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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

## A – J

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* John Banim (1798–1842),
* Sebastian Barry (born 1955)
* Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
* Brendan Behan (1923–1964)
* Dermot Bolger (born 1959)
* Dion Boucicault (1820–1890)
* Patricia Burke Brogan (1932-2022)
* Colm Byrne (born 1966)
* Marina Carr (born 1964)
* Paul Vincent Carroll (1900–1968)
* Anne-Marie Casey(born 1965)
* Austin Clarke (1896–1974)
* Olivia Owenson, Lady Clarke, (1785–1845
* Padraic Colum (1881–1972)
* William Congreve (1670–1729)
* Máirín Cregan (1891–1975)
* Geraldine Cummins (1890–1969)
* Suzanne R. Day (1876–1964)
* Hamilton Deane
* 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)
* Brian Friel (1929–2015)
* 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 (1930–2025)
* Henry Jones (1721–1770)
* Marie Jones
* Lauren-Shannon Jones (born c. 1989)
* James Joyce (1882–1941)

## K – Z

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* Patrick Kavanagh (1904–1967)
* John B. Keane (1928–2002)
* Thomas Kilroy (1934–2023)
* Deirdre Kinahan (born 1968)
* Hugh Leonard (1926–2009)
* Máiréad Ní Ghráda (1896-1971)
* Walter Macken (1915–1967)
* Micheál MacLiammoir (1899–1978)
* Mary Manning (1905–1999)
* Edward Martyn (1859–1923)
* Charles Macklin (1699-1797)
* 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 (1935-2018)
* 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)
* Stewart Parker (1941–1988)
* 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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* Irish literature
* List of Irish poets
* List of Irish novelists
* List of Irish short story writers