Welcome to the Ireland Writers Team!
This is a subteam of the Ireland Notables Team, a Topics under the Ireland Project.
- Better pass boldly into that other world
- In the full glory of some passion,
- Than fade and wither dismally with age. James Joyce
- Goal: To create and maintain well-sourced and well-writen profiles for Irish Writers, as well as related profiles and pages.
- Responsibilities: Follow the guidelines of the Notables Project and the Ireland Project.
* Who should Join: Anyone interested in creating and improving profiles for Irish Writers.
- How to join: Send your request to Feargal, Rich or Jen. You should ideally already be a member of the Notables Project, but it is not required.
- We use Category:Ireland, Writers, the sticker {{Notables Sticker|Ireland, Notables}}, {{Occupation|image=Irish_Writers_Team-1.jpg|text=was an [[Space:Irish_Writers_Team|Irish Writer]].}} and other stickers from Space:Ireland_Badges_Templates_and_Stickers
- Sources Ricorso, Wikipedia
- Subteam Leader: TBA
- Members:
This list is not all notable writers with Wikipedia pages, all were born or raised in Ireland or hold Irish citizenship.
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| Writers | Notes |
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| A | |
| Thomas Kingsmill Abbott (1829–1913) - Wikipedia | Needs to be added |
| Robert William Alexander - Wikipedia | Needs to be added |
| Richard Allen (abolitionist) - Wikipedia | Bio needs to be re-written C&P from Wikipedia, Needs sources. connected |
| Robert Anderson (Scotland Yard official) (1841–1918) - Wikipedia | needs to be entered |
| Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey | |
| John Anster | |
| Mervyn Archdall (Irish antiquary) | |
| Richard Archdekin | |
| John Archer (physician) | |
| Thomas Arthur (physician) | |
| William Arthur (minister) | |
| B | |
| Alexander Baburin | |
| William Frederick Bailey | |
| F. Elrington Ball | |
| Margaret Barrington (1896 - 1982) Wikipedia | |
| Harry Barry | |
| John Milner Barry | |
| Bibi Baskin | |
| William Bathe | |
| Jonathan Beaumont | |
| Brian Behan | |
| Paudge Behan | |
| Thomas Beirne (writer) | |
| Robert Bell (writer) | |
| Mark Bence-Jones | |
| George Geary Bennis | |
| Francis Bermingham | |
| James Berry (writer) | |
| Edel Bhreathnach | |
| John Binns (journalist) | |
| Gertrude Elizabeth Blood | |
| Matthias Bodkin | |
| Matthias McDonnell Bodkin | |
| Charles Bourke | |
| Edmund Bourke | |
| Elizabeth Bowen | needs research, bio, everything |
| Micheál Breathnach | |
| John Brenan (physician) | |
| James Herbert Brennan | |
| John N. H. Brennan | |
| Robert Brennan (journalist) | |
| James Patrick Broderick | |
| Stephen Brown (Jesuit) | |
| John Ross Browne | |
| Robert Eric Charles Browne | |
| Anthony Bruodin | |
| Ann Buckley | |
| William Bulfin | |
| Peadar de Burca | |
| Francis Burke (Franciscan) | |
| Kealan Patrick Burke | |
| Oliver J. Burke | |
| William Butler (British Army officer) | |
| Francis John Byrne | |
| Mary Elizabeth Byrne | |
| Oliver Byrne (mathematician) | |
| C | |
| Charles Cameron (physician) | |
| Aifric Campbell | |
| Thomas Campbell (writer) | |
| Richard Cantillon | |
| Caolánn | |
| John Carey Wikipedia | |
| Mathew Carey [1] | |
| William Paulet Carey (1759 - 1839) - Wikipedia | |
| Richard Carmichael (physician) | |
| Thomas Carnduff | |
| Raymond Caron | |
| John Carpenter (archbishop of Dublin) | |
| Stephen Cullen Carpenter | |
| Kevin Carroll (prosthetist) | |
| Thomas Carve | |
| Falkland Cary | |
| Jane Casey | |
| Caroline Grace Cassidy | |
| Thomas Cawley | |
| Patrick R. Chalmers | |
| Liam Chambers | |
| Lily Champ | |
| Erskine Barton Childers | |
| Molly Childers | |
