WRITERS from Ireland’s county LIMERICK
Kate O’Brien (1897-1974) Born in Limerick city, O’Brien was a novelist and playwright whose works, such as Without My…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county LONGFORD
Oliver Goldsmith (c. 1728-1774) Born in Pallas, near Abbeyshrule, Goldsmith was a novelist, poet, and playwright whose works include The…
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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…