List of Irish poets
This is a list of poets either born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship. Poets whose work is in Irish are included.
A–D
- Adomnán (died 704)
- Æ (George William Russell) (1867–1935)
- William Allingham (1824–1889)
- Ivy Bannister (born 1951)[1]
- Leland Bardwell (born 1922)
- Beccán mac Luigdech (fl. c. 650?)
- Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
- Brendan Behan (1923–1964)
- Gerard Beirne (born 1962)
- Blathmac mac Cú Brettan (fl. c. 750)
- Eavan Boland (born 1944)
- Dermot Bolger (born 1959)
- Pat Boran (born 1963)
- Samuel Boyse (1709–1749)
- Rory Brennan (born 1945)
- Frances Browne (1816–1887)
- Michael Feeney Callan (born 1955)
- Moya Cannon (born 1956)
- Ciarán Carson (born 1948)
- Oengus Celi De (fl. c. 800)
- Patrick Chapman (born 1968)
- Austin Clarke (1896–1974)
- Brendan Cleary (born 1958)
- Brian Coffey (1905–1995)
- Colmán mac Lénéni (died 604)
- Padraic Colum (1881–1972)
- Cuirithir of Connacht (fl. 7th century)
- John Cunningham (1729–1773)
- Tony Curtis (born 1955)
- Pádraig J. Daly (born 1943)
- Thomas Davis (1814–1845)
- Michael Davitt (1950-1994)
- Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972)
- Patrick Deeley (born 1953)
- Celia de Fréine (born 1948)
- Greg Delanty (born 1958)
- Louis de Paor (born 1961)
- Denis Devlin (1908–1959)
- John Dillon (1816–1866)
- Theo Dorgan (born 1953)
- Gerard Donovan (born 1959)
- Ellen Mary Patrick Downing poet
- William Drennan (died 1820)
- Charles Gavan Duffy (1816–1903)
- Seán Dunne (1956–1995)
- Lord Dunsany (1878–1957)
- Paul Durcan (1944)
E–L
- John Ennis
- Flann Mainistrech (died 1056)
- Elaine Feeney (born 1979)
- Miriam Gallagher (1940-)
- Patrick Galvin (born 1927)
- Monk Gibbon (1896–1987)
- Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878–1957)
- Oliver Goldsmith (c. 1730 – 1774)
- Mark Granier (born 1957)
- Patrick Greaney (flourished 18th century)
- Gerald Griffin (1803–1840)
- Stephen Gwynn (1864–1950)
- Kerry Hardie(1951)
- Anne Le Marquand Hartigan (born 1938)
- Michael Hartnett (1944–1999)
- Randolph Healy (born 1956)
- Seamus Heaney (1939–2013)
- F. R. Higgins (1896–1941)
- Kevin Higgins (born 1967)
- Rita Ann Higgins (born 1955)
- Pearse Hutchinson (born 1927)
- Douglas Hyde (1860–1949)
- Valentin Iremonger (1918–1991)
- John Jordan (1930–1988)
- James Joyce (1882–1941)
- Trevor Joyce (born 1947)
- Patrick Kavanagh (1904–1967)
- Rita Kelly (born 1953)
- Charles Kickham (died 1882)
- Thomas Kinsella (born 1928)
- Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954)
- Emily Lawless (1845–1913)
- Francis Ledwidge (1887–1917)
- C. S. Lewis (1899–1963)
- James Liddy (1934-2008)
- Michael Longley (born 1939)
- Luccreth moccu Chiara (fl. c. 600)
M–P
- Denis Florence MacCarthy (1817–1868)
- Donagh MacDonagh (1912–1968)
- Thomas MacDonagh (1878–1916)
- Patrick MacDonogh (1902–1961)
- Seán MacFalls (born 1957)
- Patrick MacGill (1889–1960)
- Thomas MacGreevy (1893–1967)
- Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)
- Tomás Mac Síomóin (born 1938)
- Marie MacSweeney
- Hugh McFadden (born 1942)
- Medbh McGuckian (born 1950)
- Gerard McKeown (born 1980)
- Nigel McLoughlin (born 1968)
- Bernard McNulty (1842-1892)
- Máire Mhac an tSaoi (born 1922)
- Derek Mahon (born 1941)
- James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849)
- Caitlín Maude (1941–1982)
- Paula Meehan (born 1955)
- Brian Merriman (1747–1805)
- Alice Milligan (1865–1953)
- John Montague (born 1929)
- Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
- Paul Muldoon (born 1951)
- Hayden Murphy (born 1945)
- Kate Newmann (1965)
- Nuala Ní Chonchúir (born 1970)
- Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942)
- Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (born 1952)
- Áine Ní Ghlinn (born 1955)
- Doireann Ní Ghríofa (born 1981)
- Dáibhí Ó Bruadair (David O Bruadair) (1625–1698)
- Máirtín Ó Direáin (1910–1988)
- Mary O'Donnell(1954 )
- Bernard O'Donoghue (born 1945)
- Dennis O'Driscoll (born 1954)
- Cinaed Ó hArtucain (died 975)
- Nessa O'Mahony
- Henrietta O'Neill (1758–1793)[2]
- Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1967)
- Antoine Ó Raifteiri (Anthony Raftery) (1784–1835)
- Aogán Ó Rathaille (1675–1729)
- Seán Ó Ríordáin (1916–1977)
- Cathal Ó Searcaigh (born 1956)
- Micheal O'Siadhail (born 1947)
- Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin/Owen Roe O'Sullivan (1748–1782)
- Seumas O'Sullivan (1879–1958)
- Eoghan Ó Tuairisc (Eugene Watters) (1919–1982)
- Frank Ormsby (born 1947)
- Patrick Pearse (Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais) (1879–1916)
- Tom Paulin (born 1949)
- Joseph Plunkett (1887–1916)
Q–Z
- Anthony Raferty (c. 1784 – 1834)
- George Reavey (1907–1976)
- Nell Regan (1969-)
- Maurice Riordan (born 1953)
- Lennox Robinson (1886–1958)
- Gabriel Rosenstock (born 1949)
- Rosemarie Rowley (born 1942)
- Adam Rudden (born 1983)
- Blanaid Salkeld (1880–1959)
- Maurice Scully (born 1952)
- John W. Sexton (born 1958)
- Eileen Shanahan (1901–1979)
- James Simmons (1933–2001)
- Peter Sirr (born 1960)
- Michael Smith (born 1942)
- Geoffrey Squires (born 1942)
- James Stephens (1880–1950)
- Eithne Strong(1925-1999)
- Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
- John Millington Synge (1871–1909)
- Senchán Torpéist (fl. c. 580 – c.650)
- Eliza Dorothea Cobbe, Lady Tuite (c. 1764-1850)
- Katharine Tynan (1861–1931)
- Catherine Walsh (born 1964)
- Jane Wilde (1821–1896)
- Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
- Richard D'Alton Williams (1822–1862)
- James Wills (1790–1868)
- Sheila Wingfield (1906-1992)
- Macdara Woods (born 1942)
- Joseph Woods (born 1966)
- W. B. Yeats (1865–1939)
- Augustus Young (born 1943)
See also
- Irish poetry
- Irish literature
- List of Irish dramatists
- List of Irish historians
- List of Irish novelists
- List of Irish short story writers
- List of Scottish poets, including those in Gaelic.
References
- ^ Gonzalez, Alexander G (2006). Irish Women Writers: An A-to-Z Guide. pp. 12–14. ISBN 0313328838.
- ^ Lonsdale, Roger (1990). Eighteenth Century Women Poets: An Oxford Anthology. p. 457. ISBN 0192827758.