Editing List of Irish people (section)

== Art ==
{{main list|List of Irish artists}}

=== Architecture ===
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* [[George Ashlin]]
* [[Angela Brady]]
* [[George Drumgoole Coleman]]
* [[Sir Thomas Drew]]
* [[Yvonne Farrell]]
* [[Eileen Gray]]
* [[James Hoban]] – designer of the [[White House]]
* [[Francis Johnston (architect)|Francis Johnston]]
* [[Sheila O'Donnell]]
* [[Thomas Parke (architect)|Thomas Parke]]
* [[Edward Lovett Pearce]]
* [[Kevin Roche]]
* [[Michael Scott (architect)|Michael Scott]]

=== Actors ===
{{Main|List of Irish actors}}
* [[Sara Allgood]] – actress
* [[Jonas Armstrong]] – actor, star of the BBC series ''[[Robin Hood (2006 TV series)|Robin Hood]]''
* [[Caitríona Balfe]] – actress
* [[Spranger Barry]] – actor
* [[Patrick Bergin]] – film actor
* [[Sarah Bolger]] – actress, played Princess Mary Tudor in ''The Tudors''; ''Spiderwick Chronicles''; Princess Aurora in ''Once Upon a Time''
* [[Stephen Boyd]] – film actor
* [[Kenneth Branagh]] – actor on stage, film and TV, the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' movies
* [[Brid Brennan]] – actress
* [[George Brent]] – Hollywood actor
* [[Harry Brogan]] – actor
* [[Shane Brolly]] – actor, Underworld Franchise
* [[Pierce Brosnan]] – actor, best known as [[James Bond]] from 1994 to 2005
* [[Gabriel Byrne]] – TV and film actor
* [[Todd Carty]] – TV, stage and film actor and director
* [[Elaine Cassidy]] – film actress
* [[Tony Clarkin (actor)|Tony Clarkin]] – actor of stage, TV, radio, film; voiceover artist
* [[Michael Colgan (actor)|Michael Colgan]] – actor
* [[Kerry Condon]] – actress
* [[D'Arcy Corrigan]] – Hollywood actor
* [[Nicola Coughlan]] – actress
* [[Catherine Cusack]] – stage and TV actor; daughter of Cyril Cusack
* [[Cyril Cusack]] – actor of stage, film and TV (born in South Africa)
* [[Niamh Cusack]] – TV actress; daughter of Cyril Cusack
* [[Sinéad Cusack]] – stage, film and TV actress; daughter of Cyril Cusack; married to [[Jeremy Irons]]
* [[Sorcha Cusack]] – film and TV actress; daughter of Cyril Cusack
* [[Daniel Day-Lewis]] – English-born [[Academy Award|Oscar]] winner
* [[Thomas Doggett]] – actor
* [[Alison Doody]] – actress, best known for her role in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]''
* [[Richard Dormer]] – actor, playwright, known for roles in "[[Game of Thrones]]" and "[[Fortitude (TV series)|Fortitude]]"
* [[Jamie Dornan]] – actor and model; played the Huntsman in ''Once Upon a Time''; best known for roles in ''The Fall'' and ''[[Fifty Shades of Grey (film)|Fifty Shades of Grey]]''
* [[Roma Downey]] – actor, best known for her role as Monica in the TV series ''[[Touched by an Angel]]''
* [[Maria Doyle Kennedy]] – actress and singer
* [[Ada Dyas]] – actress
* [[Hilton Edwards]] – co-founder of the [[Gate Theatre]], born in UK
* [[Colin Farrell]] – Hollywood actor
* [[Michael Fassbender]] – Hollywood actor, born in [[West Germany]]
* [[Al Ferguson]] – actor
* [[Barry Fitzgerald]] – [[Abbey Theatre]] actor turned Hollywood star
* [[Geraldine Fitzgerald]] – actress
* [[Fionnula Flanagan]] – actress
* [[Brenda Fricker]] – [[Academy Award|Oscar]] winner
* [[Bronagh Gallagher]] – actress
* [[Michael Gambon]] – theatre, TV and film actor, ''Harry Potter'' films
* [[Charles K. Gerrard]] – Hollywood actor
* [[Douglas Gerrard]] – Hollywood actor
* [[Aidan Gillen]] – actor, ''[[The Wire]]'', ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', ''[[Queer as Folk (UK)|Queer as Folk]]''
