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 brief outline of the history of Irish poetry is also available.

A-D

(George William Russell) (1867-1935)
William Allingham (1824-1889)
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)
Brendan Behan (1923 - 1964)
Eavan Boland (born 1944)
Pat Boran (born 1963)
Austin Clarke (1896-1974)
Brian Coffey (1905-1995)
Padraic Colum (1881-1972)
Thomas Davis (1814-1845)
Denis Devlin (1908-1959)
John Dillon (1816-1866)
Charles Gavan Duffy (1816-1903)

E-L

Samuel Ferguson (1810-1886)
Patrick Galvin (born 1927)
Monk Gibbon (1896 - 1987)
Oliver St John Gogarty (1878 - 1957)
Oliver Goldsmith (1730?-1774)
Michael Hartnet (1944-1999)
Randolph Healy (born 1956)
Seamus Heaney (born 1939)
F. R. Higgins (1896-1941)
Douglas Hyde (1860 - 1949)
John Jordan
Trevor Joyce
Emily Lawless (1845 - 1913)
James Liddy

M-P

Mire Mhac an tSaoi (born 1922)
Denis Florence MacCarthy (1817 - 1868)
Donagh MacDonagh (1912 - 1968)
Thomas MacDonagh (1878 - 1916)
Thomas MacGreevy (1893 - 1967)
Louis MacNeice (1907-1963)
Bryant H. McGill
James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849)
Brian Merriman (1747-1805)
Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
Paul Muldoon (born 1951)
Eilan N Chuilleanin (born 1942)
Nuala N Dhomhnaill (born 1952)
Dibh Bruadair (David O Bruadair)
Mirtn Direin (1910-1988)
Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879-1967)
Antoine Raifteiri (Anthony Raftery) (1784 - 1835)
Aogn Rathaille (1675 - 1729)
Sen Rordin (1916-1977)
Seamus O'Sullivan
Eoghan O Tuairisc (Eugene Watters) (1919-1982)
Tom Paulin
Joseph Plunkett (1887 - 1916)

Q-T

George Reavey
Lennox Robinson
Gabriel Rosenstock (born 1949)
Blanaid Salkeld (1880-1959)
Maurice Scully (born 1952)
Michael Smith (born 1942)
Geoffrey Squires (born 1942)
James Stephens ( 1880 - 1950)
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
Katherine Tynan (1861 - 1931)

U-Z

Catherine Walsh (born 1964)
Jane Wilde
Oscar Wilde (1845-1900)
W. B. Yeats (1865-1939)
Augustus Young (born 1943)

List Of Irish Poets

A-D

E-L

M-P

Q-T

U-Z

See also