List of Irish poets

About poets
Poet List of English-language poets Poets of other languages
History of poetry
Spoken poetry • Oral poetry World poetry • English poetry Old English • Middle English Renaissance • Restoration Augustan • Romantic Victorian • Modernist
Schools and movements
Cavalier  • Metaphysical Augustan • Graveyard • Romantic Pre-Raphaelites • Georgians Symbolism • Surrealism Imagists • Fugitives Objectivists • Confessional Black Mountain • Beats Language poets • Deep image Expansive • New Formalism List of groups and movements
Country and region
English poetry • Scottish poetry Anglo-Welsh • British poets Timeline of British poetry Irish poetry • Irish poets American poetry • U.S. poets African-American • Chicano Timeline of American poetry • Canadian poetry • poets Timeline of Canadian poetry Caribbean poetry • poets Australian poetry • poets New Zealand poetry • NZ poets Anglo-Indian poetry • poets Asian English-language poets South African poetry • SA poets African Engiish-language poets
Infrastructure
List of literary critics List of literary magazines List of poetry anthologies List of poetry awards List of poetry organizations Online poetry resources

World poetry
Poets of other languages
Historical
Ancient Greek • Ancient Latin Biblical • Classical Chinese Indian epic • Old Norse Medieval poetry Ottoman poetry • Serbian epic
National poetries
Africa
Malagasy  • South African Swahili poetry
Americas
French Canadian poetry Latin American poetry
Asia
Chinese • Japanese • Korean Indian • Assamese • Bengali Hindu • Kannada • Marathi Sindhi • Urdu • Afghani Arabic • Hebrew • Pakistani Persian • Turkish Javanese • Vietnamese
Europe
Irish • Scottish • Welsh • Manx French poetry • German poetry Hungarian poetry • Italian poetry Polish • Portuguese • Spanish Finnish poetry • Swedish poetry List of English-language poets

Main article: Irish poetry

This list of Irish poets includes poets who were either born in Ireland or wrote at least 1 book while living there. For poets born in Ireland, county of birth is given where available.  Poets who write in either English or Irish are included; the poet`s working language has been indicated in many cases.

A

1. Adomnán (d. 704)
2. Æ (George William Russell (1867–1935), Armagh, English
3. Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895), Dublin, English; wife of William Alexander
4. William Alexander (1824-1911), Derry, English; husband of Cecil Frances Alexander
5. Gary Allen (born 1959), Antrim, English
6. Joseph Allen (born 1961), Antrim, English
7. William Allingham (1824-1889), Donegal, English
8. John Anster (1793-1867), Cork, English
9. James Arbuckle (1700-1742?), Belfast, English
10. Edmund Arwaker the elder (?1660-1730), English
11. Edmund Arwaker the younger (?1680-1708 fl.), English
12. Thomas Atkinson (1770-1799 fl.), English

B

1. Mary Balfour (1778-1819), Derry, English
2. John Ball (?1746-1812), English
3. John Banim (1798-1842), Kilkenny, English
4. Ivy Bannister (born 1951), English
5. Mary Barber (?1685-1757), English
6. Constantine Barber (1714-1783), English, son of Mary Barber
7. Leland Bardwell (born 1922), English
8. Jane Barlow (1857-1917), Dublin, English
9. Becc mac Lethdergain (fl. 5th century)
10. Beccán mac Luigdech (fl. c. 650?)
11. Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), Dublin, English, French
12. Brendan Behan (1923-1964), Dublin, English, Irish
13. Gerard Beirne (born 1962), Tipperary, English
14. Blathmac mac Cú Brettan (fl. c. 750)
15. Jean Bleakney (born 1956), Down, English
16. Eavan Boland (born 1944), Dublin, English
17. Dermot Bolger (born 1959), Dublin, English
18. Pat Boran (born 1963), Laoise, English
19. Henry Boyd (died 1832), Tyrone, English
20. Thomas Boyd (1867-1927), Louth, English
21. John Boyle, Cork, (1707-1762), English
22. Samuel Boyse (1708-1749), Dublin, English
23. NIcholas Brady (1659-1726), Cork, English
24. Rory Brennan (born 1945), Mayo, English
25. Bri mac Bairchid (fl. 5th century)
26. Broccan (fl. 7th century)
27. Henry Brooke (?1703-1783), Cavan, English
28. Stopford A. Brooke (1832-1916), Donegal, English
29. John Brown (born 1961), Derry, English
30. Nicholas Brown (?1699-1734), Fermanagh, English
31. A.W. Browne (?1800-1826 fl.), English
32. Frances Browne (1816-1879), Donegal, English