* [[Brendan Gleeson]] – actor, ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' films
* [[Brian Gleeson (actor)|Brian Gleeson]] – actor
* [[Domhnall Gleeson]] – actor
* [[Creighton Hale]] – actor
* [[Louisa Harland]] – actress
* [[Richard Harris]] – actor, ''Harry Potter'' films
* [[Forrester Harvey]] – Hollywood actor
* [[Amy Joyce Hastings]] – actress
* [[Amy Huberman]] – actress
* [[Saoirse-Monica Jackson]] – actress
* [[Valene Kane]] – actress, ''The Fading Light''
* [[David Kelly (actor)|David Kelly]] – actor
* [[Barry Keoghan]] – actor
* [[J. M. Kerrigan]] – Abbey actor
* [[Joanne King]] – actress
* [[Dervla Kirwan]] – actress, ''Ballykissangel'', ''Goodnight Sweetheart''
* [[Evanna Lynch]] – actress, ''Harry Potter'' films
* [[Joe Lynch (actor)|Joe Lynch]] – TV actor
* [[John Lynch (actor)|John Lynch]] – actor
* [[Susan Lynch]] – actress
* [[Micheál Mac Liammhóir]] – co-founder of the [[Gate Theatre]], born in UK
* [[Eoin Macken]] – actor, ''[[Merlin (2008 TV series)|Merlin]]''
* [[Gerard McCarthy]] – actor, ''Hollyoaks''
* [[Sean McClory]] – actor 
* [[F. J. McCormick]] – Abbey actor
* [[Damian McGinty]] – TV actor ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]''
* [[Patrick McGoohan]] – actor and creator of ''[[The Prisoner]]''
* [[Barry McGovern]] – stage, film and TV actor
* [[Katie McGrath]] – film and TV actress
* [[Gerard McSorley]] – actor
* [[Colm Meaney]] – Hollywood actor
* [[Paul Mescal]] – actor
* [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]] – film and TV actor
* [[Charles Mitchel]] – actor and newsreader
* [[Damien Molony]] – (stage and television actor)
* [[Colin Morgan]] – actor of stage, film and TV, best known for being the lead in ''[[Merlin (2008 TV series)|Merlin]]''
* [[Edward Mulhare]] – actor; played Captain Daniel Gregg in ''[[The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)|The Ghost and Mrs. Muir]]''; ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]''
* [[Cillian Murphy]] – actor
* [[Devon Murray]] – actor, [[Seamus Finnigan]] in the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' movies
* [[Liam Neeson]] – actor
* [[Sam Neill]] – actor
* [[James Nesbitt]] – actor
* [[Jim Norton (Irish actor)|Jim Norton]] – [[character actor]]
* [[Jamie-Lee O'Donnell]] – actress
* [[Colin O'Donoghue]] – actor, member of The Enemies; best known for playing Captain Hook in ''Once Upon A Time''
* [[Chris O'Dowd]] – actor and comedian
* [[Ardal O'Hanlon]] – actor and comedian
* [[Joan O'Hara]] – actress
* [[Maureen O'Hara]] – actress
* [[Jason O'Mara]] – actor
* [[Milo O'Shea]] – actor
* [[Maureen O'Sullivan]] – actor; mother of [[Mia Farrow]]
* [[Peter O'Toole]] – [[Academy Award|Oscar]] winner
* [[Daragh O'Malley]] – actor
* [[Glenn Quinn]] – actor
* [[Aidan Quinn]] – actor
* [[Stephen Rea]] – actor
* [[Jack Reynor]] – actor
* [[Paul Ronan]] – actor, ''The Devil's Own''; father of Saoirse Ronan
* [[Saoirse Ronan]] – actress
* [[Andrew Scott (actor)|Andrew Scott]] – film, stage and television actor
* [[Fiona Shaw]] – actress, the ''Harry Potter'' movies
* [[Robert Sheehan]] – actor
* [[Arthur Shields]] – actor; younger brother of Barry Fitzgerald
* [[Niall Tóibín]] – actor and comedian
* [[Stuart Townsend]] – actor and [[Boxing|boxer]]
* [[Aidan Turner]] – actor, played John Mitchell in the BBC's ''Being Human'' and Kili in ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''
* [[Richard Wall]] – actor

