List of Irish short story writers
- List of Irish short story writers
This is a list of short story Irish writers either born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship. Short story writers whose work is in Irish are included. A brief outline of the history of Irish fiction is also available.
A - D
* Samuel Beckett (1906 - 1989)
* Elizabeth Bowen (1899 - 1973)
* Clare Boylan (1948 - 2006)
* Patrick Boyle (1905 - 1982)
* Maeve Brennan (1917-1993)
* Joyce Cary (1888 - 1957)
* William Carleton (1794 - 1849)
* Patrick Chapman (born 1968)
* Padraic Colum (1881 - 1972)
* Daniel Corkery (1878 - 1964)
* Ita Daly (born 1944)
* Lord Dunsany (1878 - 1957)
E - L
* Maria Edgeworth (1767 - 1849)
* Brian Friel (born 1929)
* Gerald Griffin (1803 - 1840)
* Aidan Higgins (born 1927)
* Desmond Hogan (born 1951)
* Neil Jordan (born 1950)
* James Joyce (1882 - 1941)
* Claire Keegan (born 1969)
* Maeve Kelly (born 1930)
* Benedict Kiely (born 1919)
* Mary Lavin (1912 – 1996)
* Edmund Leamy (1848-1904)
* Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 - 1873)
M – O
* Walter Macken (1915 - 1967)
* John MacKenna (born 1952)
* Bernard MacLaverty (born 1942)
* Michael MacLaverty (1907 - 1992)
* Bryan MacMahon (1909 – 1998)
* Aidan Mathews (born 1956)
* Eugene McCabe (born 1930)
* John McGahern (1934 - 2006)
* John Montague (born 1929)
* Violet Florence Martin (1862-1923) of Somerville and Ross partnership
* George A. Moore (1852 - 1933)
* Val Mulkerns (born 1925)
* Edna O'Brien (born 1932)
* Kate Cruise O'Brien (born 1948)
* Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906 - 1970)
* Pádraic Ó Conaire (1882 - 1928)
* Frank O'Connor (1903 - 1966)
* Julia O'Faolain (1933)
* Sean O'Faolain (1900 - 1990)
* Liam O'Flaherty (1896 - 1984)
* Seamus O'Kelly (1881 - 1918)
P –Z
* James Plunkett (1920 - 2003)
*Lennox Robinson
* Somerville and Ross (1858 - 1949) and (1862 - 1915)
* James Stephens (1882 - 1950)
* William Trevor (born 1928)
*Colm Tóibín 1955 -
* William Wall 1955-
* Oscar Wilde (1854 -1900)
ee also
*Irish literature
*List of Irish poets
*List of Irish novelists
*List of Irish dramatists
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