List of Irish dramatists

This is a list of playwrights either born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship. Playwrights whose work is in Irish are included.

A brief outline of the history of Irish theatre is also available.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A – J

• John Banim (1798–1842),
• Sebastian Barry (born 1955)
• Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
• Brendan Behan (1923–1964)
• Dermot Bolger (born 1959)
• Dion Boucicault (1820–1890)
• Patricia Burke Brogan (1932-2022)
• Colm Byrne (born 1966)
• Marina Carr (born 1964)
• Paul Vincent Carroll (1900–1968)
• Anne-Marie Casey(born 1965)
• Austin Clarke (1896–1974)
• Olivia Owenson, Lady Clarke, (1785–1845
• Padraic Colum (1881–1972)
• William Congreve (1670–1729)
• Máirín Cregan (1891–1975)
• Geraldine Cummins (1890–1969)
• Suzanne R. Day (1876–1964)
• Hamilton Deane
• Anne Devlin (born 1951)
• Roddy Doyle (born 1958)
• Gary Duggan (born 1979)
• Lord Dunsany (1878–1957)
• St John Ervine (1883–1971)
• Padraic Fallon (1905–1974)
• George Farquhar (1677–1707)
• Bernard Farrell (born 1941)
• George Fitzmaurice (1877–1963)
• Gerard Mannix Flynn (born 1957)
• Brian Friel (1929–2015)
• Miriam Gallagher (born 1940)
• Ewen Glass (born 1982)
• Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)
• Lady Augusta Gregory (1852–1932)
• Gerald Griffin (1803–1840)
• Michael Harding (born 1953)
• Declan Hughes (born 1963)
• Denis Johnston (1901–1984)
• Jennifer Johnston (born 1930)
• Henry Jones (1721–1770)
• Marie Jones
• Lauren-Shannon Jones (born c. 1989)
• James Joyce (1882–1941)

K – Z

• Patrick Kavanagh (1904–1967)
• John B. Keane (1928–2002)
• Thomas Kilroy (born 1934)
• Deirdre Kinahan (born 1968)
• Hugh Leonard (1926–2009)
• Máiréad Ní Ghráda (1896-1971)
• Walter Macken (1915–1967)
• Micheál MacLiammoir (1899–1978)
• Mary Manning (1905–1999)
• Edward Martyn (1859–1923)
• Charles Macklin (1699-1797)
• Martin McDonagh (born 1970)
• Frank McGuinness (born 1953)
• Conor McPherson (born 1971)
• Paul McSwiney (1856–1890)
• M. J. Molloy (1914–1994)
• George Moore (1852–1933)
• Jimmy Murphy
• John Murphy
• Tom Murphy (1935-2018)
• T. C. Murray (1873–1959)
• Janet McNeill (1907–1994)
• Áine Ní Ghlinn (born 1955)
• Seán O'Casey (1880–1964)
• Joseph O'Connor
• Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1967)
• Sean O'Rourke (born 1955)
• Mark O'Rowe (born 1970)
• Cathal Ó Searcaigh (born 1956)
• Stewart Parker (1941–1988)
• Lennox Robinson (1886–1958)
• Billy Roche (born 1949)
• G. Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
• Peter Sheridan (born 1952)
• Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)
• George Shiels (1881–1949)
• John Millington Synge (1871–1909)
• Colin Teevan (born 1968)
• Colm Tóibín (born 1955)
• Joseph Tomelty (1911–1995)
• Mervyn Wall (1908–1997)
• Enda Walsh (born 1967)
• Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
• W. B. Yeats (1865–1939)

See also

• Irish literature
• List of Irish poets
• List of Irish novelists
• List of Irish short story writers