Most Famous Irish Writers
50 Irish Writers in view out of 106
Writing 106
Ireland 1,143
James Joyce Irish Poet 1882 – 1941
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W. B. Yeats Irish Poet 1865 – 1939
#859
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Bram Stoker Irish Writer 1847 – 1912
#1,730
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George Berkeley Irish Philosopher 1685 – 1753
#1,749
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Seamus Heaney Irish Playwright 1939 – 2013
#2,260
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Lafcadio Hearn Irish Writer 1850 – 1904
#5,033
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Laurence Sterne Irish Writer 1713 – 1768
#6,562
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John Scotus Eriugena Irish Philosopher 810 – 877
#8,035
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Oliver Goldsmith Irish Novelist 1728 – 1774
#8,279
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Colm Tóibín Irish Poet Born 1955
#8,969
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John Millington Synge Irish Playwright 1871 – 1909
#12,203
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Maeve Binchy Irish Writer 1940 – 2012
#12,719
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Douglas Hyde Irish Poet 1860 – 1949
#14,300
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Brian O'Nolan Irish Writer 1911 – 1966
#16,055
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Joseph Murphy (author) Irish Writer 1898 – 1981
#17,343
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Maria Edgeworth Irish Writer 1768 – 1849
#17,672
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George Moore (novelist) Irish Poet 1852 – 1933
#21,087
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John Toland Irish Philosopher 1670 – 1722
#24,428
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Patrick Kavanagh Irish Writer 1904 – 1967
#24,559
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George William Russell Irish Poet 1867 – 1935
#31,473
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Paul Muldoon Irish Poet Born 1951
#40,894
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Philip Pettit Irish Philosopher Born 1945
#45,082
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Thomas MacDonagh Irish Playwright 1878 – 1916
#49,269
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Francis Ledwidge Irish Poet 1887 – 1917
#51,407
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Geoffrey Keating Irish Poet 1569 – 1644
#67,051
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Máirtín Ó Cadhain Irish Writer 1906 – 1970
#74,820
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John B. Keane Irish Novelist 1928 – 2002
#89,563
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Thomas Kinsella Irish Poet Born 1928
#96,403
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Peig Sayers Irish Biographer 1873 – 1958
#114,395
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Bill Naughton Irish Writer 1910 – 1992
#131,339
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Nevill Coghill Irish Literary 1899 – 1980
#135,587
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Seán Ó Ríordáin Irish Writer 1916 – 1977
#170,136
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Maurice O'Sullivan Irish Writer 1904 – 1950
#170,776
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Antoine Ó Raifteiri Irish Poet 1779 – 1835
#174,217
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Vladimir Pecherin Irish Poet 1807 – 1885
#200,949
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Charles Kickham Irish Writer 1828 – 1882
#210,936
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Penelope Hobhouse Irish Writer Born 1929
#213,147
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Lennox Robinson Irish Poet 1886 – 1958
#225,365
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James Vincent Murphy Irish Author 1880 – 1946
#232,697
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Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin Irish Poet 1748 – 1784
#249,239
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Florence Balcombe Irish Literary 1858 – 1937
#251,531
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Dáibhí Ó Bruadair Irish Poet 1625 – 1698
#346,473
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Vincent Browne Irish Journalist Born 1944
#418,561
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Standish James O'Grady Irish Author 1846 – 1928
#426,272
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William Hazlitt (Unitarian minister) Irish Writer 1737 – 1820
#433,225
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Con Houlihan Irish Journalist 1925 – 2012
#438,804
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Claire Byrne Irish Journalist Born 1975
#455,660
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Seán "Clárach" Mac Domhnaill Irish Poet 1691 – 1754
#471,710
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Agnes O'Farrelly Irish Writer 1874 – 1951
#472,034
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Patrick McGinley Irish Novelist Born 1937
#515,044
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