List of Irish poets

W. B. Yeats

This is a list of notable poets with Wikipedia pages, who were born or raised in Ireland or hold Irish citizenship.

Abbreviations for the languages of their writings: E: English; F: French; I: Irish (Gaeilge); L: Latin; R: Russian

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–D

• Adomnán (d. 704, L)
• Æ (George William Russell) (1867–1935, E)
• William Allingham (1824–1889, E)
• Ivy Bannister (born 1951, E) ^[1]
• Leland Bardwell (1922–2016, E)
• Beccán mac Luigdech (fl. c. 650, I)
• Samuel Beckett (1906–1989, E/F)
• Brendan Behan (1923–1964, E)
• Gerard Beirne (born 1962, E)
• Thomas Bibby (1799–1863, E)
• Blathmac mac Cú Brettan (fl. c. 750, I)
• Eavan Boland (1944–2020, E)
• Dermot Bolger (born 1959, E)
• Pat Boran (born 1963, E)
• Samuel Boyse (1709–1749, E)
• Rory Brennan (born 1945, E)
• Frances Browne (1816–1887, E)
• George Brun (fl. late 18th century, I)
• Colette Bryce (born 1970, E)
• Catherine Byron (born 1947), E
• Michael Feeney Callan (born 1955, E)
• Moya Cannon (born 1956, E)
• Ciarán Carson (1948–2019, E)
• James Casey (1824–1909, E)
• Oengus Celi De (fl. c. 800, I)
• Patrick Chapman (born 1968, E)
• Austin Clarke (1896–1974, E)
• Brendan Cleary (born 1958, E)
• Brian Coffey (1905–1995, E)
• Colman ua Clasaigh (d. 661, I)
• Colmán mac Lénéni (d. 604, I)
• Padraic Colum (1881–1972, E)
• Susan Connolly (born 1956, E)
• Jim Craven (1935–1980, E)
• Cúán úa Lothcháin (d. 1024)
• Cuirithir of Connacht (fl. 7th century, I)
• Catherine Ann Cullen, E
• John Cunningham (1729–1773, E)
• Tony Curtis (born 1955, E)
• Guaire Dall (fl. 849, I)
• Pádraig J. Daly (born 1943, E)
• Thomas Davis (1814–1845, E)
• Michael Davitt (1950–2005, I)
• Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972, E)
• Patrick Deeley (born 1953, E)
• Celia de Fréine (born 1948, I/E)
• Greg Delanty (born 1958, E)
• Kate Dempsey (poet) (born 1958, E)
• Louis de Paor (born 1961, I)
• Denis Devlin (1908–1959, E)
• John Dillon (1816–1866, E)
• Theo Dorgan (born 1953, E)
• Charles Donnelly (poet) (1914 - 1937)
• Gerard Donovan (born 1959, E)
• Ellen Mary Patrick Downing (1828–1869, E)
• John Swanwick Drennan (1809–1893, E)
• William Drennan (1754–1820, E)
• Charles Gavan Duffy (1816–1903, E)
• Seán Dunne (1956–1995, E)
• Lord Dunsany (1878–1957, E)
• Paul Durcan (1944–2025, E)

