List of Irish short story writers
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This is a list of short story writers either born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship. Short story writers whose work is in Irish are included. A brief outline of the history of Irish fiction is also available.
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A - D
- Samuel Beckett (1906 - 1989)
- Elizabeth Bowen (1899 - 1973)
- Clare Boylan (born 1948)
- Patrick Boyle (1905 - 1982)
- Joyce Cary (1888 - 1957)
- William Carleton (1794 - 1849)
- Padraic Colum (1881 - 1972)
- Daniel Corkery (1878 - 1964)
- Ita Daly (born 1944)
E - L
- Maria Edgeworth (1767 - 1849)
- Brian Friel (born 1929)
- Gerald Griffin (1803 - 1840)
- Aidan Higgins (born 1927)
- Desmond Hogan (born 1951)
- Neil Jordan (born 1950)
- James Joyce (1882 - 1941)
- Maeve Kelly (born 1930)
- Benedict Kiely (born 1919)
- Mary Lavin (1912 – 1996)
- Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 - 1873)
M – O
- Eugene McCabe (born 1930)
- John McGahern (born 1934)
- Walter Macken (1915 - 1967)
- John MacKenna (born 1952)
- Bernard MacLaverty (born 1942)
- Michael McLaverty (1907 - 1992)
- Bryan MacMahon (1909 – 1998)
- John Montague (born 1929)
- Violet Florence Martin (1862-1923) of Sommerville and Ross partnership
- George A. Moore (1852 - 1933)
- Val Mulkerns (born 1925)
- Edna O'Brien (born 1932)
- Kate Cruise O'Brien (born 1948)
- Mairtin O Cadhain (1906 - 1970)
- Padraic O'Conaire (1882 - 1928)
- Frank O'Connor (1903 - 1966)
- Julia O'Faolain (1933)
- Sean O'Faolain (1900 - 1990)
- Liam O'Flaherty (1896 - 1984)
- Seamus O'Kelly (1881 - 1918)
P –Z
- James Plunkett (1920 - 2003)
- Lennox Robinson
- Somerville and Ross (1858 - 1949) and (1862 - 1915)
- James Stephens (1882 - 1950)
- William Trevor (born 1928)
- Oscar Wilde (1854 -1900)