WRITERS from Ireland’s county MAYO
George Augustus Moore (1852-1933) Born in Moore Hall, near Ballyglass, Moore was a novelist, poet, and critic central to the…
WRITERS from Ireland’s county MEATH
Mary Lavin (1912-1996) Born in East Walpole, Massachusetts, but raised in Bective, Meath, Lavin was a short story writer and…
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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,…