List of Irish short story writers

This is a list of short story Irish writers either born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship. Short story writers whose work is in Irish are included. A brief outline of the history of Irish fiction is also available.

1 A - D
2 E - L
3 M – O
4 P –Z
5 See also

A - D

Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
Maeve Binchy (born 1940)
Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)
Clare Boylan (1948–2006)
Patrick Boyle (1905–1982)
Maeve Brennan (1917–1993)
Joyce Cary (1888–1957)
William Carleton (1794–1849)
Patrick Chapman (born 1968)
Padraic Colum (1881–1972)
Daniel Corkery (1878–1964)
Ita Daly (born 1944)
Lord Dunsany (1878–1957)

E - L

Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849)
Brian Friel (born 1929)
Gerald Griffin (1803–1840)
Jack Harte
Aidan Higgins (born 1927)
Desmond Hogan (born 1951)
Neil Jordan (born 1950)
James Joyce (1882–1941)
Claire Keegan (born 1969)
Maeve Kelly (born 1930)
Benedict Kiely (born 1919)
Mary Lavin (1912–1996)
Edmund Leamy (1848–1904)
Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873)

M – O

Walter Macken (1915–1967)
John MacKenna (born 1952)
Bernard MacLaverty (born 1942)
Michael MacLaverty (1907–1992)
Bryan MacMahon (1909–1998)
Aidan Mathews (born 1956)
Eugene McCabe (born 1930)
John McGahern (1934–2006)
John Montague (born 1929)
Violet Florence Martin (1862–1923) of Somerville and Ross partnership
George A. Moore (1852–1933)
Val Mulkerns (born 1925)
Nuala Ní Chonchúir (born 1970)
Eilis Ni Dhuibhne (born 1954)
Edna O'Brien (born 1932)
Kate Cruise O'Brien (born 1948)
Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906–1970)
Pádraic Ó Conaire (1882–1928)
Frank O'Connor (1903–1966)
Julia O'Faolain (1933)
Sean O'Faolain (1900–1990)
Liam O'Flaherty (1896–1984)
Seamus O'Kelly (1881–1918)

P –Z

James Plunkett (1920–2003)
Lennox Robinson
Somerville and Ross (1858–1949) and (1862–1915)
James Stephens (1882–1950)
William Trevor (born 1928)
Colm Tóibín 1955 -
William Wall 1955-
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

List of Irish short story writers

Contents

A - D

E - L

M – O

P –Z

See also