This is a list of current and former members of Aosdána, an association of artists whose work is deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to the creative arts in Ireland.[1] [2]
Membership of Aosdána is based on a system of peer nomination and election and is limited to a maximum of 250 living artists who must be resident in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland for five years, although there exist exceptions where artists resident outside of Ireland are eligible "if the body of their work is deemed to significantly benefit the arts in Ireland".[3] [4] [5]
Members of Aosdána may be elected by other members to receive the honour of Saoi for singular and sustained distinction in the arts. Not more than seven members can hold this honour at any one time.[6]
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| Elaine Agnew | Music | |||
| John Arden | Literature | |||
| Arthur Armstrong | Visual arts | |||
| Robert Ballagh | Visual arts | |||
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| Leland Bardwell | Literature | |||
| Aideen Barry | Visual arts | |||
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| Kevin Barry | Literature | |||
| Sebastian Barry | Literature | |||
| Samuel Beckett | Literature | |||
| Walter Beckett | Music | |||
| John Behan | Visual arts | |||
| Pauline Bewick | Visual arts | |||
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| Shane de Blacam | Architecture | |||
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| Basil Blackshaw | Visual arts | |||
| Seóirse Bodley | Music | |||
| Veronica Bolay | Visual arts | |||
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| Linda Buckley | Music | |||
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| Gerard Byrne | Visual arts | |||
| Michael Byrne | Visual arts | |||
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| Eamon Colman | Visual arts | |||
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| Amanda Coogan | Visual arts | |||
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| Diana Copperwhite | Visual arts | |||
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| Charles Cullen | Visual arts | |||
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| Jim Doherty | Music | |||
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| Roger Doyle[8] | Music | |||
| Rita Duffy | Visual arts | |||
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| Anne Enright | Literature | |||
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| Stephen Gardner | Music | |||
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| Margo Harkin | Visual arts | |||
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| Jaki Irvine | Visual arts | |||
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| Jesse Jones | Visual arts | |||
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| Rachel Joynt | Visual arts | |||
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| John Kelly | Visual arts | |||
| Eddie Kennedy | Visual arts | |||
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| Brian King | Visual arts | |||
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| Trevor Knight | Music | |||
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| Mary Lohan | Visual arts | |||
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| Brian Lynch[9] | Literature | |||
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| Martin Lynch | Literature | |||
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| James McCreary | Visual arts | |||
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| James McKenna | Visual arts | |||
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| Helen Moloney | Visual arts | |||
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| Gina Moxley | Literature | |||
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| Carolyn Mulholland | Visual arts | |||
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| Valerie Mulvin | Architecture | |||
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| Pat Murphy | Visual arts | |||
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| Julia O'Faolain | Literature | |||
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| Mairead O'hEocha | Visual arts | |||
| Alanna O'Kelly | Visual arts | |||
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| Liam Ó Muirthile | Literature | |||
| Joe Steve Ó Neachtain | Literature | |||
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| Mary Farl Powers | Visual arts | |||
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| Michael Quane | Visual arts | |||
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| Arthur Riordan | Literature | |||
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| Liz Roche | Choreography | |||
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| James Scanlon | Visual arts | |||
| John Scott | Choreography | |||
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| Amelia Stein | Visual arts | |||
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| Anne Tallentire | Visual arts | |||
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| Jennifer Walshe | Music | |||
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| Alexandra Wejchert | Visual arts | |||
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| James Wilson | Music | |||
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