E–L

• John Ennis (born 1944, E)
• Martina Evans (born 1961, E)
• Peter Fallon (born 1951, E)
• Elaine Feeney (born 1979, E)
• Piaras Feiritéar (c. 1600–1653, I)
• Fothadh an Fili (fl. 879, I)
• Flann Mainistrech (d. 1056, I)
• Patrick Galvin (1927–2011, E)
• Monk Gibbon (1896–1987, E)
• Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878–1957, E)
• Oliver Goldsmith (c. 1730–1774, E)
• Mark Granier (born 1957, E)
• Eamon Grennan (born 1941, I)
• Gerald Griffin (1803–1840, E)
• Sarah Maria Griffin (c. 1988, E)
• Vona Groarke (born 1964, E)
• Stephen Gwynn (1864–1950, E)
• Kerry Hardie (born 1951, E)
• Anne Le Marquand Hartigan (1931–2022, E)
• Michael Hartnett (1944–1999, I/E)
• Randolph Healy (born 1956, E)
• Séamus Heaney (1939–2013, E)
• David Herbison (1800–1880, E)
• F. R. Higgins (1896–1941, E)
• Kevin Higgins (born 1967, E)
• Rita Ann Higgins (born 1955, E)
• Pearse Hutchinson (1927–2012, I/E)
• Douglas Hyde (1860–1949, I/E)
• Pat Ingoldsby (1942–2025, E)
• Valentin Iremonger (1918–1991, E)
• John Jordan (1930–1988, E)
• James Joyce (1882–1941, E)
• Trevor Joyce (born 1947, E)
• Patrick Kavanagh (1904–1967, E)
• Rita Kelly (born 1953, I)
• Charles Kickham (1828–1882, E)
• Thomas Kinsella (1928–2021, E)
• Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954, R/E)
• Emily Lawless (1845–1913, E)
• Sarah Leech (1809–1820, E)
• Francis Ledwidge (1887–1917, E)
• C. S. Lewis (1899–1963, E)
• James Liddy (1934–2008, E)
• Eddie Linden (1935–2023, E)
• Loisin an Fili (fl. 868, I)
• Michael Longley (1939–2025, E)
• Luccreth moccu Chiara (fl. c. 600, I)

M–P

• Aimirgein mac Amalgado (I)
• Anluan Mac Aodhagáin (I)
• Seán Mac Aoidh (fl. 1820)
• Micheál Mac Suibhne (c. 1760–1820, I)
• Denis Florence MacCarthy (1817–1868, E)
• Flannagan mac Ceallach (fl. 879, I)
• Dónal Meirgeach Mac Conmara (18th century)
• Cináedh mac Coscrach (d. 874, I)
• Art Mac Cumhaigh (1738–1773, I)
• Donagh MacDonagh (1912–1968, E)
• Thomas MacDonagh (1878–1916, E)
• Patrick MacDonogh (1902–1961, E)
• Athairne Mac Eoghain (I)
• Seán MacFalls (1957–2023, E)
• Patrick MacGill (1889–1960, E)
• Thomas MacGreevy (1893–1967, E)
• John Macken (c. 1784–1823, E)
• Louis MacNeice (1907–1963, E)
• Tomás Mac Síomóin (1938–2022, I)
• Marie MacSweeney (living, E)
• Neil McBride (1861–1942, I)
• Hugh McFadden (born 1942, E)
• Medbh McGuckian (born 1950, E)
• Nigel McLoughlin (born 1968, E)
• Bernard McNulty (1842–1892, E)
• Máire Mhac an tSaoi (1922–2021, I)
• Maenghal the Pilgrim (fl. 844, I)
• Derek Mahon (1941–2020, E)
• James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849, E)
• Caitlín Maude (1941–1982, I)
• Máighréad Medbh (born 1959, E)
• John Mee (born 1965, E)
• Paula Meehan (born 1955, E)
• Brian Merriman (1747–1805, I)
• Alice Milligan (1865–1953, E)
• Moling of Luachair (fl. 695, I)
• Dorothy Molloy (1942–2004, E)
• John Montague (1929–2016, E)
• Thomas Moore (1779–1852, E)
• Paul Muldoon (born 1951, E)
• Hayden Murphy (born 1945, E)
• Christine Murray, 21st century
• Kate Newmann (born 1965, E)
• Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill (c. 1743 – c. 1800, I)
• Nuala Ní Chonchúir (born 1970, E)
• Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942, E)
• Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (born 1952, I)
• Ciara Ní É (E,I)
• Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh (born 1984, I)
• Áine Ní Ghlinn (born 1955, I)
• Doireann Ní Ghríofa (born 1981, I/E)
• Charlotte Nooth (19th century, I)
• Dáibhí Ó Bruadair (David O Bruadair) (1625–1698, I)
• Máirtín Ó Direáin (1910–1988, I)
• John Francis O'Donnell (1837–1874, E)
• Mary O'Donnell (born 1954, E)
• Bernard O'Donoghue (born 1945, E)
• Gregory O'Donoghue (1951–2005, E)
• Dennis O'Driscoll (1954–2012, E)
• Pádraig Ó hÉigeartaigh (1871–1936, I)
• Cinaed Ó hArtucain (d. 975, I)
• John O'Higgin (d. 1490, I)
• Nessa O'Mahony (living, E)
• Ó Maoilciaran an Fili (fl. c. 1395, I)
• Henrietta O'Neill (1758–1793, E) ^[2]
• Liam Ó Muirthile (1950-2018)
• Seán na Ráithíneach Ó Murchadha (1700-1762, I)
• Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1967, E)
• Antoine Ó Raifteiri (Anthony Raftery) (1784–1835, I)
• Aogán Ó Rathaille (1675–1729, I)
• Seán Ó Ríordáin (1916–1977, I)
• Cathal Ó Searcaigh (born 1956, I)
• Micheal O'Siadhail (born 1947, I/E)
• Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin/Owen Roe O'Sullivan (1748–1782, I)
• Seumas O'Sullivan (1879–1958, E)
• Eoghan Ó Tuairisc (Eugene Watters) (1919–1982, I/E)
• Frank Ormsby (born 1947, E)
• Tom Paulin (born 1949, E)
• Patrick Pearse (Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais) (1879–1916, I/E)
• Joseph Plunkett (1887–1916, E)
• Joseph Richard Enright : Seosamh Rísteárd Mac Ionnrachtaigh (born 1958, I)