=== Chefs ===
* [[Darina Allen]] – Irish personality and TV chef
* [[Myrtle Allen]] – Irish chef, teacher and writer
* [[Rachel Allen]] – Irish celebrity chef
* [[Danni Barry]]
* [[Michael Bolster]]
* [[Rory Carville]]
* [[Richard Corrigan]]
* [[Matthew d'Arcy|Matthew Darcy]] 
* [[Matt Dowling (chef)|Matt Dowling]]
* [[Kevin Dundon]]
* [[Oliver Dunne]]
* [[Catherine Healy (chef)|Catherine Healy]]
* [[Neven Maguire]] – Irish celebrity chef
* [[Clare Smyth]]

=== Comedians ===
{{see also|Category:Irish comedians}}
* [[Dave Allen (comedian)|Dave Allen]]
* [[Aisling Bea]]
* [[Ed Byrne (comedian)|Ed Byrne]]
* [[Jimmy Carr]]
* [[Risteárd Cooper]]
* [[Neil Delamere]]
* [[PJ Gallagher (comedian)|PJ Gallagher]]
* [[Brendan Grace]]
* [[Sean Hughes (comedian)|Sean Hughes]]
* [[Jon Kenny]]
* [[Denis Leary]]
* [[Andrew Maxwell]]
* [[Kevin McGahern]]
* [[Tim McGarry]]
* [[Seán William McLoughlin]] – YouTube personality (under the name Jacksepticeye), musician, game commentator
* [[Dylan Moran]]
* [[Dermot Morgan]] – comedian, actor, radio personality
* [[Colin Murphy (comedian)|Colin Murphy]]
* [[Graham Norton]]
* [[Dara Ó Briain]]
* [[Brendan O'Carroll]]
* [[Jimmy O'Dea]]
* [[David O'Doherty]]
* [[Ardal O'Hanlon]]
* [[Hector Ó hEochagáin]]
* [[Deirdre O'Kane]]
* [[Jarlath Regan]] – comedian, journalist, interviewer, author, cartoonist 
* [[Mario Rosenstock]] – comedian, impressionist, actor, musician 
* [[Pat Shortt]]
* [[Tommy Tiernan]]
* [[Jackie Wright]]

=== Music ===
{{main list|List of Irish musicians}}
==== Music – A to C ====
* [[Chloë Agnew]] – singer
* [[Iain Archer]] – singer-songwriter and producer
* [[Bobbi Arlo]] – singer
* [[Michael William Balfe]] – opera composer
* [[Gerald Barry (composer)|Gerald Barry]] – composer, member of [[Aosdána]]
* [[John K. Beatty]] – uilleann piper
* [[Derek Bell (musician)|Derek Bell]] – harpist
* [[Eric Bell]] – guitarist, Thin Lizzy
* [[Ed Bennett (composer)|Ed Bennett]] – composer
* [[Mary Bergin]] – tin whistler
* [[Big Tom]] – lead singer of [[Big Tom and The Mainliners]]
* [[Wallis Bird]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Frances Black]] – singer
* [[Mary Black]] – singer
* [[Seóirse Bodley]] – composer, Saoi of [[Aosdána]]
* [[Bono]] (Paul David Hewson) – lead singer of [[U2]]
* [[Ciarán Bourke]] – singer, guitarist
* [[Brian Boydell]] – composer
* [[Ina Boyle]] – composer
* [[Michael Bradley (musician)|Michael Bradley]] – bass player, songwriter, [[The Undertones]]
* [[Brídín Brennan]] – singer
* [[Enya Brennan]] – musician
* [[Moya Brennan]] – musician
* [[Bressie|Niall Breslin]] – lead singer of [[The Blizzards]]
* [[John Buckley (composer)|John Buckley]] – composer
* [[Chris de Burgh]] – singer-songwriter, musician
* [[Joe Burke (accordionist)|Joe Burke]] – accordionist
* [[Kevin Burke (musician)|Kevin Burke]] – fiddler
* [[Nicky Byrne]] – singer of [[Westlife]], songwriter
* [[Eamonn Campbell]] – guitarist, producer
* [[Vivian Campbell]] – co-lead guitarist of [[Def Leppard]], former Dio guitarist
* [[Seán Cannon]] – singer, guitarist
* [[Paddy Casey]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Patrick Cassidy (composer)|Patrick Cassidy]] – composer
* [[Mic Christopher]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Bobby Clancy]] – singer, banjo, guitar, harmonica, and [[bodhrán]] player
* [[Liam Clancy]] – singer, guitarist
* [[Paddy Clancy]] – singer, harmonica player
* [[Tom Clancy (singer)|Tom Clancy]] – singer
* [[Willie Clancy (musician)|Willie Clancy]] – uilleann piper
* [[Siobhán Cleary]] (born 1970) – composer
* [[Julia Clifford]] – traditional [[fiddle]] player
* [[Erica-Cody|Erica Cody]] – singer
* [[Philip Cogan]] – composer
* [[Michael Coleman (Irish musician)|Michael Coleman]] – fiddler
* [[Finghin Collins]] – pianist
* [[Brian Conway]] – fiddler 
* [[Tadhg Cooke]] – singer
* [[Frank Corcoran]] – composer
* [[Andrea Corr]] – singer from [[The Corrs]]
* [[Caroline Corr]] – drummer
* [[Jim Corr]] – guitarist
* [[Sharon Corr]] – fiddle player
* [[Phil Coulter]] – composer
* [[Nadine Coyle]] – singer

