List of Irish poets

This is a list of poets either born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship. Poets who write in either English or Irish are included -- the poet`s working language has been given in many cases..

A

 * Adomnán (d. 704)
 * Æ (George William Russell) (1867–1935), English
 * Gary Allen (born 1964)
 * Joseph Allen (born 1964)
 * William Allingham (1824–1889), English

B

 * Mary Barber (c.1685-c.1755), English
 * Leland Bardwell (born 1922)
 * Becc mac Lethdergain (fl. 5th century)
 * Beccán mac Luigdech (fl. c. 650?)
 * Samuel Beckett (1906–1989), English, French
 * Brendan Behan (1923–1964), English, Irish
 * Gerard Beirne (born 1962)
 * Blathmac mac Cú Brettan (fl. c. 750)
 * Eavan Boland (born 1944), English
 * Dermot Bolger (born 1959)
 * Pat Boran (born 1963)
 * Samuel Boyse (1709–1749), English
 * NIcholas Brady (1659-1726), English
 * Rory Brennan (born 1945)
 * Bri mac Bairchid (fl. 5th century)
 * Broccan (fl. 7th century)
 * Frances Browne (1816–1887), English

C

 * Moya Cannon (born 1956)
 * Ciarán Carson (born 1948)
 * Philip Casey (born 1950)
 * Oengus Celi De (fl. c. 800)
 * Patrick Chapman (born 1968)
 * Austin Clarke (1896–1974), English
 * Brendan Cleary (born 1958)
 * Brian Coffey (1905–1995), English
 * Colmán mac Lénéni (d. 604)
 * Padraic Colum (1881–1972), English
 * Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850-1887), Canadian born in Dublin, English
 * Cuirithir of Connacht (fl. 7th century)
 * John Cunningham (1729–1773), English

D

 * Pádraig J. Daly (born 1943)
 * Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972)
 * Celia de Fréine (born 1948)
 * Greg Delanty (born 1958)
 * Denis Devlin (1908–1959)
 * Charlotte Eliza Dixon (fl. 1814-1830), English
 * Des Donnelly (born 1955)
 * Theo Dorgan (born 1953), English
 * Gerard Donovan (born ?)
 * Steve Downes (born 1973)
 * William Drennan (d. 1820)
 * William Henry Drummond (1854-1907), Canadian born in Mohill
 * Dubtach moccu Lugair (fl. 5th century)
 * Charles Gavan Duffy (1816–1903), English
 * Seán Dunne (1956–1995), English
 * Lord Dunsany (1878–1957), English
 * Paul Durcan (1944)

E

 * John Ennis (born 1944)

F

 * Gabriel Fitzmaurice (born 1952)
 * Flann Mainistrech (died 1056)
 * Flannacan mac Cellaig, King of Brega (d. 896)
 * Percy French (1854-1920), English

G

 * Patrick Galvin (born 1927)
 * Monk Gibbon (1896–1987)
 * Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878–1957)
 * Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774), English
 * Mark Granier (born 1957)
 * Alfred Perceval Graves (1846-1931), English
 * Patrick Greaney (flourished 18th century), Gaelic-Irish
 * Gerald Griffin (1803–1840)
 * Stephen Gwynn (1864–1950), English

H

 * Kerry Hardy (born 1951)
 * Michael Hartnett (1944–1999)
 * Randolph Healy (born 1956)
 * Seamus Heaney (born 1939), English
 * John Hewitt (1907-1987), English
 * F.R. Higgins (1896–1941), English
 * Kevin Higgins (born 1967)
 * Rita Ann Higgins (born 1955)
 * Pearse Hutchinson (born 1927)
 * Douglas Hyde (1860–1949), Irish

I

 * Irard mac Coisse (fl. pre-980)
 * Valentin Iremonger (1918–1991), English

J

 * John Jordan (1930–1988)
 * James Joyce (1882–1941), English
 * Trevor Joyce (born 1947)

K

 * Patrick Kavanagh (1904–1967)
 * Charles Kickham (d. 1882)
 * Thomas Kinsella (born 1928)
 * Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954)

L

 * Emily Lawless (1845–1913), English
 * Francis Ledwidge (1887–1917), English
 * C.S. Lewis (1899–1963), English
 * Liadan of Corcu Duibhne (fl. 7th century)
 * James Liddy
 * Michael Longley (born 1939)
 * Luccreth moccu Chiara (fl. c. 600)
 * Richard Mc Sweeney (born 1955)

