WRITERS from Ireland’s county KILKENNY
John Banim (1798-1842) Born in Kilkenny city, Banim was a novelist, short story writer, dramatist, and poet, often called the…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county LAOIS
William Bulfin (1864-1910) Born in Derrinlough, near Birr (then in Queen’s County, now Laois), Bulfin was a journalist and writer…
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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…