List of Irish novelists

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.

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 1951)
• 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)

D - J

• Seamus Deane (born 1940)
• Emma Donoghue (born 1969)
• Gerard Donovan (born ?)
• Garbhan Downey (born 1966)
• Roddy Doyle (born 1958)
• Catherine Dunne (born 1954}
• Annette J Dunlea (born 1969]
• 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)
• Jason Johnson (born 1969)
• Jennifer Johnston (born 1930)
• Neil Jordan (born 1950)
• Graham Jones (born 1973)
• James Joyce (1882–1941)

K - N

• Molly Keane (1904–1996) (writing as M.J. Farrell)
• Charles Kickham (1828–1882)
• Charles Lever (1806–1872)
• C. S. Lewis (1899–1963)
• Samuel Lover (1797–1868)
• David Marcus (born 1924)
• Patrick McCabe (born 1955)
• Colum McCann (born 1965)
• Barry McCrea (born 1974)
• John McGahern (1934–2006)
• Adrian McKinty(born 1968)
• 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)
• Margaret Mulvihill (born 1954)
• Iris Murdoch (1919–1999)

O - R

• Edna O'Brien (born 1932?)
• Joseph O'Connor (born 1963)
• 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)

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 Trevor (born 1928)
• William Wall (born 1955)
• Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

See also

• Irish fiction
• Irish literature
• List of Irish people
• List of Irish poets
• List of Irish dramatists
• List of Irish short story writers