List of Irish novelists
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This is a list of novelists either born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship. Novelists whose work is in Irish are included as well as those whose work is in English.
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[edit] A - C
- John Banim (1798 - 1842)
- Michael Banim (1796 - 1874)
- John Banville (b. 1945)
- Sebastian Barry (b.1955)
- Samuel Beckett (1906 - 1989)
- Brendan Behan (1923 - 1964)
- Maeve Binchy (b. 1940}
- Dermot Bolger (b. 1959)
- John Boyne (b. 1971)
- Elizabeth Bowen (1899 - 1973)
- Shan Bullock (1865 - 1935)
- William Carleton (1794 - 1869)
- Philip Casey (b.1950)
- Austin Clarke (1896 - 1974)
- Brian Cleeve (1921 - 2003)
- Trevor J Colgan (1977-)
- Padraic Colum (1881 - 1972)
[edit] D - J
- Seamus Deane (b. 1940)
- Emma Donoghue (b. 1969)
- Roddy Doyle (b. 1958)
- Catherine Dunne (b. 1954}
- Maria Edgeworth (1767 - 1849)
- Anne Marie Forrest (b. 1967)
- Carlo Gebler (b. 1954)
- Oliver Goldsmith (1728 - 1774)
- Gerald Griffin (1803 - 1840)
- Hugo Hamilton (b. 1953)
- Dermot Healy (b. 1947)
- Aidan Higgins (b. 1927)
- Desmond Hogan (b. 1950)
- Arlene Hunt (b. 1972)
- Jennifer Johnston (b. 1930)
- Neil Jordan (b. 1950)
- James Joyce (1882 - 1941)
[edit] K - R
- Molly Keane (1904 - 1996) (writing as M.J. Farrell)
- Charles Kickham (1828 - 1882)
- C. S. Lewis (1899-1963)
- David Marcus (b. 1924)
- Colum McCann (b. 1965)
- Barry McCrea (b. 1974)
- John McGahern (1934 - 2006)
- Brinsley MacNamara (1890 - 1963) (real name John Weldon, see Valley of the Squinting Windows)
- Charles Robert Maturin (1782 - 1824)
- Brian Moore (1921 - 1999)
- George Moore (1852 - 1933)
- Jason Mordaunt[1] (b. 1966)
- Lady Morgan (Sidney Owenson) (1776? - 1859)
- Iris Murdoch (1919 - 1999)
- Edna O'Brien (b. 1932?)
- Philip Ó Ceallaigh
- Liam O'Flaherty (1896 - 1984)
- Brian O'Nolan (1912 - 1966) (writing as Flann O'Brien; journalistic pseudonym Myles na gCopaleen)
- Sean O'Reilly (b. 1969)
- TS O'Rourke (b. 1968)
- Glenn Patterson (b. 1961)
- Tom Phelan (b. 1940)
- James Plunkett (1920 - 2003)
- Keith Ridgway (b. 1965)
- Frank Ronan (b. 1963)
[edit] S - Z
- Somerville and Ross (otherwise 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)
- Colm Tóibín (b. 1955)
- William Wall (b. 1955)