==== Music – D to K ====
* [[Raymond Deane]] – composer
* [[Damien Dempsey]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Mike Denver]] – singer
* [[Joe Dolan]] – singer, entertainer 
* [[Ryan Dolan]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Brian Downey (drummer)|Brian Downey]] – drummer/Thin Lizzy
* [[Roger Doyle]] – composer
* [[Maria Doyle Kennedy]] – singer-songwriter, musician
* [[Ronnie Drew]] – singer, guitarist
* [[Keith Duffy]] – singer of [[Boyzone]]
* [[Hugo Duncan]] – singer
* [[Benjamin Dwyer]] – composer
* [[The Edge]] (David Howell Evans) – guitarist, singer of [[U2]]
* [[Kian Egan]] – singer of [[Westlife]], songwriter
* [[Séamus Ennis]] – uilleann piper
* [[Enya]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Órla Fallon]] – singer, harpist
* [[Ciarán Farrell]] – composer
* [[Mark Feehily]] – singer of [[Westlife]], songwriter
* [[Angela Feeney]] – opera singer
* [[John Field (composer)|John Field]] – composer; creator of the [[nocturne]]
* [[Shane Filan]] – singer of [[Westlife]], songwriter
* [[Mick Flannery]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Aloys Fleischmann]] – composer and musicologist
* [[W. H. Grattan Flood]] – musicologist
* [[David Flynn (composer)|Dave Flynn]] – award-winning composer, guitarist and singer-songwriter
* [[Gavin Friday]] – singer
* [[Finbar Furey]] – singer-songwriter, uilleann piper, 5-string banjo player, actor
* [[Rory Gallagher]] – blues/rock guitarist
* Sir [[James Galway]] – flautist
* [[Bobby Gardiner]] – accordionist
* [[Rea Garvey]] – singer-songwriter, guitarist, tv music competition judge and lead singer of [[Reamonn]]
* [[Stephen Gately]] – singer of Boyzone
* [[Mark Geary]] – singer
* [[Thomas Augustine Geary]] – composer
* [[Bob Geldof]] – songwriter, singer of [[the Boomtown Rats]], activist
* [[John William Glover]] – composer
* [[Len Graham (singer)|Len Graham]] – singer
* [[Michael Graham (singer)|Michael Graham]] – singer of Boyzone
* [[Bernadette Greevy]] – [[mezzo-soprano]]
* [[Jedward|John and Edward Grimes]] – ''[[X Factor 2009|X Factor]]'' 2009
* [[Marc Gunn]] – autoharpist, singer-songwriter, and podcaster, formerly of the [[Brobdingnagian Bards]]
* [[Carmel Gunning]] – tin whistler
* [[Lisa Hannigan]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Glen Hansard]] – [[Academy Award for Best Original Song#2001–2010|Oscar]]-winning singer/songwriter
* [[Hamilton Harty]] – composer and arranger
* [[Catherine Hayes (soprano)|Catherine Hayes]] – opera singer
* [[Gemma Hayes]] – singer
* [[Una Healy]] – member of girl band [[The Saturdays]]
* [[Christie Hennessy]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Niall Horan]] – singer-songwriter, member of British-Irish boy band [[One Direction]]
* [[Hozier]] – musician and singer-songwriter
* [[Herbert Hughes (composer)|Herbert Hughes]] – composer and arranger
* [[Red Hurley]] – singer
* [[Brian Irvine (composer)|Brian Irvine]] – composer
* [[Jolyon Jackson]] – composer musician
* [[Fergus Johnston]] – composer, member of [[Aosdána]]
* [[Dolores Keane]] – singer
* [[Bryan Kearney]] – trance DJ and producer
* [[Richard Kearns]] – classical composer
* [[Ronan Keating]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Paddy Keenan]] – uilleann piper
* [[Lisa Kelly (singer)|Lisa Kelly]] – singer
* [[Luke Kelly]] – singer
* [[Michael Kelly (tenor)|Michael Kelly]] – tenor and composer
* [[Brian Kennedy (singer)|Brian Kennedy]] – singer
* [[Dermot Kennedy]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Paddy Killoran]] – fiddler
* [[Katie Kim (Irish musician)|Katie Kim]] – singer-songwriter, musician
* [[Dave King (Irish singer)|Dave King]] – singer-songwriter
* [[John Kinsella (composer)|John Kinsella]] – composer, member of [[Aosdána]]
* [[David Kitt]] – musician

