List of Irish novelists
This is a list of novelists either born on the island of 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)
- Colin Bateman (born 1962)
- Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
- Brendan Behan (1923–1964)
- Gerard Beirne (born 1962)
- Maeve Binchy (1940–2012}
- 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)
- Austin Clarke (1896–1974)
- Brian Cleeve (1921–2003)
- 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}
- Lord Dunsany (1878–1957)
- Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849)
- Anne Marie Forrest (born 1967)
- 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)
- Graham Jones (born 1973)
- James Joyce (1882–1941)
K - N
- Molly Keane (1904–1996)
- Charles Kickham (1828–1882)
- Charles Lever (1806–1872)
- C. S. Lewis (1899–1963)
- Morgan Llywelyn (born 1937)
- Samuel Lover (1797–1868)
- David Marcus (born 1924)
- Walter Macken (1915–1967)
- Patrick McCabe (born 1955)
- Colum McCann (born 1965)
- Barry McCrea (born 1974)
- John McGahern (1934–2006)
- Adrian McKinty(born 1968)
- George McWhirter (born 1939)
- Brinsley MacNamara (1890–1963)
- Charles Robert Maturin (1782–1824)
- Brian Moore (1921–1999)
- George Moore (1852–1933)
- Lady Morgan (Sidney Owenson) (1776?–1859)
- Margaret Mulvihill (born 1954)
- Iris Murdoch (1919–1999)
- Paul Murray (born 1975)
- Christopher Nolan (1965–2009)
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)
- TS O'Rourke (born 1968)
- Glenn Patterson (born 1961)
- 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