WRITERS from Ireland’s county DOWN
C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Born in Belfast, County Down, Lewis was a novelist, scholar, and…
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WRITERS from Ireland’s county DUBLIN
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) Born in Dublin, Swift was a satirist, poet, and cleric, best known…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county FERMANAGH
Shaun F. Bullock (1865-1935) Born in County Fermanagh, Bullock was a novelist known for his…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county GALWAY
Pádraic Ó Conaire (1882-1928) Born in Galway city, Ó Conaire was a pioneering Irish-language writer…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county KERRY
John B. Keane (1928-2002) Born in Listowel, Keane was a playwright, novelist, and essayist whose…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county KILDARE
Molly Keane (1904-1996) Born in Skrine, Kildare, Keane was a novelist and playwright who…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county KILKENNY
John Banim (1798-1842) Born in Kilkenny city, Banim was a novelist, short story writer, dramatist,…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county LAOIS
William Bulfin (1864-1910) Born in Derrinlough, near Birr (then in Queen’s County, now Laois), Bulfin…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county LEITRIM
John McGahern (1934-2006) Born in Knockanroe, near Ballinamore, McGahern was a novelist and short story…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county LIMERICK
Kate O’Brien (1897-1974) Born in Limerick city, O’Brien was a novelist and playwright whose…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county LONGFORD
Oliver Goldsmith (c. 1728-1774) Born in Pallas, near Abbeyshrule, Goldsmith was a novelist, poet, and…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county MAYO
George Augustus Moore (1852-1933) Born in Moore Hall, near Ballyglass, Moore was a novelist, poet,…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county MEATH
Mary Lavin (1912-1996) Born in East Walpole, Massachusetts, but raised in Bective, Meath, Lavin was…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county MONAGHAN
Patrick Kavanagh (1904-1967) Born in Inniskeen, Kavanagh was a poet and novelist, one of Ireland’s…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county OFFALY
Coscrach of Birr (fl. c. 650) Born in Birr, Coscrach was an early Irish poet…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county ROSCOMMON
Douglas Hyde (1860-1949) Douglas Hyde, also known by his pen name “An Craoibhín Aoibhinn,” was…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county SLIGO
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Born in Sandymount, Dublin, but raised in Sligo, W.B. Yeats was…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county TIPPERARY
Geoffrey Keating (Seathrún Céitinn) (c. 1569-c. 1644) Born near Burgess, Tipperary, Keating was a priest,…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county TYRONE
William Carleton (1794-1869) Born near Clogher, Tyrone, Carleton was a novelist and short-story writer whose…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county WATERFORD
Luke Wadding (1588-1657) Born in Waterford city, Wadding was a Franciscan friar, theologian, and historian.…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county WESTMEATH
John Weldon (6 September 1890 – 4 February 1963; alternatively “A. E. Weldon”), known by…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county WEXFORD
John Banville (1945-) Born in Wexford town, Banville is a novelist, playwright, and critic, renowned…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county WICKLOW
Fanny Parnell (1848-1882) Born in Avondale, Wicklow, Fanny Parnell was a poet and nationalist, sister…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county ARMAGH
William Kennedy (1799–1871) Born in Armagh, Kennedy was a poet and antiquarian. His works, such…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county CARLOW
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Born in Dublin but with family ties to Carlow (his father’s…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county CAVAN
Henry Brooke (c. 1703-1783) Born in Mullagh, County Cavan, Brooke was a poet, playwright, and…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county CLARE
Edna O’Brien (1930-2024) Born in Tuamgraney, County Clare, O’Brien was a novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet,…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county CORK
William Trevor (1928-2016) Born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, Trevor was a novelist, short-story writer,…
HIGHEST point of Ireland’s county DERRY
The highest point in County Derry is Sawel Mountain, standing at 678 meters (2,224 feet). Sawel…
HIGHEST point of Ireland’s county DONEGAL
The highest point in County Donegal is Errigal Mountain (An Earagail), standing at 751 meters…
HIGHEST point of Ireland’s county DOWN
The highest point in County Down is Slieve Donard, standing at 850 meters (2,789 feet). Slieve…
HIGHEST point of Ireland’s county DUBLIN
The highest point in County Dublin is Kippure, standing at 757 meters (2,484 feet). Located…
HIGHEST point of Ireland’s county FERMANAGH
The highest point in County Fermanagh is Cuilcagh Mountain, standing at 665 meters (2,185 feet).…
HIGHEST point of Ireland’s county GALWAY
The highest point in County Galway is Mweelrea (Binn Mhór), standing at 814 meters (2,671…
HIGHEST point of Ireland’s county KERRY (and all of IRELAD)
The highest point in County Kerry is Carrauntoohil (Corrán Tuathail), standing at 1,038.6 meters (3,407…
HIGHEST point of Ireland’s county KILDARE
The highest point in County Kildare is Cupidstown Hill, standing at 379 meters (1,243 feet).…
HIGHEST point of Ireland’s county KILKENNY
The highest point in County Kilkenny is Brandon Hill (Cnoc Bhréanail), standing at 515 meters…
HIGHEST point of Ireland’s county LAOIS
The highest point in County Laois is Arderin (Irish: Ard Éireann, meaning “Ireland’s Height”), standing…
HIGHEST point of Ireland’s county LEITRIM
The highest point in County Leitrim is Truskmore (Sliabh an Iarainn), standing at 647 meters…
HIGHEST point of Ireland’s county LIMERICK
The highest point in County Limerick is Galtymore, standing at 917.9 meters (3,011 feet). Located…