan Literature Neil Jordan Literature Trevor Joyce Literature Rachel Joynt Visual arts Michael Kane Visual arts John B. Keane Literature Molly Keane Literature Claire Keegan Literature John Kelly Visual arts Eddie Kennedy Visual arts Adrian Kenny Literature Benedict Kiely Literature Bernadette Kiely Visual arts Thomas Kilroy Literature Deirdre Kinahan Literature Brian King Visual arts Cecil King Visual arts John Kinsella Music Trevor Knight Music Gene Lambert Visual arts Sonja Landweer Visual arts Clare Langan Visual Arts Mary Lavin Literature Stephen Lawlor Visual Arts Ciarán Lennon Visual arts Louis Lentin Literature James Liddy Literature Mary Lohan Visual arts Michael Longley Literature Louise Lowe Literature Donal Lunny Music Brian Lynch Literature Liam Lynch Literature Martin Lynch Literature Paul Lynch Literature Eileen MacDonagh Visual arts Tom MacIntyre Literature Bernard MacLaverty Literature Bryan MacMahon Literature Eugene McCabe Literature Patrick McCabe Literature Anne Madden Visual arts Aodhán Madden Literature Deirdre Madden Literature Brian Maguire Visual arts Alice Maher Visual arts Derek Mahon Literature Louis Marcus Visual arts Fergus Martin Visual arts Philip Martin Music Hugh Maxton Literature Freddie May Music Trish McAdam Visual Arts Eugene McCabe Literature Patrick McCabe Literature Colum McCann Literature Thomas McCarthy Literature Mike McCormack Literature James McCreary Visual arts Rosaleen McDonagh Literature John McGahern Literature Medbh McGuckian Literature Frank McGuinness Literature Edward McGuire Visual arts Tom MacIntyre Literature James McKenna Visual arts Stephen McKenna Visual arts Willie McKeown Visual arts John McLachlan Music Niall McLaughlin Architecture Theo McNab Visual arts Shelley McNamara Architecture Eoin McNamee Literature Conor McPherson Literature Seán McSweeney Visual arts Paula Meehan Literature Nick Miller Visual arts M. J. Molloy Literature Helen Moloney Visual arts Alfonso Monreal Lopez Visual arts John Montague Literature Brian Moore Literature George Morrison Visual arts Mary Morrissy Literature Paul Mosse Visual arts Gina Moxley Literature Liam Ó Muirthile Literature Michael Mulcahy Visual arts Paul Muldoon Literature Carolyn Mulholland Visual arts Val Mulkerns Literature Janet Mullarney Visual arts Gráinne Mulvey Music Valerie Mulvin Architecture Gerry Murphy Literature Jimmy Murphy Literature Pat Murphy Visual arts Richard Murphy Literature Tom Murphy Literature Joe Steve Ó Neachtain Literature John Nee Literature Christopher Nolan Literature Isabel Nolan Visual Arts Jim Nolan Literature Edna O'Brien Literature Julie O'Callaghan Literature Eilis O'Connell Visual arts Conleth O'Connor Literature Kevin O'Connell Music Joseph O'Connor Literature Ulick O'Connor Literature Mick O'Dea Visual arts Mary O'Donnell Literature Peadar O'Donnell Literature Sheila O'Donnell Architecture Hughie O'Donoghue Visual arts Gwen O'Dowd Visual arts Ciaran O'Driscoll Literature Dennis O'Driscoll Literature Liam O'Flaherty Literature Desmond O'Grady Literature Mairead O'hEocha Visual arts Alanna O'Kelly Visual arts Donal O'Kelly Literature Jane O’Leary Music Michael O'Loughlin Literature Mary O'Malley Literature Tony O'Malley Visual arts Geraldine O'Neill Visual arts Geraldine O'Reilly Visual arts Sean O'Reilly Literature Micheal O'Siadhail Literature Patrick O'Sullivan Visual arts Tom de Paor Architecture Glenn Patterson Literature Colman Pearce Music Tommy Peoples Music Janet Pierce Visual arts James Plunkett Literature Mary Farl Powers Visual arts Kathy Prendergast Visual arts Patrick Pye Visual arts Michael Quane Visual arts Fiona Quilligan Choreography Bob Quinn Visual arts Yann Renard Goulet Visual arts Arthur Riordan Literature Tim Robinson Literature Billy Roche Literature Liz Roche Choreography Vivienne Roche Visual arts Nigel Rolfe Visual arts Gabriel Rosenstock Literature Máire Mhac an tSaoi Literature James Scanlon Visual arts John Scott Choreography Patrick Scott Visual arts Maurice Scully Literature Seán Scully Visual arts Cathal Ó Searcaigh Literature Dermot Seymour Visual arts David Shaw-Smith Visual arts Peter Sheridan Literature Noel Sheridan Visual arts John Shinnors Visual arts James Simmons Literature Maria Simonds-Gooding Visual arts Peter Sirr Literature John Noel Smith Visual arts Paul Smith Literature Michael Smith Literature Gerard Smyth Literature Sydney Bernard Smith Literature Camille Souter Visual arts Amelia Stein Visual arts Louis Stewart Music Eithne Strong Literature Francis Stuart Literature Imogen Stuart Visual arts Eric Sweeney Music Matthew Sweeney Literature Anne Tallentire Visual arts Donald Teskey Visual arts Colm Tóibín Literature William Trevor Literature Rod Tuach Visual arts Eoghan Ó Tuairisc Literature John Tuomey Architecture Charles Tyrrell Visual arts Dáirine Vanston Visual arts Terence de Vere White Literature Gerard Victory Music Michael Viney Literature Kevin Volans Music Corban Walker Visual arts Joe Walker Visual arts Mervyn Wall Literature Samuel Walsh Visual arts Jennifer Walshe Music Barbara Warren Visual arts Michael Warren Visual arts Grace Weir Visual arts Alexandra Wejchert Visual arts Margaret Irwin West Visual Arts Bill Whelan Music Ian Wilson Music James Wilson Music Macdara Woods Literature Vincent Woods Literature Daphne Wright Visual arts Enda Wyley Literature Nancy Wynne-Jones Visual arts Anne Yeats Visual arts

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