==== Music – L to P ====
* [[John F. Larchet]] – composer
* [[April Lawlor]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Damien Leith]] – singer-songwriter, winner of ''[[Australian Idol (season 4)|Australian Idol]]'' 2006
* [[Gary Lightbody]] – lead singer of [[Snow Patrol]]
* [[Josef Locke]] – singer
* [[Johnny Logan (singer)|Johnny Logan]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Samuel Lover]] – composer and performer
* [[Cora Venus Lunny]] – violinist
* [[Dónal Lunny]] – musician
* [[Bob Lynch (musician)]] – musician
* [[Shane Lynch]] – singer of [[Boyzone]]
* [[Phil Lynott]] – [[Thin Lizzy]] frontman
* [[Jimmy MacCarthy]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Mickey MacConnell]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Shane MacGowan]] – English-born singer-songwriter
* [[Yellowcard|Sean Mackin]] – backup vocals and violinist of Yellowcard
* [[Sean Maguire]] – violinist
* [[Sarah Makem]] – singer
* [[Tommy Makem]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Margo (singer)|Margo]] – singer
* [[Enda Markey]] – singer
* [[Philip Martin (pianist)|Philip Martin]] – pianist, composer, member of [[Aosdána]]
* [[Gwendolyn Masin]] – violinist, author, pedagogue
* [[Larry Mathews (musician)|Larry Mathews]] – singer-songwriter, violinist
* [[Frederick May (composer)|Frederick May]] – composer
* [[Christopher McCafferty]] – underground club promoter, DJ
* [[Jim McCann (musician)]] – musician
* [[John McCormack (tenor)|John Count McCormack]] – singer
* [[Eleanor McEvoy]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Brian McFadden]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Damian McGinty]] – Celtic Thunder; played Rory Flanagan on ''Glee''
* [[Matt McGinn (born 1978)|Matt McGinn]] – Irish singer-songwriter
* [[Michael McGlynn]] – composer, arranger, choir director
* [[Geraldine McGowan]] – folk singer
* [[Barney McKenna]] – banjo player
* [[Susan McKeown]] – Grammy Award-winning vocalist and songwriter
* [[Geraldine McMahon]] – harpist
* [[Paul McSherry]] – guitarist
* [[James Lynam Molloy]] – ballad composer
* [[Christy Moore]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Gary Moore]] – guitarist, singer-songwriter
* [[Peter K. Moran]] – composer
* [[Van Morrison]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Lee Mulhern]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Gráinne Mulvey]] – composer
* [[Samantha Mumba]] – singer, actress
* [[Mundy]] – singer-songwriter
* [[John Murphy (fiddle player)|John Murphy]] – fiddle player
* [[Róisín Murphy]] – singer
* [[Ruby Murray]] – singer
* [[Máiréad Nesbitt]] – fiddler
* [[Méav Ní Mhaolchatha]] – singer
* [[Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh]] – musician
* [[Eithne Ní Uallacháin]] – singer
* [[Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin]] – singer
* [[John O'Callaghan (musician)|John O’Callaghan]] – musician
* [[Fintan O'Carroll]] - composer
* [[Turlough Carolan|Turlough O'Carolan]] – 17th/18th-century harper and composer
* [[Colm Ó Cíosóig]] – musician, drummer of [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]]
* [[Maura O'Connell]] – singer
* [[Máirtín O'Connor]] – accordionist
* [[Sinéad O'Connor]] – singer
* [[Daniel O'Donnell (singer)|Daniel O'Donnell]] – country-and-western singer
* [[Danny O'Donoghue]] – lead singer of The Script 
* [[Robert O'Dwyer]] – composer
* [[Liam O'Flynn]] – uilleann piper
* [[Kane O'Hara]] – composer
* [[Mary O'Hara]] – harpist/singer
* [[Mícheál Ó hEidhin]] – musician
* [[Arthur O'Leary (composer)|Arthur O'Leary]] – composer
* [[Jane O'Leary]] – composer and pianist
* [[Damian O'Neill]] – lead guitarist of [[The Undertones]]
* [[John O'Neill (guitarist)|John O'Neill]] – guitarist of The Undertones; writer of [[Teenage Kicks]]
* [[Seán Ó Riada]] – composer and musician
* [[Annmarie O'Riordan]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Dolores O'Riordan]] – singer-songwriter, guitarist
* [[George Alexander Osborne]] – composer
* [[Gilbert O'Sullivan]] – pop singer-songwriter, pianist
* [[Una Palliser]] – violinist, violist, singer
* [[Geoffrey Molyneux Palmer]] – composer
* [[Luan Parle]] – singer-songwriter, musician
* [[Tommy Peoples]] – fiddler
* [[Brendan Phelan]] – songwriter
* [[A. J. Potter]] – composer