| Desmond Clarke (writer) | |
| Benjamin Cleary | |
| Ellen Mary Clerke | |
| W. P. Coates | |
| Martin Coen | |
| John Colgan | |
| Robert Collis | |
| Columbanus | |
| Marita Conlon-McKenna | |
| Shane Connaughton | |
| Thomas Connellan (priest) | |
| Joel Conroy | |
| Tim Pat Coogan | |
| Matt Cooper (Irish journalist) | |
| Tony Corcoran | |
| Ephraim MacDowel Cosgrave | |
| Hugh Costello | |
| Maurice Craig (historian) | |
| Percy Redfern Creed | |
| Cónal Creedon | |
| Bernard J. Crehan | |
| George Crolly | |
| Paddy Crosbie | |
| Raymond Crotty | |
| Jeananne Crowley | |
| Cruindmelus | |
| Henry Crumpe | |
| Cumméne Find | |
| Alice Curtayne | |
| D | |
| Margaretta D'Arcy | |
| Robert Daly (bishop) | |
| John Daly (Fenian) | |
| Kevin Danaher | |
| Patrick D'Arcy | |
| Declan de Barra | |
| Aodh de Blácam | |
| Deaglán de Bréadún | |
| Éamon de Buitléar | |
| Frank Deasy | |
| Eamon Delaney | |
| Patrick Delany (theologian) | |
| Laurence Dermott | |
| Samuel Derrick | |
| John Derricke | |
| Diarmaid the Just | |
| Francis Dobbs | |
| Charles Dod | |
| Doncanus Hibernus | |
| Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne | |
| Nehemiah Donnellan | |
| Denis Donoghue (academic) | |
| Mark Dooley | |
| Jim Dougal | |
| Gabriel Duffy | |
| Myles Dungan | |
| Ronald Ossory Dunlop | |
| Lee Dunne | |
| E | |
| Thomas Richard England | |
| Erinensis | |
| F | |
| Cyril Fagan | |
| BP Fallon | |
| Eamonn Fingleton | |
| Finnian of Clonard | |
| Finnian of Movilla | |
| William FitzGerald (bishop) | |
| Edward Fitzgibbon | |
| Richard FitzRalph | |
| Anthony Fox | |
| Nicholas French | |
| Dermot Freyer | |
| Nicholas Furlong | |
| G | |
| William Gahan | |
| Robert Gibbings | |
| Skeffington Gibbon | |
| Patricia Gibney | |
| Ian Gibson (author) | |
| Jack Stanley Gibson | |
| Stephen Gilbert (novelist) | |
| Karen Gillece | |
| Benjamin Glazer | |
| David Gleeson | |
| Domhnall Gleeson | |
| Alan Glynn | |
| Oliver St John Gogarty | |
| William Goodison (surgeon) | |
| Cassern S. Goto | |
| Bill Graham (author) | |
| Thomas Colley Grattan | |
| Alfred Perceval Graves | |
| Hanna Greally | |
| David H. Greene | |
| Martin Greif | |
| Edward Gwynn | |
| Stephen Gwynn | |
| H | |
| John-Baptist Hackett | |
| Charles Boynton Halpin (Halpine) (1829-1868), known in America as Charles Graham Halpine, wrote under the name 'Miles O'Reilly'. - Wikipedia - Charles G Halpine | |
| Rev Nicholas John Halpin (1790-1850) - Wikipedia - Nicholas John Halpin | |
| Newburgh Hamilton | |
| James Owen Hannay (1865-1950) wrote under the name - George A Birmingham - Wikipedia - George A Birmingham | |
| James Hardiman | |
| Francis Harold | |
| Martin Haverty | |
| Edward Hay (County Wexford) | |
| Gerard Anthony Hayes-McCoy | |
| Richard Head | |
| James N. Healy | |
| Mark Patrick Hederman | |
| Wolfgang Heidenfeld | |
| Sam Henry (musicologist) | |
| Patrick Heron (author) | |
| Christine Dwyer Hickey | |
| Elizabeth Hickey | |
| William Hickey (writer) | |
| Alex Hijmans | |
| Francis Clere Hitchcock | |
| Bulmer Hobson | |
| Edmund Hogan | |
| James Francis Hogan | |
| Edward Holland (priest) | |
| Robert Holmes (barrister) | |
| Joseph Hone | |
| Joseph Maunsel Hone | |
| C. Morton Horne | |
| Thomas Joseph Hutchinson | |
| I | |
| Maeve Ingoldsby | |
| J | |
| John Jervis White Jervis | |
| Charles Johnston (Theosophist) | |
| Mannix Joyce | |
| Patrick Weston Joyce | |
| William Quan Judge | |
| K | |
| Colm Keane | |
| Neville Keery | |
| Thomas Keightley | |
| Fergus Kelly | |
| John Kelly (Irish broadcaster) | |
| Christy Kenneally | |
| Mary Kennedy | |
| David Kenny (journalist) | |
| David M. Kiely | |
| John Godley, 3rd Baron Kilbracken | |
