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This is a list of current and former members of Aosdána, an association of artists whose work is deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to the creative arts in Ireland.[1][2]

## Details of membership

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Membership of Aosdána is based on a system of peer nomination and election and is limited to a maximum of 250 living artists who must be resident in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland for five years, although there exist exceptions where artists resident outside of Ireland are eligible "if the body of their work is deemed to significantly benefit the arts in Ireland".[3][4][5]

## Saoi

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Members of Aosdána may be elected by other members to receive the honour of Saoi for singular and sustained distinction in the arts. Not more than seven members can hold this honour at any one time.[6]

## Members

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Name  | Category  | Membership[1][2][7] | Saoithe

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Elaine Agnew | Music  | Current member  |
John Arden | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Arthur Armstrong | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Robert Ballagh | Visual arts  | Past member (resigned)  |
John Banville | Literature  | Past member (resigned)  |
Leland Bardwell | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Aideen Barry | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Gerald Barry | Music  | Current member  |
Kevin Barry | Literature  | Current member  |
Sebastian Barry | Literature  | Current member  |
Samuel Beckett | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  | Saoi
Walter Beckett | Music  | Past member (deceased)  |
John Behan | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Ed Bennett | Music  | Current member  |
Pauline Bewick | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Michael Biggs | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Shane de Blacam | Architecture  | Current member  |
Cathal Black | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Basil Blackshaw | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Seóirse Bodley | Music  | Past member (deceased)  | Saoi
Veronica Bolay | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
David Bolger | Choreography  | Current member  |
Dermot Bolger | Literature  | Current member  |
Pat Boran | Literature  | Current member  |
Brian Bourke | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Eva Bourke | Literature  | Current member  |
Fergus Bourke | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Brian Boydell | Music  | Past member (deceased)  |
Clare Boylan | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Charles Brady | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Cecily Brennan | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Louis le Brocquy | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  | Saoi
Melanie le Brocquy | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Jerome de Bromhead | Music  | Current member  |
Vincent Browne | Visual arts  | Current member  |
John Buckley | Music  | Current member  |
Linda Buckley | Music  | Current member  |
Michael Bulfin | Visual arts  | Current member  |
John Burke | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Anna Burns | Literature  | Current member  |
Paddy Bushe | Literature  | Current member  |
Gerard Byrne | Visual arts  | Current member  |
John Byrne | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Michael Byrne | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Moya Cannon | Literature  | Current member  |
Patrick Carey | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Cathy Carman | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Marina Carr | Literature  | Current member  |
Ciaran Carson | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Philip Casey | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin | Literature  | Current member  |
Rhona Clarke | Music  | Current member  |
Siobhán Cleary | Music  | Current member  |
Harry Clifton | Literature  | Current member  |
Michael Coady | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Seán Ó Coisdealbha | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
James Coleman | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Pat Collins | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Patrick Collins | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  | Saoi
Eamon Colman | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Joe Comerford | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Micheál Ó Conghaile | Literature  | Current member  |
Evelyn Conlon | Literature  | Current member  |
Amanda Coogan | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Barrie Cooke | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Diana Copperwhite | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Frank Corcoran | Music  | Current member  |
Maud Cotter | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Gary Coyle | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Anthony Cronin | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  | Saoi
Dorothy Cross | Visual arts  | Current member  |
William Crozier | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Charles Cullen | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Michael Cullen | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Shane Cullen | Visual Arts  | Current member  |
Cindy Cummings | Choreography  | Current member  |
Peter Cunningham | Literature  | Current member  |
Tony Curtis | Literature  | Current member  |
Ita Daly | Literature  | Current member  |
Margaretta D'Arcy | Literature  | Current member  |
Rosaleen Davey | Visual arts  | Current member  |
John T. Davis | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Philip Davison | Literature  | Current member  |
Michael Davitt | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
John F. Deane | Literature  | Current member  |
Raymond Deane | Music  | Current member  |
Seamus Deane | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Catherine Delaney | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Edward Delaney | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Diarmuid Delargy | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Donnacha Dennehy | Music  | Current member  |