C

1. J.J. Callanan (1795-1829), Cork, English
2. Joseph Campbell (1879-1944), Belfast, English
3. Nancy Campbell (born 1886), English
4. Moya Cannon (born 1956), Donegal, English
5. Ciarán Carson (born 1948), Belfast, English
6. Henry Bernard Carpenter (1840-1890), Dublin, English
7. Philip Casey (born 1950), English
8. Oengus Celi De (fl. ca. 800)
9. Patrick Chapman (born 1968), Roscommon, English
10. Austin Clarke (1896-1974), Dublin, English
11. Brendan Cleary (born 1958), Antrim, English, England
12. Ellen Mary Clerke (1840-1906), Cork, English
13. Harry Clifton (born 1952), Dublin, English
14. Brian Coffey (1905-1995), Dublin, English
15. Colmán mac Lénéni (d. 604)
16. Padraic Colum (1881-1972), English
17. Matthew Concanen (1701-1749), English, Ireland / England
18. John Corry (?1770-1825 fl.), Louth, English
19. James H. Cousins (1873-1956), Belfast English
20. Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850-1887), Dublin, English, Canada
21. George Croly (1780-1860), Dublin, English
22. Anthony Cronin (1928-2016), Wexford, English
23. Cuirithir of Connacht (fl. 7th century)
24. William Cunningham (1781-1804), Down, English
25. Tony Curtis (born 1955), Dublin, English
26. William Curtis (?1770-1820 fl.), Armagh, English

D

Charles Gavan Duffy

1. Pádraig J. Daly (born 1943), Waterford, English
2. Richard Daniel (?1681-1732 fl.), Dublin, English
3. George Darley (1795-1846), Dublin, English
4. Thomas Davis (1814-1845), Cork, English
5. Michael Davitt (1950-2005), Cork, Irish
6. Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972), Laoise, English
7. John F. Deane (born 1943), Mayo, English
8. Patrick Deeley (born 1953), Galway, English
9. Celia de Fréine (born 1948), Down, Irish / English
10. James Delacour (1709-1781), Cork, English
11. Greg Delanty (born 1958), Cork, English, Ireland / United States
12. Thomas Dermody (1775-1802), Clare, English
13. Denis Devlin (1908-1959), English
14. Charlotte Eliza Dixon (fl. 1814-1830), English
15. James B. Dollard (1872-1946), Kilkenny, English, Canada.
16. Des Donnelly (born 1955)(Citation needed)
17. Gerard Donovan (born 1959), Wexford, English, England
18. Theo Dorgan (born 1953), Cork, English
19. Edward Dowden (1843-1913), Cork, English
20. Steve Downes (born 1973)(Citation needed)
21. Ellen Mary Patrick Downing (1828-1869), Cork, English
22. John Swanwick Drennan (1809-1893), Belfast, English; son of William Drennan
23. William Drennan (1754-1820), Belfast, English; father of John Swanwick Drennan
24. William Henry Drummond (1854-1907), Leitrim, English, Canada
25. Dorothea Du Bois (1728-1774), English
26. Dubtach moccu Lugair (fl. 5th century)
27. Seán Dunne (1956-1995), Waterford, English
28. Lord Dunsany (1878-1957), English
29. Paul Durcan (1944), Dublin, English

E

1. John Edwards (1751-1832), Wicklow, English
2. Desmond Egan (1936-), Westmeath, English
3. John Ennis (born 1944), Westmeath, English

F

1. Piaras Feiritéar (?1600-1653), Kerry, Irish
2. Elaine Feeney (born 1979), Galway, English
3. Sir Samuel Ferguson (1810-1886), Belfast, English
4. Darrell Figgis (1882-1925), Dublin, English / Irish
5. Gabriel Fitzmaurice (born 1952)
6. Richard Fitzpatrick (1748-1813), English
7. Flann Mainistrech (died 1056), Louth, Irish
8. Flannacan mac Cellaig, King of Brega (d. 896)
9. Leontia Flynn (born 1974), Down, English
10. Percy French (1854-1920), Roscommon, English
11. Thomas Furlong (1794-1827), Wexford, English