| Claire Kilroy | |
| T. C. Kingsmill Moore | |
| Percy Kirkpatrick | |
| Conor Kostick | |
| L | |
| John Lanigan (historian) | |
| Laurentius of Echternach | |
| Kevin Lehane | |
| Charles James Lever (writer) Wikipedia | |
| Charles Leslie (nonjuror) | |
| Peadar Livingstone | |
| Bill Long (writer) | |
| Martha Long | |
| Stephen Lynch (Franciscan) | |
| Richard Lynch (Jesuit) | |
| Brendan Lynch (writer) | |
| Patricia Lynch | |
| F. S. L. Lyons | |
| Genevieve Lyons | |
| J. B. Lyons | |
| Wesley Guard Lyttle | |
| M | |
| Mac an Bhaird | |
| Séamus Mac an Iomaire | |
| Seán Mac Brádaigh | |
| Dorothy Macardle | needs more research, inline citations |
| Fínghin mac Donncha Mac Carthaig | |
| Muiris Mac Conghail | |
| Seán mac Ruaidhri Mac Craith | |
| Art Mac Cumhaigh | |
| Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich | |
| Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna | |
| Seosamh Mac Grianna | |
| Mac Aodhagáin | |
| Proinsias Mac Aonghusa | |
| Mac Fhirbhisigh | |
| John MacHale | |
| Charles Henry Mackintosh | |
| Tadhg Mac Lochlainn | |
| John Henry MacMahon | |
| Thomas MacNevin | |
| Éamonn Mac Thomáis | |
| Máire Mhac an tSaoi | |
| Gerard Madden | |
| Richard Robert Madden | |
| Thomas More Madden | |
| Kevin Maher (writer) | |
| James Patrick Mahon | |
| Mark Mahon (director) | |
| Edmond Malone | |
| Malsachanus | |
| David Marcus | |
| Emer Martin | |
| F. X. Martin | |
| Francis Martin (priest) | |
| Harriet Evans Martin | |
| Harriet Letitia Martin | |
| Malachi Martin | |
| Henry Joseph Monck Mason | |
| Patrick Masterson | |
| Sam McBratney | |
| Alphie McCourt | |
| Frank McCourt | |
| Frank McDonald (journalist) | |
| Henry McDonald (writer) | |
| Michael McElhatton | |
| James McIntosh (food writer) | |
| Belinda McKeon | |
| A. L. Mentxaka | |
| Peter Millar (journalist) | |
| John Michell | |
| Charles Molloy (lawyer) | |
| George Fletcher Moore | |
| Maurice George Moore | |
| John Moriarty (writer) | |
| Francis Orpen Morris | |
| Thomas Morrissey (historian) | |
| Maurice Moynihan | |
| Arthur Moyse | |
| Brendan Muldowney | |
| Michael George Mulhall | |
| Allan Mullen | |
| Pat Mullen | |
| Clive Murphy | |
| David Murphy (Irish writer) | |
| Nick Vincent Murphy | |
| John O'Kane Murray | |
| Nicholas Murray (Presbyterian) | |
| Thomas Cornelius (T.C.) Murray - Wikipedia - T.C. Murray, Dictionary of Irish Biography - Thomas Cornelius Murray | |
| N | |
| Cornelius Nary | |
| Eoin Neeson | |
| Áine Ní Cheanainn | |
| Máire Ní Ghuairim | |
| Caoilfhionn Nic Pháidín | |
| Kenneth Nicholls | |
| Sister Nivedita | |
| Liam Nolan (writer) | |
| Phillip Norreys | |
| O | |
| Malachy Ó Caollaidhe | |
| Cú Chonnacht Ó Cianáin | |
| Ó Cléirigh | |
| Tomás Bán Ó Conceanainn | |
| Ó Dálaigh | |
| Ó Duibhgeannáin | |
| Muiris mac Seaán Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe | |
| Peadar Ó Gealacáin | |
| Giolla Brighde Ó hEódhasa | |
| Tuileagna Ó Maol Chonaire | |
| Froinsias Ó Maolmhuaidh | |
| Micheál Ó Mordha | |
| Pól Ó Muiri | |
| Diarmuid O Muirthile | |
| Liam Ó Muirthile | |
| Darach Ó Séaghdha | |
| Micheál Ó Síoda | |
| Tadhg Gaelach Ó Súilleabháin | |
| Henry O'Brien (classicist) | |
| Manus O'Donnell | |
| Charlotte Grace O'Brien | |
| Conor Cruise O'Brien | |
| George O'Brien (writer) | |
| John O'Brien (bishop) | |
| Kate Cruise O'Brien | |
| Paddy O'Brien (musician and author) | |
| Richard Baptist O'Brien | |
| Richard Barry O'Brien | |
| Leon Ó Broin | |
| Gerald O'Carroll | |
| Éamonn Ó Catháin | |
| Seán Ó Cearnaigh | |
| Éamonn Ó Ciardha | |
| Micheál Ó Conghaile (writer) | |
| Michael P. O'Connor (writer) | |
| Charles O'Conor (historian) | |
| O'Davoren | |
| Patrick Denis O'Donnell | |
