List of Irish dramatists
This is a list of playwrights either born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship. Playwrights whose work is in Irish are included.
A brief outline of the history of Irish theatre is also available.
A – J
- John Banim (1798-1842),
- Sebastian Barry (born 1955)
- Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)
- Brendan Behan (1923-1964)
- Dermot Bolger (born 1959)
- Dion Boucicault (1820–1890)
- Colm Byrne (born 1966)
- Marina Carr (born 1964)
- Paul Vincent Carroll (1900-1968)
- Anne-Marie Casey(born 1965)
- Austin Clarke (1896-1974)
- Padraic Colum (1881-1972)
- William Congreve (1670-1729)
- Máirín Cregan (1891-1975)
- Geraldine Cummins (1890–1969)
- Suzanne R. Day (1876-1964)
- Anne Devlin (born 1951)
- Roddy Doyle (born 1958)
- Gary Duggan (born 1979)
- Lord Dunsany (1878-1957)
- St John Ervine (1883-1971)
- Padraic Fallon (1905 - 1974)
- George Farquhar (1677-1707)
- Bernard Farrell (born 1941)
- George Fitzmaurice (1877 – 1963)
- Gerard Mannix Flynn (born 1957)
- Miriam Gallagher (born 1940)
- Ewen Glass (born 1982)
- Oliver Goldsmith (1728 – 1774)
- Lady Augusta Gregory (1852 – 1932)
- Gerald Griffin (1803 – 1840)
- Michael Harding (born 1953)
- Declan Hughes (born 1963)
- Denis Johnston (1901 – 1984)
- Jennifer Johnston (born 1930)
- Henry Jones (1721 - 1770)
- Marie Jones
- James Joyce (1882 – 1941)
K – Z
- Patrick Kavanagh (1904-1967)
- John B. Keane (1928-2002)
- Thomas Kilroy (born 1934)
- Hugh Leonard (1926-2009)
- Walter Macken (1915-1967)
- Micheál MacLiammoir (1899-1978)
- Edward Martyn (1859 – 1923)
- Martin McDonagh (born 1970)
- Frank McGuinness (born 1953)
- Conor McPherson (born 1971)
- Paul McSwiney (1856 – 1890)
- M. J. Molloy (1914 – 1994)
- George Moore (1852 – 1933)
- Jimmy Murphy
- John Murphy
- Tom Murphy (born 1935)
- T. C. Murray (1873 – 1959)
- Janet McNeill (1907 – 1994)
- Áine Ní Ghlinn (born 1955)
- Seán O'Casey (1880 – 1964)
- Joseph O'Connor
- Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879 – 1967)
- Sean O'Rourke (born 1955)
- Mark O'Rowe (born 1970)
- Cathal Ó Searcaigh (born 1956)
- Lennox Robinson (1886 – 1958)
- Billy Roche (born 1949)
- G. Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
- Peter Sheridan (born 1952)
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751 – 1816)
- George Shiels (1881–1949)
- John Millington Synge (1871-1909)
- Colin Teevan (born 1968)
- Colm Tóibín (born 1955)
- Joseph Tomelty (1911-1995)
- Mervyn Wall (1908–1997)
- Enda Walsh (born 1967)
- Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
- W.B. Yeats (1865–1939)
See also
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