G

Oliver Goldsmith

1. Patrick Galvin (1927-2011), Cork, English
2. Monk Gibbon (1896-1987), Dublin, English
3. Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878-1957), Dublin, English
4. Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774), English
5. Eva Gore-Booth (1870-1926), Sligo, English
6. John Graham (1776-1844), Fermanagh, English
7. Mark Granier (born 1957), English
8. Alfred Perceval Graves (1846-1931), Dublin, English
9. Patrick Greaney (flourished 18th century), Galway, Irish
10. Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852-1932), Galway, English
11. Constantia Grierson (?1705-1732), Kilkenny, English
12. Gerald Griffin (1803-1840), Limerick, English
13. Vona Groarke (born 1964), Longford, English
14. Stephen Gwynn (1864-1950), Dublin, English

H

Seamus Heaney

1. Kerry Hardie (born 1951), Down, English
2. Michael Hartnett (1944-1999), Limerick, Irish / English
3. Daniel Hayes (1736-1767), Limerick, English
4. Randolph Healy (born 1956)
5. Seamus Heaney (1939-2013), Derry, English
6. David Herbison (1800-1880), Antrim, English
7. John Hewitt (1907-1987), Belfast, English
8. Emily Henrietta Hickey (1845-1923), Wexford, English
9. F.R. Higgins (1896-1941), Mayo, English
10. Kevin Higgins (born 1967), English
11. Rita Ann Higgins (born 1955), Galway, English
12. Joseph Hillary (1794-1814 fl.), Cork, English
13. Katherine Tynan Hinkson (1861-1931), Dublin, English
14. Edmond Holmes (1850-1936), Westmeath,English
15. Joseph Horgan (born 1964), English
16. John Hughes (born 1962), Belfast, English
17. Pearse Hutchinson (born 1927)
18. Douglas Hyde (1860-1949), Roscommon, Irish / English

I

1. Irard mac Coisse (fl. pre-980)
2. John Kells Ingram (1823-1907), Donegal, English
3. Valentin Iremonger (1918-1991), Dublin English

J

1. John Jordan (1930-1988), Dublin, English
2. James Joyce (1882-1941), English
3. Robert Dwyer Joyce (1830-1883), Limerick, English  / United States 
4. Trevor Joyce (born 1947), Dublin, English

K

Patrick Kavanagh

1. Morgan Kavanagh (?1799-1874), [Dublin?], English
2. Patrick Kavanagh (1904-1967), Monaghan, English
3. Mary Eva Kelly (1826-1910), Galway, English
4. William Kennedy (1799-1871), English
5. Brendan Kennelly (1936-2021), English
6. Charles Kickham (d. 1882)
7. Anthony King (1742-1797), English
8. Thomas Kinsella (born 1928), English
9. Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954)

L

C.S. Lewis

1. Emily Lawless (1845-1913), English
2. Mary Leadbeater (1758-1826), English
3. Francis Ledwidge (1887-1917), English
4. C.S. Lewis (1899-1963), English
5. Richard Lewis (1756-1787 fl.), English
6. Liadan of Corcu Duibhne (fl. 7th century)
7. James Liddy
8. Lizzie M. Little (died 1909), English
9. Michael Longley (born 1939), English
10. Samuel Lover (1797-1868), English
11. Luccreth moccu Chiara (fl. c. 600)