| Edmund O'Donovan | |
| Eimar O'Duffy | |
| Daibhidh Ó Duibhgheannáin | |
| Seosamh Ó Duibhginn | |
| Uilliam Ó Duinnín | |
| Tom Maidhc O'Flaherty | |
| Standish Hayes O'Grady | |
| Standish James O'Grady | |
| Eugene O'Growney | |
| Peadar Ó Guilín | |
| John O'Hagan | |
| Mark O'Halloran | |
| P. S. O'Hegarty | |
| Mícheál Ó hEidhin | |
| Seán Ó hEochaidh | |
| Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh | |
| Charles O'Kelly | |
| Lorcán Ó Muireadais | |
| Patrick J. O'Reilly (actor) | |
| TS O'Rourke | |
| Cathal O'Shannon | |
| Hugh O'Shaughnessy | |
| John Augustus O'Shea | |
| Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin (writer) | |
| Philip O'Sullivan Beare | |
| James O'Sullivan (Irish academic) | |
| Shane O'Sullivan (filmmaker) | |
| Fintan O'Toole | |
| Caesar Otway | |
| Robert Owenson | |
| P | |
| John Henry Patterson (author) | |
| Robert Patterson (Belfast) | |
| Louisa Watson Peat | |
| Peter Walsh (priest) | |
| Petrus de Ibernia | |
| Jim Phelan (Irish writer) | |
| Charles Phillips (barrister) | |
| William Pollard-Urquhart | |
| Francis Porter | |
| Sarah Poyntz | |
| Rosamond Praeger | |
| James Prior (surgeon) | |
| Thomas Prior | |
| Q | |
| Carmel Quinn | |
| R | |
| Kevin Rafter | |
| Martina Reilly | |
| Hugh Reily | |
| Nicholas Robinson (historian) | |
| Ruairí Robinson | |
| Kevin Rockett | |
| J.P. Rodgers | |
| Tomás Roseingrave | |
| Thomas O'Neill Russell | |
| Malise Ruthven | |
| Donal Ryan | |
| Mark F. Ryan | |
| Ramor Ryan | |
| S | |
| David the Scot | |
| Tadhg S. Seioghe | |
| Mary J. Serrano | |
| Michael Hobart Seymour | |
| John Sheehan (journalist) | |
| Betsy Sheridan [2] | |
| Frances Sheridan [3] (playwright/ novelist) | |
| John D. Sheridan | |
| Joseph Thomas Sheridan_Le_Fanu [4] | |
| Richard Brinsley Sheridan [5] | |
| Sir Thomas Sheridan DD Wikipedia [6]
Anglican Divine, Poet and co-author with Jonathon Swift | |
| Thomas Sheridan MA - wikipedia Playwright, Essayist, father of Richard Brindley Sheridan and husband of playwright and novelist Frances Sheridan. His daughters were also writers - Alicia, a playwright, and Betsy Sheridan a diarist. | |
| Brendan Simms | |
| Davy Sims | |
| Philip Skelton | |
| Charles Smith (topographer) | |
| James Smith (Pennsylvania politician) | |
| John Chaloner Smith | |
| Annie M. P. Smithson | |
| Sam Smyth | |
| Dermot Somers | |
| Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville | |
| Duncan Sprott | |
| Richard Stack | |
| Enid Starkie | |
| Gerard Stembridge | |
| Bram Stoker | |
| Sir Richard Sullivan, 1st Baronet | |
| T | |
| John "Pondoro" Taylor | |
| William Benjamin Sarsfield Taylor | |
| Charles Teeling | |
| William Teeling | |
| Una Troy | |
| Paolo Tullio | |
| Colin R. Turner | |
| Edward Twycross | |
| Olaf Tyaransen | |
| Peter Tyrrell | |
| Bill Tyson | |
| U | |
| Bríd Uí Murchú | |
| U | |
| Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill | |
| V | |
| W | |
| Luke Wadding | |
| Peter Wadding | |
| Joseph Cooper Walker | |
| John Edward Walsh | |
| Robert Walsh (Irish writer) | |
| Mary Ward (scientist) | |
| Dick Warner | |
| Daniel Webb (writer) | |
| Isaac Weld | |
| John Weldon He wrote under the name of Brinsley MacNamara - Wikipedia - Brinsley MacNamara | |
| Anthony C. West | |
| Thomas Johnson Westropp | |
| Diarmuid Whelan | |
| Adrian White (author) | |
| James White (art expert) | |
| Terence de Vere White | |
| Trevor White (food critic) | |
| John Whitehead (theologian) | |
| James Whitelaw | |
| Thomas Wight (Bandon) | |
| Theaker Wilder | |
| Juanita Wilson | |
| Thomas Woods (Irish diplomat) | |
| George Newenham Wright | |
| X | |
| Y | |
| Phil Young (writer) | |
| Z | |
