POETS from Ireland’s county MAYO
Alice Kinsella & Michelle O’Sullivan: Poets who have worked with the Mayo Arts Service.…
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POETS from Ireland’s county MEATH
Cuchonnacht Ó Dálaigh: Leacain (Lacken), County Meath (d. 1139): Chief ollamh (master poet) in poetry,…
POETS from Ireland’s county MONAGHAN
Patrick Kavanagh: Inniskeen, County Monaghan (1904-1967): One of Ireland’s most celebrated poets, known for works…
POETS from Ireland’s county OFFALY
Cormac Lally: A prominent spoken-word artist born in Tullamore and recognized as a Poetry…
POETS from Ireland’s county ROSCOMMON
Turlough O’Carolan (Toirdhealbhach Ó Cearbhalláin): Nobber, County Meath (born); lived in Mohill, County Leitrim,…
POETS from Ireland’s county SLIGO
William Butler Yeats: Sligo town, County Sligo (1865-1939): Ireland’s most celebrated poet and a…
POETS from Ireland’s county TIPPERARY
Billy Fenton: Poet Laureate for Carrick-on-Suir and acclaimed writer published in The Irish Times. Catriona…
POETS from Ireland’s county TYRONE
Alice Milligan (1866–1953): A poet, novelist, and Irish nationalist born in Omagh. Felix Kearney (1888–1977):…
POETS from Ireland’s county WATERFORD
Mary Elizabeth Blake: Dungarvan, County Waterford (born) (1840-1907): A poet who emigrated to Quincy,…
POETS from Ireland’s county WESTMEATH
Pat Carton: Horseleap, County Westmeath (born and lived) (c. 1958-): A poet and performer,…
POETS from Ireland’s county WEXFORD
Jane Francesca Elgee (Lady Wilde, pseud. Speranza): Wexford town, County Wexford (born) (1821-1896): A…
POETS from Ireland’s county WICKLOW
James Joseph McAuley: Wicklow town, County Wicklow (born) (1936-1987): A poet and educator, McAuley…
POETS from Ireland’s county ARMAGH
George William Russell (AE) from Lurgan (1867-1935): Born in Lurgan, Russell, known by his pseudonym…
POETS from Ireland’s county CARLOW
Eoghan Ó Tuairisc from Carlow Town (1919-1982): Born in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ó Tuairisc lived…
POETS from Ireland’s county CAVAN
Mary Anne Sadlier: Born in Cootehill, County Cavan . (1820-1903): Mary Anne Sadlier was a…
POETS from Ireland’s county CLARE
Aindrias Mac Cruitín (c. 1670–1738): A poet and scribe born at Moyglass, near Milltown Malbay.…
POETS from Ireland’s county CORK
SBernard O’Donoghue (b. 1945): A poet, academic, and literary critic born in Cullen, North Cork.…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county DERRY
Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) A world-renowned poet, playwright, and translator, Heaney is considered one of Ireland’s…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county DONEGAL
William Allingham (1824-1889) A poet born in Ballyshannon, Allingham is best known for his poem…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county DOWN
C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Born in Belfast, County Down, Lewis was a novelist, scholar, and…
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…