M

Thomas McCarthy

Thomas MacDonagh

Thomas Moore

1. Denis Florence MacCarthy (1817-1868), English
2. Thomas MacCarthy (1819 fl.), English
3. Martin MacDermot (1813-1824 fl.), English
4. Donagh MacDonagh (1912-1968), English
5. Thomas MacDonagh (1878-1916), English
6. Patrick MacDonogh (1902-1961), English
7. Seán Mac Falls (born 1957), English
8. Patrick MacGill (1889-1960), English
9. Thomas MacGreevy (1893-1967)
10. John Macken (?1784-1823), English
11. Robert Shelton Mackenzie (1809-1880), English
12. Louis MacNeice (1907-1963), English
13. Oengus mac Oengoba mac Oiblean (fl. c. 800)
14. Mael Ruain of Tallaght (d. pre-800)
15. William Maginn (1793-1842), English
16. Derek Mahon (born 1941), English
17. Francis Mahony (1804-1866), English
18. Máire Mhac an tSaoi (born 1922)
19. James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849), English
20. Catherine Manners (1766-1842), English
21. Marcus of Ratisbon (fl. 1149)
22. James McCarroll (1814-1892), Longford, English, Canada
23. Thomas McCarthy (born 1954), English
24. Hugh McFadden (born 1942), English
25. Thomas D'Arcy McGee (1825-1868), English (Irish-born Canadian)
26. Niall McGrath (born 1966)(Citation needed)
27. Medbh McGuckian (born 1950), English
28. James McHenry (1765-1845), Ireland / United States, English
29. Gerard McKeown (born 1980)
30. Nigel McLoughlin (born 1968)(Citation needed)
31. William Brendan McPhillips (1937-2008)(Citation needed)
32. Richard Mc Sweeney (born 1955)
33. George McWhirter (born 1939), Belfast, English, Canada
34. Patrick J. Meagher (1810-1880), English
35. Paula Meehan (born 1955), English
36. Brian Merriman (1747-1805), Irish
37. Alice Milligan (1865-1953)
38. Spike Milligan (1918-2002), English
39. Susan L. Mitchell (1866-1926), English
40. Mary Monck (ca.1678-1715), English
41. The Monk of Reichenau (fl. early 9th century)
42. John S.B. Monsell (1811-1875), Derry, English
43. John Montague (born 1929), English
44. Thomas Moore (1779-1852), English
45. Paul Muldoon (born 1951), English
46. Rosa Mulholland (1841-1921), Belfast, English
47. Hugh Mulligan (1784-1788 fl.), English
48. Arthur Murphy (1727-1805), Roscommon, English
49. Richard Murphy (born 1927), English

N

1. Nuala Ní Chonchúir (born 1970)
2. Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942), English
3. Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (born 1952), Irish
4. Robert Nugent (1709-1788), Westmeath, English

O

1. Dáibhí Ó Bruadair (David O Bruadair) (1625-1698)
2. Conor O'Callaghan (born 1968), English
3. Frank O'Connor (1903-1966), English
4. Michael O'Dea (born 1955), Roscommon, English
5. Máirtín Ó Direáin (1910-1988)
6. John Francis O'Donnell (1837-1874), Limerick, English
7. Ciaran O'Driscoll (born 1943), English
8. Dennis O'Driscoll (born 1954), English
9. Charles O'Flaherty (1794-1828), English
10. George Ogle (1704-1746), English
11. Cinaed Ó hArtucain (d. 975)
12. Ellen O'Leary (1831-1889), Tipperary, English
13. Henrietta, Lady O'Neill (1758-1793), English
14. Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879-1967), Galway, English
15. Moira O'Neill (1864-1955), Antrim, English
16. Antoine Ó Raifteiri (Anthony Raftery) (1784-1835), Mayo, Irish
17. Aogán Ó Rathaille (1675-1729)
18. Caitriona O'Reilly (born 1973), English
19. John Boyle O'Reilly (1844-1890), Irish-born U.S. poet, English
20. Laurence O'Reilly (1790-1803 fl.), English
21. Lord Orrery, Cork, (1707-1762), English
22. Seán Ó Ríordáin (1916-1977)
23. Flann file Ó Ronan/Flann na Marb (fl. 1022)
24. James Orr (1770-1816), Antrim, English
25. Cathal Ó Searcaigh (born 1956)
26. Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin/Owen Roe O'Sullivan (1748-1782)
27. Leanne O'Sullivan (born 1983), English
28. Seumas O'Sullivan (1879–1958), English
29. Eoghan Ó Tuairisc (Eugene Watters) (1919-1982)
30. Frank Ormsby (born 1947)

P

1. Thomas Parnell (1679-1718), English
2. Patrick Pearse(1879-1916), Dublin, English
3. Tom Paulin (born 1949)
4. Laetitia Pilkington (1712-1750), English; wife of Matthew Pilkington
5. Matthew Pilkington (1725-1733 fl.), English; husband of Laetitia Pilkington
6. Edward Plunkett, Lord Dunsany (1878-1957), English
7. Joseph Plunkett (1887-1916), English
8. William Preston (1753-1807), English