M

 * Denis Florence MacCarthy (1817–1868), English
 * Donagh MacDonagh (1912–1968), English
 * Thomas MacDonagh (1878–1916), English
 * Patrick MacDonogh (1902–1961), English
 * Seán MacFalls (born 1957)
 * Patrick MacGill (1889–1960), English
 * Thomas MacGreevy (1893–1967)
 * Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)
 * Oengus mac Oengoba mac Oiblean (fl. c. 800)
 * Derek Mahon (born 1941), English
 * Hugh McFadden (born 1942)
 * Thomas D'Arcy McGee (1825-1868), English (Irish-born Canadian )
 * Niall McGrath (born 1966)
 * Medbh McGuckian (born 1950), English
 * Gerard McKeown (born 1980)
 * Nigel McLoughlin (born 1968)
 * William Brendan McPhillips (1937–2008)
 * Máire Mhac an tSaoi (born 1922)
 * Mael Ruain of Tallaght (d. pre-800)
 * Derek Mahon (born 1941)
 * James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849)
 * Marcus of Ratisbon (fl. 1149)
 * Paula Meehan (born 1955)
 * Brian Merriman (1747–1805), Irish
 * Alice Milligan (1865–1953)
 * Mary Monck (ca.1678-1715), English
 * The Monk of Reichenau (fl. early 9th century)
 * John Montague (born 1929)
 * Thomas Moore (1779–1852), English
 * Paul Muldoon (born 1951), English

N

 * Nuala Ní Chonchúir (born 1970)
 * Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942)
 * Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (born 1952)

O

 * Dáibhí Ó Bruadair (David O Bruadair) (1625–1698)
 * Conor O'Callaghan (born 1968), English
 * Máirtín Ó Direáin (1910–1988)
 * Ciaran O'Driscoll (born 1943)
 * Dennis O'Driscoll (born 1954)
 * Cinaed Ó hArtucain (d. 975)
 * Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1967)
 * Antoine Ó Raifteiri (Anthony Raftery) (1784–1835)
 * Aogán Ó Rathaille (1675–1729)
 * John Boyle O'Reilly (1844-1890), Irish-born U.S. poet, English
 * Seán Ó Ríordáin (1916–1977)
 * Flann file Ó Ronan/Flann na Marb (fl. 1022)
 * Cathal Ó Searcaigh (born 1956)
 * Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin/Owen Roe O'Sullivan (1748–1782)
 * Seumas O'Sullivan (1879–1958)
 * Eoghan Ó Tuairisc (Eugene Watters) (1919–1982)
 * Frank Ormsby (born 1947)

P

 * Thomas Parnell (1679-1718), English
 * Patrick Pearse (Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais) (1879–1916)
 * Tom Paulin (born 1949)
 * Joseph Plunkett (1887–1916)

R

 * Anthony Raferty (c.1784–1834)
 * George Reavey (1907–1976)
 * Maurice Riordan (born 1953)
 * Lennox Robinson (1886–1958)
 * Gabriel Rosenstock (born 1949), English
 * Rosemarie Rowley (born 1942), English
 * Adam Rudden (born 1983)
 * George William Russell (Æ) (1867–1935), English

S

 * Blanaid Salkeld (1880–1959)
 * Maurice Scully (born 1952)
 * Eileen Shanahan (1901–1979)
 * Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), English
 * James Simmons (1933–2001), English
 * Peter Sirr (born 1960)
 * Michael Smith (born 1942)
 * Geoffrey Squires (born 1942)
 * James Stephens (1880–1950), English
 * Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), English
 * John Millington Synge (1871-1909), English

T

 * John Todhunter (1839-1916), English
 * Senchán Torpéist (fl. c. 580 – c.650)
 * Katharine Tynan (1861–1931), English

U

 * Orthanach ua Coellamae (fl. late 8th century)
 * Uallach ni Muimnechaid (d. c. 934)

W

 * Catherine Walsh (born 1964)
 * Weaver Poets (18th century), English
 * Jane Wilde (1821–1896)
 * Oscar Wilde (1845–1900), English
 * James Wills (1790–1868)
 * Charles Wolfe (1791-1823), English
 * Macdara Woods (born 1942)

Y

 * W.B. Yeats (1865–1939)
 * Augustus Young (born 1943)