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill | Literature  | Current member  |
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne | Literature  | Current member  |
Vivienne Dick | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Éilis Dillon | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Máirtín Ó Direáin | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Jim Doherty | Music  | Current member  |
Willie Doherty | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Neil Donnelly | Literature  | Current member  |
Micky Donnelly | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Mary Dorcey | Literature  | Current member  |
Theo Dorgan | Literature  | Current member  |
Roger Doyle[8] | Music  | Current member  | Saoi
Rita Duffy | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Catherine Dunne | Literature  | Current member  |
Paul Durcan | Literature  | Current member  |
Benjamin Dwyer | Music  | Current member  |
Felim Egan | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Anne Enright | Literature  | Current member  |
Conor Fallon | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Peter Fallon | Literature  | Current member  |
Julia Ó Faoláin | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Seán Ó Faoláin | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  | Saoi
Bernard Farrell | Literature  | Current member  |
Ciarán Farrell | Music  | Current member  |
Éibhlís Farrell | Music  | Current member  |
Micheal Farrell | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Yvonne Farrell | Architecture  | Current member  |
Pádraic Fiacc | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Sean Fingleton | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Mary FitzGerald | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Tom Fitzgerald | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Aloys Fleischman | Music  | Past member (deceased)  |
Críostóir Ó Floinn | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Gerard Mannix Flynn | Literature  | Current member  |
Marie Foley | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Brian Friel | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  | Saoi
Martin Gale | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Mia Gallagher | Literature  | Current member  |
Patrick Galvin | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Stephen Gardner | Music  | Current member  |
Carlo Gébler | Literature  | Current member  |
Ernest Gébler | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Doireann Ní Ghríofa | Literature  | Current member  |
John Gibbons | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Richard Gorman | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Tim Goulding | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Patrick Graham | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Robert Greacen | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Vona Groarke | Literature  | Current member  |
Anita Groener | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Ronan Guilfoyle | Music  | Current member  |
Patrick Hall | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Andrew Hamilton | Music  | Current member  |
Hugo Hamilton | Literature  | Current member  |
Gerard Hanley | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
James Hanley | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Marie Hanlon | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Alice Hanratty | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Kerry Hardie | Literature  | Current member  |
Michael Harding | Literature  | Current member  |
Margo Harkin | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Charles Harper | Visual arts  | Current member  |
James Harpur | Literature  | Current member  |
Pat Harris | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Michael Hartnett | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Francis Harvey | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Anne Haverty | Literature  | Current member  |
Dermot Healy | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Seamus Heaney | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  | Saoi
Frances Hegarty | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Brian Henderson | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Róisín Heneghan | Architecture  | Current member  |
Christine Dwyer Hickey | Literature  | Current member  |
Kieran Hickey | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Patrick Hickey | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Aidan Higgins | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Rita Ann Higgins | Literature  | Current member  |
Michael Holohan | Music  | Current member  |
Pearse Hutchinson | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Jaki Irvine | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Denis Johnston | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Fergus Johnston | Music  | Current member  |
Jennifer Johnston | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Jesse Jones | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Eithne Jordan | Visual arts  | Current member  |
John Jordan | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Neil Jordan | Literature  | Current member  |
Trevor Joyce | Literature  | Current member  |
Rachel Joynt | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Michael Kane | Visual arts  | Current member  |
John B. Keane | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Molly Keane | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Claire Keegan | Literature  | Current member  |
John Kelly | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Eddie Kennedy | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Adrian Kenny | Literature  | Current member  |
Benedict Kiely | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  | Saoi
Bernadette Kiely | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Thomas Kilroy | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Deirdre Kinahan | Literature  | Current member  |
Brian King | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Cecil King | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
John Kinsella | Music  | Past member (deceased)  |
