List of Irish dramatists
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This is a list of playwrights either born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship. Playwrights whose work is in Irish are included.
A brief outline of the history of Irish theatre is also available.
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[edit] A - D
- John Banim
- Sebastian Barry
- Samuel Beckett
- Brendan Behan
- Dermot Bolger
- Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)
- Marina Carr
- Paul Vincent Carroll
- Austin Clarke
- Padraic Colum
- William Congreve
- Louis D'Alton
- Anne Devlin
- Roddy Doyle
- Gary Duggan
- Lord Dunsany
[edit] E - J
- St John Ervine
- Seamus Finnegan
- Michael Fitzpatrick
- Brian Friel
- Miriam Gallagher
- Oliver Goldsmith
- Lady Augusta Gregory
- Gerald Griffin
- Declan Hughes
- Alex Johnston
- Denis Johnston
- Jennifer Johnston
- Marie Jones
- James Joyce
[edit] K - P
- Patrick Kavanagh
- John B. Keane
- Thomas Kilroy
- Jerome Kilty
- Hugh Leonard
- Walter Macken
- Micheál MacLiammoir
- Jason Maher
- Edward Martyn
- John McCann
- Martin McDonagh
- Frank McGuinness
- Conor McPherson
- M. J. Molloy
- George Moore
- Gerald Murphy
- Jimmy Murphy
- John Murphy
- Tom Murphy
- T. C. Murray
- Sean O'Casey
- Joseph O'Connor
- Mary Devenport O'Neill
- Christian O'Reilly
- Mark O'Rowe
- Cathal Ó Searcaigh
[edit] Q - Z
- Lennox Robinson
- Billy Roche
- G. Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
- George Shiels (1881-1949)
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- John Millington Synge
- Colm Tóibín
- Joseph Tomelty
- Mervyn Wall
- Enda Walsh
- Oscar Wilde (1845-1900)
- W.B. Yeats (1865-1939)