Irish Authors

To celebrate it being St. Patrick’s Day we thought we would collate some of our favourite Irish authors and a few of the books they have written.

Sally Rooney:

Born – Castleborn, County Mayo

Books – Normal People, Conversations with Friends, A Beautiful World, Where Are You

Colm Tóibín:

Born – Enniscorthy, County Wexford

Books – Brooklyn, The Magician, House of Names

Maggie O’Farrel:

Born – Coleraine, County Londonderry

Books – Hamnet, The Hand That First Held Mine, This Must Be The Place

Oscar Wilde:

Born – Westland Row, Dublin

Books – The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant

Emma Donoghue:

Born – Dublin

Books – Room, The Wonder, The Pull of the Stars

Eoin Colfer:

Born – Wexford, County Wexford

Books – Artemis Fowl, Airman, The Fowl Twins

Catherine Doyle:

Born – West of Ireland

Books – The Storm Keeper’s Island, Twin Crowns, The Lost Girl King

James Joyce:

Born – Rathgar, Dublin

Books – Ulysses, Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man