Q–Z

Jonathan Swift

• George Reavey (1907–1976, E)
• Nell Regan (born 1969, E)
• Maurice Riordan (born 1953, E)
• Lennox Robinson (1886–1958, E)
• Gabriel Rosenstock (born 1949, I/E)
• Rosemarie Rowley (born 1942, E)
• Adam Rudden (born 1983, E)
• Blanaid Salkeld (1880–1959, E)
• Maurice Scully (1952–2023, E)
• John W. Sexton (born 1958, E)
• Eileen Shanahan (1901–1979, E)
• James Simmons (1933–2001, E)
• Peter Sirr (born 1960, E)
• Michael Smith (1942–2014, E)
• Cherry Smyth (born 1960, E)
• Geoffrey Squires (born 1942, E)
• James Stephens (1880–1950, E)
• Eithne Strong (1925–1999, I/E)
• Matthew Sweeney (1952–2018, E)
• Jonathan Swift (1667–1745, E)
• John Millington Synge (1871–1909, E)
• Senchán Torpéist (fl. c. 580 – c. 650, I)
• Eliza Dorothea Cobbe, Lady Tuite (c. 1764–1850, E)
• Katharine Tynan (1861–1931, E)
• Muiredhach na Tengadh Ua Sléibhín (d.1022) I
• Catherine Walsh (born 1964, E)
• David Wheatley (born 1970, E)
• Jane Wilde (1821–1896, E)
• Oscar Wilde (1854–1900, E)
• Richard D'Alton Williams (1822–1862, E)
• James Wills (1790–1868, E)
• Florence Mary Wilson, (1870–1946, E)
• Sheila Wingfield (1906–1992, E)
• Macdara Woods (1942–2008, E)
• Joseph Woods (born 1966, E)
• W. B. Yeats (1865–1939, E)
• Augustus Young (born 1943, E)

See also

• Poetry portal

• 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

1. Gonzalez, Alexander G (2006). Irish Women Writers: An A-to-Z Guide. pp. 12–14. ISBN   0313328838.
2. Lonsdale, Roger (1990). Eighteenth Century Women Poets: An Oxford Anthology. p. 457. ISBN   0192827758.