List of writers of Northern Ireland

This is a list of writers born or have lived in Northern Ireland.

A

Claire Allan

B

• Tony Bailie (born 1962)
• Colin Bateman (born 1962)
• Ronan Bennett (born 1956)
• Maureen Boyle (born 1961)
• Kenneth Branagh (born 1960)
• Colette Bryce (born 1970)
• Eve Bunting (born 1928)
• James Burke (born 1936)
• Anna Burns (born 1962)

C

• Lucy Caldwell (born 1982)
• Joseph Campbell (1879–1944)
• William Carleton (novelist) (1794–1869)
• Thomas Carnduff (1886–1956)
• Ciarán Carson (born 1948)
• Joyce Cary (1888–1957)
• James Cousins (1873–1956)
• Mairtín Crawford (1967–2004)
• Sam Cree (1928–1980)
• Martin Crilly (born 1969)
• Eric Cross (1905–1980)

D

• Gerald Dawe (born 1952)
• Seamus Deane (born 1940)
• Anne Devlin (born 1951)
• Richard Doherty
• Charles Donnelly (1914–1937)
• John Dougherty (born 1964)
• Garbhan Downey

E

• St. John Greer Ervine (1883–1971)

F

• Padraic Fiacc (born 1924)
• Leontia Flynn (born 1974)
• Brendan Foley (born 1964)
• Brian Friel (born 1929)

G

• Robert Greacen (born 1920)

H

• Sam Hanna Bell (1909 – 1990)
• Francis Harvey (born 1925)
• Seamus Heaney (1939 – 2013)
• John Hewitt (1907–1987)
• Gareth Higgins (born 1975)
• Bulmer Hobson (1882–1969)

J

• Carolyn Jess-Cooke (born 1978)
• Fred Johnston (born 1951)

K

• Brian Keenan (born 1950)
• Brian Kennedy (born 1966)
• Benedict Kiely (1919-2007)

L

• Nick Laird (born 1975)
• Maurice Leitch (born 1933)
• Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963)
• Antonia Logue (born 1972)
• Michael Longley (born 1939)
• Robert Wilson Lynd (1879–1949)

M

• Bernard MacLaverty (born 1942)
• Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)
• Deirdre Madden (born 1960)
• Derek Mahon (born 1941)
• Owen McCafferty (born 1961)
• Eamonn McCann (born 1943)
• Hugh McFadden
• Roy McFadden (1921–1999)
• Medbh McGuckian (born 1950)
• Christina McKenna
• Gerard McKeown (1980)
• Adrian McKinty
• David McKittrick (born 1949)
• Nigel McLoughlin (born 1968)
• George McWhirter(born 1939)
• Eoin McNamee (born 1961)
• Sam Millar (born 1955)
• Alice Milligan (1865–1953)
• Gary Mitchell (born 1965)
• Brian Moore (1921–1999)
• Sinéad Morrissey (born 1972)
• Danny Morrison (born 1953)
• Paul Muldoon (born 1951)
• Paul Murray (born 1947)
• Felicity McCall (born 1957)

N

• Stuart Neville

O

• Flann O'Brien (1911–1966)
• Conor O'Callaghan (born 1968)
• Malachi O'Doherty (born 1951)
• Moira O'Neill (1864-1955)
• Séamus Ó Néill (1910–1986)
• Frank Ormsby (born 1947)

P

• Stewart Parker (1941–1988)
• Glenn Patterson (born 1961)
• Tom Paulin (born 1945)
• William Peskett (born 1952)

R

• Zane Radcliffe
• Christina Reid
• Forrest Reid (1875–1947)
• Graham Reid (born 1945)
• Amanda McKittrick Ross (1860–1939)
• Richard Rowley (1877–1947)
• George William Russell (1867–1935)

S

• Bob Shaw (1931–1996)
• George Shiels (1886–1949)
• James Simmons (1933–2001)
• Geoffrey Squires (born 1942)

T

• Gerald J. Tate (born 1954)
• Sam Thompson (1916–1965)
• Joseph Tomelty (1911–1995)

W

• James White (1928–1999)
• Robert McLiam Wilson (born 1964)

Y

• Ella Young (1865–1951)

References

• Irish Playography
• The Encyclopaedia of Ireland, Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 2003
• Irish Writers Online
• Culture Northern Ireland
• Arts Council of Northern Ireland