==== Music – Q to Z ====
* [[Carmel Quinn]] – singer
* [[Paddy Reilly]] – singer/guitarist
* [[Damien Rice]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Thomas Roseingrave]] – composer
* [[Leo Rowsome]] – uilleann piper
* [[Derek Ryan (singer)|Derek Ryan]] – singer
* [[Frank Ryan (tenor)|Frank Ryan]] – [[tenor]]
* [[Dana Rosemary Scallon]] – [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]]-singer turned politician
* [[Sharon Shannon]] – traditional musician
* [[Feargal Sharkey]] – lead singer of [[The Undertones]]
* [[John Sheahan]] – fiddler
* [[Mark Sheehan]] – guitarist of The Script
* [[Kevin Shields]] – musician, vocalist and guitarist of [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]]
* [[Chris Singleton (musician)|Chris Singleton]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Donal Skehan]] – singer
* [[Carly Smithson]] – singer
* [[Charles Villiers Stanford]] – composer
* [[Robert Prescott Stewart]] – composer and organist
* [[Bambie Thug]] – singer
* [[Patsy Touhey]] – piper
* [[Joan Trimble]] – composer and pianist
* [[Paddy Tunney]] – singer
* [[VerseChorusVerse]] – musician and singer-songwriter, pseudonym of Tony Wright
* [[Gerard Victory]] – composer
* [[Kevin Volans]] – composer
* [[William Vincent Wallace]] – composer
* [[Jennifer Walshe]] – composer and performer
* [[Patsy Watchorn]] – musician
* [[Liam Weldon]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Bill Whelan]] – composer
* [[Andy White (singer-songwriter)|Andy White]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Colm Wilkinson]] – singer
* [[Ian Wilson (composer)|Ian Wilson]] – composer
* [[James Wilson (composer)|James Wilson]] – composer
* [[Charles Wood (composer)|Charles Wood]] – composer
* [[Terry Woods]] – musician
* [[Richard Woodward (organist)|Richard Woodward]] – composer and organist
* [[Finbar Wright]] – singer-songwriter

=== Dance ===
* [[Breandán de Gallaí]] – Irish dancer
* [[Joanne Doyle]] – Irish dancer
* [[Monica Loughman]] – ballet
* [[Tristan MacManus]] – ballroom and Latin dancer, ''[[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 13)|Dancing with the Stars]]'', US season 13
* [[Lola Montez]] (Eliza Gilbert) – dancer, courtesan
* Dame [[Ninette de Valois]] – ballet
* [[Bill Whelan]] – [[composer]]