Trevor Knight | Music  | Current member  |
Gene Lambert | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Sonja Landweer | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Clare Langan | Visual Arts  | Current member  |
Mary Lavin | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  | Saoi
Stephen Lawlor | Visual Arts  | Current member  |
Ciarán Lennon | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Louis Lentin | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
James Liddy | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Mary Lohan | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Michael Longley | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Louise Lowe | Literature  | Current member  |
Donal Lunny | Music  | Current member  |
Brian Lynch[9] | Literature  | Current member  |
Liam Lynch | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Martin Lynch | Literature  | Current member  |
Paul Lynch | Literature  | Current member  |
Eileen MacDonagh | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Tom MacIntyre | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Bernard MacLaverty | Literature  | Current member  |
Bryan MacMahon | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Anne Madden | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Aodhán Madden | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Deirdre Madden | Literature  | Current member  |
Brian Maguire | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Alice Maher | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Derek Mahon | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Louis Marcus | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Fergus Martin | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Philip Martin | Music  | Current member  |
Hugh Maxton | Literature  | Current member  |
Freddie May | Music  | Past member (deceased)  |
Trish McAdam | Visual Arts  | Current member  |
Eugene McCabe | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Patrick McCabe | Literature  | Current member  |
Colum McCann | Literature  | Current member  |
Thomas McCarthy | Literature  | Current member  |
Mike McCormack | Literature  | Current member  |
James McCreary | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Rosaleen McDonagh | Literature  | Current member  |
John McGahern | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Medbh McGuckian | Literature  | Current member  |
Frank McGuinness | Literature  | Current member  |
Edward McGuire | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Tom MacIntyre | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
James McKenna | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Stephen McKenna | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Willie McKeown | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
John McLachlan | Music  | Current member  |
Niall McLaughlin | Architecture  | Current member  |
Theo McNab | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Shelley McNamara | Architecture  | Current member  |
Eoin McNamee | Literature  | Current member  |
Conor McPherson | Literature  | Current member  |
Seán McSweeney | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Paula Meehan | Literature  | Current member  |
Nick Miller | Visual arts  | Current member  |
M. J. Molloy | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Helen Moloney | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Alfonso Monreal Lopez | Visual arts  | Current member  |
John Montague | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Brian Moore | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
George Morrison | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  | Saoi
Mary Morrissy | Literature  | Current member  |
Paul Mosse | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Gina Moxley | Literature  | Current member  |
Liam Ó Muirthile | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Michael Mulcahy | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Paul Muldoon | Literature  | Current member  |
Carolyn Mulholland | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Val Mulkerns | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Janet Mullarney | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Gráinne Mulvey | Music  | Current member  |
Valerie Mulvin | Architecture  | Current member  |
Gerry Murphy | Literature  | Current member  |
Jimmy Murphy | Literature  | Current member  |
Pat Murphy | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Richard Murphy | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Tom Murphy | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  | Saoi
Joe Steve Ó Neachtain | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
John Nee | Literature  | Current member  |
Christopher Nolan | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Isabel Nolan | Visual Arts  | Current member  |
Jim Nolan | Literature  | Current member  |
Edna O'Brien | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  | Saoi
Julie O'Callaghan | Literature  | Current member  |
Eilis O'Connell | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Conleth O'Connor | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Kevin O'Connell | Music  | Current member  |
Joseph O'Connor | Literature  | Current member  |
Ulick O'Connor | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Mick O'Dea | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Mary O'Donnell | Literature  | Current member  |
Peadar O'Donnell | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Sheila O'Donnell | Architecture  | Current member  |
Hughie O'Donoghue | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Gwen O'Dowd | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Ciaran O'Driscoll | Literature  | Current member  |
Dennis O'Driscoll | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Liam O'Flaherty | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Desmond O'Grady | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Mairead O'hEocha | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Alanna O'Kelly | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Donal O'Kelly | Literature  | Past member (resigned)[10] |
Jane O’Leary | Music  | Current member  |
Michael O'Loughlin  | Literature  | Current member  |
Mary O'Malley | Literature  | Current member  |
