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
- Cecelia Ahern (born 1981)
- Liz Allen (born 1969)
- John Banim (1798–1842)
- Michael Banim (1796–1874)
- John Banville (born 1945)
- Sebastian Barry (born 1955)
- Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
- Brendan Behan (1923–1964)
- Gerard Beirne (born 1962)
- Maeve Binchy (born 1940}
- Dermot Bolger (born 1959)
- John Boyne (born 1971)
- Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)
- Maeve Brennan (1916–1993)
- Ken Bruen (born...)
- Shan Bullock (1865–1935)
- William Carleton (1794–1869)
- Philip Casey (born 1950)
- Austin Clarke (1896–1974)
- Brian Cleeve (1921–2003)
- Trevor J Colgan (born 1977)
- Kieron Connolly (born 1961)
- Padraic Colum (1881–1972)
- Éanna Cullen (born 1977)
[edit] D - J
- Seamus Deane (born 1940)
- Emma Donoghue (born 1969)
- Gerard Donovan (born ?)
- Roddy Doyle (born 1958)
- Catherine Dunne (born 1954}
- Lord Dunsany (1878–1957)
- Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849)
- Anne Marie Forrest (born 1967)
- Carlo Gebler (born 1954)
- Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)
- Gerald Griffin (1803–1840)
- Hugo Hamilton (born 1953)
- Dermot Healy (born 1947)
- Aidan Higgins (born 1927)
- Desmond Hogan (born 1950)
- Arlene Hunt (born 1972)
- Jennifer Johnston (born 1930)
- Neil Jordan (born 1950)
- James Joyce (1882–1941)
[edit] K - N
- Molly Keane (1904–1996) (writing as M.J. Farrell)
- Charles Kickham (1828–1882)
- C. S. Lewis (1899–1963)
- David Marcus (born 1924)
- Colum McCann (born 1965)
- Barry McCrea (born 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] (born 1966)
- Lady Morgan (Sidney Owenson) (1776?–1859)
- Iris Murdoch (1919–1999)
[edit] O - R
- Edna O'Brien (born 1932?)
- Joseph O'Conner (born 1964?)
- 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 (born 1969)
- TS O'Rourke (born 1968)
- Glenn Patterson (born 1961)
- Tom Phelan (born 1940)
- James Plunkett (1920–2003)
- Keith Ridgway (born 1965)
- Frank Ronan (born 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)
- Kate Thompson (born 1959)
- Colm Tóibín (born 1955)
- William Wall (born 1955)
- Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