=== Writing ===
{{main list|List of Irish novelists}}

==== Writing – A to C ====

* [[Cecelia Ahern]] 
* [[William Allingham]] – poet
* [[John Banville]] – novelist
* [[George Barrington]]
* [[Sebastian Barry]] – novelist
* [[Samuel Beckett]]<ref name="TheGuardian">{{cite news |title=The Top 100 Books of All Time |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/may/08/books.booksnews |access-date=27 March 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=8 May 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=Harold |title=The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages |date=1994 |publisher=Harcourt Brace & Company |location=NY/San Diego/London |isbn=978-1-57322-514-4 |pages=493–514 |chapter=Beckett…Joyce…Proust…Shakespeare}}</ref>  – novelist, playwright, theatre director, poet, author of ''[[Waiting for Godot]]''  and [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]]
* [[Brendan Behan]] – playwright, novelist
* [[Maeve Binchy]] – novelist
* [[Dermot Bolger]] – novelist
* [[Patrick Brontë]] – poet
* [[Stephen Brown (author)|Stephen Brown]] – writer, bibliographer
* [[J. B. Bury]] – historian
* [[William Carleton]] – novelist
* [[Austin Clarke (poet)|Austin Clarke]]
* [[Josephine Fitzgerald Clarke]] – author
* [[Brian Cleeve]] – author
* [[Brian Coffey]] – poet
* [[Eoin Colfer]] – author
* [[Laura Angela Collins]] – author 
* [[Frederick William Conway]] – editor and journalist
* [[Eoghan Corry]] – journalist and author
* Sister [[Margaret Anna Cusack]] – the "Nun of Kenmare", patriot and controversialist

==== Writing – D to K ====
* [[Thomas Davis (Young Irelander)|Thomas Osborne Davis]] – writer, poet
* [[Seamus Deane]] – [[Aosdána]]
* [[Patrick Deeley]] – poet
* [[Eamon Delaney]]
* [[Frank Delaney]]
* [[Greg Delanty]] – poet
* [[Denis Devlin]] – poet
* [[Roddy Doyle]] – novelist
* [[Margaretta Eagar]] – [[memoir]]ist
* [[Garth Ennis]] – comic writer
* Sir [[Samuel Ferguson]] – poet
* [[Roderick Flanagan]] – historian
* [[Philip Flattisbury]] – compiler
* [[Brian Friel]] – playwright, Aosdána
* [[Oliver St. John Gogarty]]
* [[Oliver Goldsmith]] – [[novelist]] and [[dramatist]]
* [[Augusta, Lady Gregory]] – playwright and founder of the [[Abbey Theatre]]
* [[Hugo Hamilton (writer)|Hugo Hamilton]] – author
* [[Dermot Healy]] – Aosdána
* [[Randolph Healy]] – poet
* [[Seamus Heaney]]<ref name="Bloom1">{{cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=Harold |title=The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages |date=1994 |publisher=Harcourt Brace & Company |location=NY/San Diego/London |isbn=978-1-57322-514-4 |page=555}}</ref> – [[Saoi]] of Aosdána, Poet and [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]]
* [[Aidan Higgins]] – Aosdána
* [[Anthony Holten]] – author
* [[Pat Ingoldsby]] – poet, playwright, television performer
* [[Jennifer Johnston (novelist)|Jennifer Johnston]] – Aosdána
* [[Neil Jordan]] – author, film director, Aosdána
* [[James Joyce]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=Harold |title=The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages |date=1994 |publisher=Harcourt Brace & Company |location=NY/San Diego/London |isbn=978-1-57322-514-4 |pages=413–432 |chapter=Joyce’s Agon with Shakespeare}}</ref> – novelist, author of ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]''<ref name="TheGuardian" />
* [[Trevor Joyce]] – poet
* [[Herminie Templeton Kavanagh]] – author
* [[Patrick Kavanagh]] – poet
* [[John B. Keane]] – playwright, novelist and essayist 
* [[Benedict Kiely]] – [[Saoi]] of [[Aosdána]]
* [[Caitlín R. Kiernan]] – American novelist and paleontologist
* [[Anatoly Kudryavitsky]] – poet

