Irish-language writers

President of Ireland (2011–2018; 2018–2025)

first President of Ireland; historian, poet, and folklorist (1860-1949)

Irish writer (1911-1966)

Irish judge and 5th President of Ireland (1911-1978)

Adomnán or Adamnán of Iona (; , Adomnanus; 624 – 704), also known as Eunan ( ; from ), was an abbot of Iona Abbey ( 679–704), hagiographer, statesman, canon jurist, and saint. He was the author of the Life of Columba (), probably written between 697 and 700. This biography is by far the most important surviving work written in early-medieval Scotland, and is a vital source for our knowledge of the Picts, and an insight into the life of Iona and the early-medieval Gaelic monk.

Catholic cardinal (1923–1990)

Irish writer (1882–1928)

Irish writer (1873–1958)

Irish monk and poet

Irish bishop and king of Munster

Cornish writer

American academic and linguist

Irish poet

Irish archbishop (1870-1945)

Irish lexicographer and historian (1860-1934)

Irish poet

Irish historian (1827–1914)

Irish bishop, reformer and writer

Irish journalist

Irish activist

Irish poet and saint

Irish writer

Finnish writer and translator

Irish Poor Clare and historian

Irish writer (1889–1969)

Irish linguist

Irish lexicographer

Irish writer, podcaster and Irish language activist

Irish civil servant, writer and translator (1886-1943)

Irish writer and activist (1933-2003)

Irish academic

Irish academic

Irish linguist

Irish poet, short story writer and dramatist

Irish linguist