R

1. Anthony Raftery (1784-1835), Mayo, Irish
2. William Read (?1795-1866), English
3. John Reade (1837-1919), Canadian poet born in Ballyshannon, English
4. George Reavey (1907-1976)
5. Maurice Riordan (born 1953)
6. Lennox Robinson (1886-1958)
7. T.W. Rolleston (1857-1920), English
8. Edward Hampden Rose (died 1810), English
9. Gabriel Rosenstock (born 1949), Irish, English
10. Rosemarie Rowley (born 1942), English
11. Adam Rudden (born 1983)
12. George William Russell (Æ) (1867-1935), English
13. Elizabeth Ryves (1750-1797), English

S

Jonathan Swift

1. Blanaid Salkeld (1880-1959), English
2. George Francis Savage-Armstrong (1845-1906), Dublin, English
3. Maurice Scully (born 1952), English
4. Eileen Shanahan (1901-1979)
5. Dora Sigerson Shorter (1866-1918), Dublin, English
6. Bartholomew Simmons (1804-1850), Cork, English
7. James Simmons (1933-2001), English
8. Peter Sirr (born 1960)
9. Michael Smith (born 1942)
10. Thomas Charleton Smith (1794-1883), English
11. Thomas Spring (died 1794), English
12. Geoffrey Squires (born 1942), English
13. James Stephens (1880-1950), English
14. Joseph Sterling (1768-1794 fl.), English
15. John Stewart (1800-1816 fl.), English
16. Thomas Stott (1755-1829), English
17. Thomas Stratford (1735-1784?), English
18. Matthew Sweeney (born 1952), English
19. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), English
20. Theophilus Swift (1746-1815), English
21. John Millington Synge (1871-1909), English

T

Katharine Tynan

1. Samuel Thomson (1766-1816), English
2. Mary Tighe (1772-1810), English
3. John Todhunter (1839-1916), English
4. Senchán Torpéist (fl. c. 580 - c.650)
5. Thomas Townshend (1791-1801 fl.), English
6. Herbert Trench (1865-1923), English
7. Melesina Trench (1768-1827), English; mother of Richard Chenevix Trench
8. Richard Chenevix Trench (1807-1886), English; son of Melesina Trench
9. Katharine Tynan (1861-1931), English

U

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

V

• Aubrey Thomas de Vere (1814-1902), English

W

Oscar Wilde

1. John Francis Waller (1810-1894), Limerick, English
2. Catherine Walsh (born 1964)
3. James Ward (1714-1724 fl.), English
4. Weaver Poets (18th century), English
5. Matthew West (1749-1814), English
6. Samuel Whyte (1733-1811), English
7. Jane Wilde (1821-1896), Wexford, English
8. Oscar Wilde (1845-1900), English
9. James Wills (1790-1868), Roscommon, English
10. W.G. Wills (1820-1891), Cork English
11. John Winstanley (died 1750), English
12. Charles Wolfe (1791-1823), English
13. Macdara Woods (born 1942)

Y

W.B. Yeats

1. William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), English
2. Augustus Young (born 1943)
3. Ella Young (1867-1956), English

See also

• Irish literature

External links

• http://bill.celt.dias.ie/vol4/browseatsources.php?letter=A#ATS7714

Icelandic | Indonesian | Irish | Italian | Japanese | Kannada | Kashmiri | Konkani | Korean | Latin | Maithili | Malayalam | Maltese | Manipuri | Marathi | Nepali | Oriya | Pashto | Pennsylvania Dutch | Persian | Polish | Portuguese | Punjabi | Rajasthani | Romanian | Russian | Sanskrit | Sindhi | Slovak | Slovenian | Sorbian | Spanish | Swedish | Tamil | Telugu | Tibetan | Turkic | Ukrainian | Urdu | Welsh | Yiddish

|group2= By nationality
or culture

|list2 =

Afghan | American | Argentine | Australian | Austrian | Brazilian | Breton | Canadian | Chicano | Estonian | Finnish | Greek | Indian | Iranian | Irish | Mexican | New Zealander | Nicaraguan | Nigerian | Ottoman | Pakistani | Peruvian | Romani | Romanian | South African | Swedish | Swiss | Turkish

|group3= By type

|list3 =

Anarchist | Early-modern women (UK) | Feminist | Lyric | Modernist | National | Performance | Romantic | Surrealist | War | Women

}}