List of Irish playwrights
List of Irish playwrights :
B.
- John Banim (1798-1842)
- Leland Bardwell (1922-2016)
- Sebastian Barry (* 1955)
- Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)
- Brendan Behan (1923-1964)
- Dermot Bolger (* 1959)
- Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)
- John Boyd (1912-2002)
- Wesley Burrowes (1930-2015)
C.
- Marina Carr (born 1964)
- Paul Vincent Carroll (1900–1968)
- Austin Clarke (1896–1974)
- Padraic Colum (1881–1972)
- William Congreve (1670-1729)
D.
- Louis D'Alton
- Anne Devlin (1780-1851)
E.
- St John Ervine (1883–1971)
F.
- George Farquhar (≈1677–1707)
- Brian Friel (1929-2015)
G
- Patrick Galvin (1927-2011)
- Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)
- Lady Gregory (1852-1932)
- Gerald Griffin (1803-1840)
H
- Hugo Hamilton (* 1953)
- Dermot Healy (1947-2014)
- Declan Hughes (born 1963)
- Douglas Hyde (1860-1949)
J
- Denis Johnston (1901-1984)
- Jennifer Johnston (born 1930)
- James Joyce (1882-1941)
K
- John B. Keane (1928-2002)
- Thomas Kilroy (* 1934)
- Jerome Kilty (1922-2012)
L.
- Hugh Leonard (1926-2009)
M.
- Walter Macken (1915–1967)
- Micheál Mac Liammóir (1899–1978)
- Edward Martyn (1859-1923)
- Aidan Mathews (* 1956)
- John McCann (1905-1980)
- Martin McDonagh (* 1970)
- Frank McGuinness (born 1953)
- Conor McPherson (* 1971)
- Gary Mitchell (* 1965)
- MJ Molloy (1917-1994)
- George Moore (1852-1933)
- John Murphy (1929-1998)
- Thomas Murphy (* 1935)
- TC Murray (1873-1959)
O
- Seán O'Casey (1880–1964)
- Joseph O'Connor (born 1963)
- Peadar Ó hAnnracháin (1873–1965)
- Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879-1967)
- Cathal Ó Searcaigh (born 1956)
P
- Stewart Parker (1941–1988)
R.
- Lennox Robinson (1886-1958)
- Billy Roche (born 1949)
S.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)
- George Shiels (1881-1949)
- John Millington Synge (1871-1909)
T
- Joseph Tomelty (1911-1995)
W.
- Enda Walsh (* 1967)
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
- Niall Williams (* 1958)
- William Gorman Wills (1828-1891)
Y
- William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
See also
- Irish literature (all literature originating from Ireland)
- Anglo-Irish literature
- Irish language literature
- List of Irish writers