Tony O'Malley | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  | Saoi
Geraldine O'Neill | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Geraldine O'Reilly | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Sean O'Reilly  | Literature  | Current member  |
Micheal O'Siadhail | Literature  | Current member  |
Patrick O'Sullivan | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Tom de Paor | Architecture  | Current member  |
Glenn Patterson | Literature  | Current member  |
Colman Pearce | Music  | Current member  |
Tommy Peoples | Music  | Past member (deceased)  |
Janet Pierce | Visual arts  | Current member  |
James Plunkett | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Mary Farl Powers | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Kathy Prendergast | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Patrick Pye | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Michael Quane | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Fiona Quilligan | Choreography  | Current member  |
Bob Quinn | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Yann Renard Goulet | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Arthur Riordan | Literature  | Current member  |
Tim Robinson | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Billy Roche | Literature  | Current member  |
Liz Roche | Choreography  | Current member  |
Vivienne Roche | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Nigel Rolfe | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Gabriel Rosenstock | Literature  | Current member  |
Máire Mhac an tSaoi | Literature  | Past member (resigned)  |
James Scanlon | Visual arts  | Current member  |
John Scott | Choreography  | Current member  |
Patrick Scott | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  | Saoi
Maurice Scully | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Seán Scully | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Cathal Ó Searcaigh | Literature  | Current member  |
Dermot Seymour | Visual arts  | Current member  |
David Shaw-Smith | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Peter Sheridan | Literature  | Current member  |
Noel Sheridan | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
John Shinnors | Visual arts  | Current member  |
James Simmons | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Maria Simonds-Gooding | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Peter Sirr | Literature  | Current member  |
John Noel Smith | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Paul Smith | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Michael Smith | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Gerard Smyth | Literature  | Current member  |
Sydney Bernard Smith | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Camille Souter | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  | Saoi
Amelia Stein | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Louis Stewart | Music  | Past member (deceased)  |
Eithne Strong | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Francis Stuart | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  | Saoi
Imogen Stuart | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  | Saoi
Eric Sweeney | Music  | Past member (deceased)  |
Matthew Sweeney | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Anne Tallentire | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Donald Teskey | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Colm Tóibín | Literature  | Current member  |
William Trevor | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  | Saoi
Rod Tuach | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Eoghan Ó Tuairisc | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
John Tuomey | Architecture  | Current member  |
Charles Tyrrell | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Dáirine Vanston | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Terence de Vere White | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Gerard Victory | Music  | Past member (deceased)  |
Michael Viney | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Kevin Volans | Music  | Current member  |
Corban Walker | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Joe Walker | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Mervyn Wall | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Samuel Walsh | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Jennifer Walshe | Music  | Current member  |
Barbara Warren | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Michael Warren | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Grace Weir | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Alexandra Wejchert | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Margaret Irwin West | Visual Arts  | Current member  |
Bill Whelan | Music  | Current member  |
Ian Wilson | Music  | Current member  |
James Wilson | Music  | Past member (deceased)  |
Macdara Woods | Literature  | Past member (deceased)  |
Vincent Woods | Literature  | Current member  |
Daphne Wright | Visual arts  | Current member  |
Enda Wyley | Literature  | Current member  |
Nancy Wynne-Jones | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |
Anne Yeats | Visual arts  | Past member (deceased)  |

## References

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1. ^ a b The Arts Council (2016). "Current members". Aosdána. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
2. ^ a b The Arts Council (2016). "Former members". Aosdána. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
3. ^ The Arts Council (2016). "Home". Aosdána. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
4. ^ "New members event". Aosdana. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
5. ^ "Former members". Aosdana. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
6. ^ The Arts Council (2016). "Saoi". Aosdána. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
7. ^ "Aosdana elects five new members". Arts Council Ireland. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
8. ^ "Saoi". Aosdana. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
9. ^ "Brian Lynch". ricorso.net. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
10. ^ Middeke, Martin; Schnierer, Peter Paul (28 May 2010). The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary Irish Playwrights. A&C Black. ISBN 9781408113462 - via Google Books.