List of Irish poets
This is a list of notable poets with Wikipedia pages, who were born or raised in Ireland or hold Irish citizenship.
Abbreviations for the languages of their writings: E: English; F: French; I: Irish ; L: Latin; R: Russian
A–D
- Adomnán
- Æ (George William Russell)
- William Allingham
- Ivy Bannister
- Leland Bardwell
- Beccán mac Luigdech
- Samuel Beckett
- Brendan Behan
- Gerard Beirne
- Thomas Bibby
- Blathmac mac Cú Brettan
- Eavan Boland
- Dermot Bolger
- Pat Boran
- Samuel Boyse
- Rory Brennan
- Frances Browne
- George Brun
- Colette Bryce
- Catherine Byron, E
- Michael Feeney Callan
- Moya Cannon
- Ciarán Carson
- James Casey
- Oengus Celi De
- Patrick Chapman
- Austin Clarke
- Brendan Cleary
- Brian Coffey
- Colman ua Clasaigh
- Colmán mac Lénéni
- Padraic Colum
- Susan Connolly
- Jim Craven
- Cúán úa Lothcháin
- Cuirithir of Connacht
- Catherine Ann Cullen, E
- John Cunningham
- Tony Curtis
- Guaire Dall
- Pádraig J. Daly
- Thomas Davis
- Michael Davitt
- Cecil Day-Lewis
- Patrick Deeley
- Celia de Fréine
- Greg Delanty
- Kate Dempsey (poet)
- Louis de Paor
- Denis Devlin
- John Dillon
- Theo Dorgan
- Charles Donnelly (poet)
- Gerard Donovan
- Ellen Mary Patrick Downing
- John Swanwick Drennan
- William Drennan
- Charles Gavan Duffy
- Seán Dunne
- Lord Dunsany
- Paul Durcan
E–L
- John Ennis
- Martina Evans
- Peter Fallon
- Elaine Feeney
- Piaras Feiritéar
- Fothadh an Fili
- Flann Mainistrech
- Patrick Galvin
- Monk Gibbon
- Oliver St. John Gogarty
- Oliver Goldsmith
- Mark Granier
- Eamon Grennan
- Gerald Griffin
- Sarah Maria Griffin
- Vona Groarke
- Stephen Gwynn
- Kerry Hardie
- Anne Le Marquand Hartigan
- Michael Hartnett
- Randolph Healy
- Séamus Heaney
- David Herbison
- F. R. Higgins
- Kevin Higgins
- Rita Ann Higgins
- Pearse Hutchinson
- Douglas Hyde
- Pat Ingoldsby
- Valentin Iremonger
- John Jordan
- James Joyce
- Trevor Joyce
- Patrick Kavanagh
- Rita Kelly
- Charles Kickham
- Thomas Kinsella
- Anatoly Kudryavitsky
- Emily Lawless
- Sarah Leech
- Francis Ledwidge
- C. S. Lewis
- James Liddy
- Eddie Linden
- Loisin an Fili
- Michael Longley
- Luccreth moccu Chiara
M–P
- Aimirgein mac Amalgado
- Anluan Mac Aodhagáin
- Seán Mac Aoidh
- Micheál Mac Suibhne
- Denis Florence MacCarthy
- Flannagan mac Ceallach
- Dónal Meirgeach Mac Conmara
- Cináedh mac Coscrach
- Art Mac Cumhaigh
- Donagh MacDonagh
- Thomas MacDonagh
- Patrick MacDonogh
- Athairne Mac Eoghain
- Seán MacFalls
- Patrick MacGill
- Thomas MacGreevy
- John Macken
- Louis MacNeice
- Tomás Mac Síomóin
- Marie MacSweeney
- Neil McBride
- Hugh McFadden
- Medbh McGuckian
- Nigel McLoughlin
- Bernard McNulty
- Máire Mhac an tSaoi
- Maenghal the Pilgrim
- Derek Mahon
- James Clarence Mangan
- Caitlín Maude
- Máighréad Medbh
- John Mee
- Paula Meehan
- Brian Merriman
- Alice Milligan
- Moling of Luachair
- Dorothy Molloy
- John Montague
- Thomas Moore
- Paul Muldoon
- Hayden Murphy
- Christine Murray, 21st century
- Kate Newmann
- Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill
- Nuala Ní Chonchúir
- Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
- Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
- Ciara Ní É
- Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh
- Áine Ní Ghlinn
- Doireann Ní Ghríofa
- Charlotte Nooth
- Dáibhí Ó Bruadair
- Máirtín Ó Direáin
- John Francis O'Donnell
- Mary O'Donnell
- Bernard O'Donoghue
- Gregory O'Donoghue
- Dennis O'Driscoll
- Pádraig Ó hÉigeartaigh
- Cinaed Ó hArtucain
- John O'Higgin
- Nessa O'Mahony
- Ó Maoilciaran an Fili
- Henrietta O'Neill
- Liam Ó Muirthile
- Seán na Ráithíneach Ó Murchadha
- Mary Devenport O'Neill
- Antoine Ó Raifteiri
- Aogán Ó Rathaille
- Seán Ó Ríordáin
- Cathal Ó Searcaigh
- Micheal O'Siadhail
- Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin/Owen Roe O'Sullivan
- Seumas O'Sullivan
- Eoghan Ó Tuairisc
- Frank Ormsby
- Tom Paulin
- Patrick Pearse
- Joseph Plunkett
- Joseph Richard Enright : Seosamh Rísteárd Mac Ionnrachtaigh
Q–Z
- George Reavey
- Nell Regan
- Maurice Riordan
- Lennox Robinson
- Gabriel Rosenstock
- Rosemarie Rowley
- Adam Rudden
- Blanaid Salkeld
- Maurice Scully
- John W. Sexton
- Eileen Shanahan
- James Simmons
- Peter Sirr
- Michael Smith
- Cherry Smyth
- Geoffrey Squires
- James Stephens
- Eithne Strong
- Matthew Sweeney
- Jonathan Swift
- John Millington Synge
- Senchán Torpéist
- Eliza Dorothea Cobbe, Lady Tuite
- Katharine Tynan
- Muiredhach na Tengadh Ua Sléibhín I
- Catherine Walsh
- David Wheatley
- Jane Wilde
- Oscar Wilde
- Richard D'Alton Williams
- James Wills
- Florence Mary Wilson,
- Sheila Wingfield
- Macdara Woods
- Joseph Woods
- W. B. Yeats
- Augustus Young