List of Irish short story writers explained

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)
• Maeve Binchy (1940–2012)
• Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)
• Clare Boylan (1948–2006)
• Patrick Boyle (1905–1982)
• Maeve Brennan (1917–1993)
• Donn Byrne (1889–1928)
• William Carleton (1794–1849)
• Joyce Cary (1888–1957)
• Patrick Chapman (born 1968)
• Padraic Colum (1881–1972)
• Daniel Corkery (1878–1964)
• Julia Crottie (born 1853)
• Ita Daly (born 1945)
• Lord Dunsany (1878–1957)
• Martina Devlin

E–L

• Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849)
• M. E. Francis (1859–1930)
• Brian Friel (1929–2015)
• Miriam Gallagher (born 1940)
• Gerald Griffin (1803–1840)
  • Jack Harte Aidan Higgins (1927–2015)
• Desmond Hogan (born 1951)
• Fred Johnston (writer) (born 1951)
• Neil Jordan (born 1950)
• James Joyce (1882–1941)
• Claire Keegan (born 1969)
• Maeve Kelly (born 1930)
• Benedict Kiely (1919–2007)
• Mary Lavin (1912–1996)
• Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873)
• Edmund Leamy (1848–1904)

M–O

• Walter Macken (1915–1967)
• John MacKenna (born 1952)
• Bernard MacLaverty (born 1942)
• Michael McLaverty (1907–1992)
• Bryan MacMahon (1909–1998)
• Violet Florence Martin (1862–1923) of Somerville and Ross partnership
• Aidan Mathews (born 1956)
• Eugene McCabe (1930–2020)
• John McGahern (1934–2006)
• Janet McNeill (1907–1994)
• George McWhirter (born 1939)
• John Montague (1929–2016)
• George Moore (1852–1933)
• Val Mulkerns (1925–2018)
• C. E. Murphy (born 1973)
• David Murphy (born 1953)
• Nuala Ní Chonchúir (born 1970)
• Éilís Ní Dhuibhne (born 1954)
• Edna O'Brien (1930–2024)
• Kate Cruise O'Brien (1948–1998)
• Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906–1970)
• Billy O'Callaghan (born 1974)
• Philip Ó Ceallaigh (born 1968)
• Pádraic Ó Conaire (1882–1928)
• Frank O'Connor (1903–1966)
• Mary O'Donnell (born 1954)
• Julia O'Faolain (1933–2020)
• Seán Ó Faoláin (1900–1990)
• Liam O'Flaherty (1896–1984)
• Seumas O'Kelly (1881–1918)

P–Z

• James Plunkett (1920–2003)
• Lennox Robinson (1886–1958)
• Somerville and Ross (1858–1949 and 1862–1915)
• James Stephens (1882–1950)
• Eithne Strong(1925–1999)
• Colm Tóibín (born 1955)
• William Trevor (1928–2016)
• William Wall (born 1955)
• Liz Weir (born 1950)
• Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

See also

• Irish literature
• Irish short story
• List of Irish poets
• List of Irish novelists
• List of Irish dramatists