==== Writing – L to P ====
* [[Derek Landy]] – ''[[Skulduggery Pleasant]]'' series
* [[Mary Lavin]] – Saoi of Aosdána
* [[Sheridan Le Fanu|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu]] – gothic novelist
* [[Francis Ledwidge]] – poet
* [[C. S. Lewis]] – author of the ''Chronicles of Narnia''
* [[Michael Longley]] – Aosdána
* [[Seosamh Mac Grianna]] – Gaelic author
* [[Oliver MacDonagh]] – historian
* [[Walter Macken]] – novelist
* [[James Clarence Mangan]] – poet
* [[Malachi Martin]] – horror writer
* [[Edward Martyn]] – playwright, art patron and political activist
* [[Frank McCourt]] – writer
* [[Martin McDonagh]] – playwright
* [[Hugh McFadden (poet)|Hugh McFadden]] – poet and critic
* [[John McGahern]] – novelist, [[Aosdána]]
* [[Lisa McGee]] – playwright, screenwriter, creator of ''[[Derry Girls]]''
* [[Frank McGuinness]] – Aosdána
* [[Paula Meehan]] – poet
* [[John Montague (poet)|John Montague]] – poet
* [[Thomas Moore]] – poet
* [[Paul Muldoon]] – poet
* [[Richard Murphy (poet)|Richard Murphy]] – poet, Aosdána
* [[Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill]] – poet
* [[Christopher Nolan (author)|Christopher Nolan]] – poet, Aosdána
* [[Edna O'Brien]]<ref name="Bloom1" /> – [[novelist]], Aosdána
* [[Seán O'Casey]]<ref name="Bloom2">{{cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=Harold |title=The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages |date=1994 |publisher=Harcourt Brace & Company |location=NY/San Diego/London |isbn=978-1-57322-514-4 |page=553}}</ref> – playwright
* [[Frank O'Connor]] – short story writer
* [[Ulick O'Connor]] – Aosdána
* [[P.G. O'Dea]] – playwright
* [[Máirtín Ó Direáin]] – Irish-language poet, Aosdána
* [[Peadar O'Donnell]] – novelist, autobiographer and revolutionary
* [[Harry O'Donovan]] – scriptwriter
* [[Dennis O'Driscoll]] – poet
* [[Seán Ó Faoláin]] – [[Saoi]] of Aosdána
* [[Liam O'Flaherty]] – novelist, short story writer
* [[Finghin O Mathghamhna]] – medieval translator and scribe 
* [[Brian O'Nolan]] (aka Myles na gCopaleen – Flann O'Brien)<ref name="Bloom1" /> – novelist, columnist
* [[Philip O'Sullivan Beare]] – writer, historian
* [[James Plunkett]] – [[Aosdána]]
* [[Katherine Purdon]] – Irish writer

==== Writing – R to Z ====
* [[Sally Rooney]] – novelist, screenwriter 
* [[Gabriel Rosenstock]] – poet
* [[George William Russell]] –  writer and critic
* [[Michael Scott (Irish author)|Michael Scott]] – novelist, screenwriter, folklorist, author of ''[[The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel]]''
* [[Maurice Scully]] – poet
* [[Darren Shan]] – novelist, author of ''[[The Saga of Darren Shan]]''
* [[George Bernard Shaw]]<ref name="Bloom2" />  – novelist, playwright, author of ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'' and [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]]
* [[John D. Sheridan]] – short story writer and humorist
* [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan]] – playwright
* [[James Simmons (poet)|James Simmons]] – poet
* [[Michael Smith (poet)|Michael Smith]] – poet
* [[Paul Smith (Irish writer)|Paul Smith]] – novelist, playwright
* [[Annie M. P. Smithson]] – novelist
* [[Geoffrey Squires]] – poet
* [[Laurence Sterne]]<ref name="Bloom3">{{cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=Harold |title=The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages |date=1994 |publisher=Harcourt Brace & Company |location=NY/San Diego/London |isbn=978-1-57322-514-4 |pages=537–538}}</ref>  – novelist, author of ''[[Tristram Shandy]]''<ref name="TheGuardian" />
* [[Bram Stoker]]<ref name="Bloom4">{{cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=Harold |title=The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages |date=1994 |publisher=Harcourt Brace & Company |location=NY/San Diego/London |isbn=978-1-57322-514-4 |page=544}}</ref> – author of ''[[Dracula]]''
* [[Francis Stuart]] – [[Saoi]] of [[Aosdána]]
* [[Jonathan Swift]]<ref name="Bloom3" /> – Dean of [[St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin|St Patrick's Cathedral]], [[Dublin]], novelist and [[satirist]], author of ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]''<ref name="TheGuardian" />
* [[John Millington Synge]]<ref name="Bloom2" /> – [[dramatist]]
* [[William Trevor]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wood |first1=James |title=The best books since 1945 |work=The Guardian |date=7 October 1994 |pages=29–30}}</ref> – writer, Aosdána
* [[William Wall (writer)|William Wall]] – novelist, poet
* [[Oscar Wilde]]<ref name="Bloom4" />  – novelist, poet, satirist, author of ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray]]''
* [[Macdara Woods]] – poet
* [[Maev-Ann Wren]] – writer
* [[William Butler Yeats]]<ref name="Bloom2" /> – poet, playwright and [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]]