Aosdána members

Irish writer (1906–1989)

Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer (1939–2013)

Irish writer (born 1945)

Irish writer (1930–2024)

Irish novelist and writer (born 1955)

Irish filmmaker and fiction writer

Irish writer (1928–2016)

Irish writer and journalist

Irish architect (born 1951)

Irish architect

Irish dramatist, author and theatre director (1929–2015)

Irish writer of short stories

British playwright (1930–2012)

Irish poet (1941–2020)

Irish poet (born 1951)

Irish musician and record producer

Irish artist based in the US (born 1945)

Northern Irish poet (1939–2025)

Irish writer

Irish playwright and novelist (born 1955)

Irish writer

Irish writer and author

Irish poet

Irish writer and critic (1940-2021)

Irish painter (1916-2012)

Irish writer, poet, linguist and academic (1922–2021)

Irish novelist and writer

Irish writer (1900-1991)

Irish poet (1910-1988)

British cartographer (1935-2020)

Irish poet

Irish poet and author (1965-2009)

Irish writer (1947-2014)

Aosdána ( , ; from , 'people of the arts') is an Irish association or academy of artists, each of whom must have produced a distinguished body of work of genuine originality. It was created in 1981 by the country's Arts Council on the initiative of a group of writers with support from the Taoiseach. Membership, which is by invitation from current members, is limited to 250 individuals; before 2005, it was limited to 200. Its steering body is a committee of 10, called the Toscaireacht.

Irish composer (1910–1992)

Irish republican, socialist activist, politician and writer (1893–1986)

Irish writer (1934-2006)

Irish writer

Irish poet (1948-2019)

Irish composer

Irish composer (1933–2023)

Irish playwright (born 1964)

Irish writer (born 1953)

Irish writer

Irish novelist (1927–2015)

Irish writer

Irish poet (1944–2025)

Irish poet

Irish writer (1901–1984)

Irish painter (1919-2001)

Irish poet

Irish writer (1948–2006)

Irish sculptor (1927-2024)

Irish artist (born 1956)

Irish composer

Northern Irish artist (born 1959)

Irish composer of classical music

Irish artist

Irish writer (1919–2007)

Irish artist (born 1932)