List of Irish women writers

A

• Mary Jane Adams, Irish-American poet
• Cecil Frances Alexander, Anglo-Irish hymn writer and poet
• Eleanor Jane Alexander, poet and novelist
• Deborah Alcock, historical novelist, memoirist
• Cecelia Ahern, novelist, short story writer
• Liz Allen, investigative journalist, best selling novelist
• Colette Nic Aodha, poet
• Geraldine Aron, playwright
• Mary Arrigan, illustrator, artist and novelist
• Sarah Atkinson, biographer, essayist, philanthropist

  B

• Mary Barber, successful poet, author of Poems on several occasions
• Leland Bardwell, poet, novelist, playwright
• Alex Barclay, pseudonym of Yve Williams,, journalist and crime writer
• Jane Barlow, poet, novelist
• Margaret Barrington, short story writer, essayist
• Samantha Barry, journalist, editor
• Eileen Battersby, literary critic
• Henrietta Battier, poet, satirist, actress
• Sara Baume, novelist
• Annie O'Meara de Vic Beamish,, novelist, playwright, translator
• Louisa Beaufort, antiquarian, writer and artist
• Emily Elizabeth Shaw Beavan,, poet
• Mary Beckett, playwright for radio, short story writer, children's writer
• Louie Bennett, suffragette, journalist and novelist
• Tara Bergin, poet
• Sara Berkeley, poet
• Maeve Binchy, novelist, playwright, short story writer, columnist
• E. Owens Blackburne, pen name writer and novelist, Elizabeth Casey
• Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington, novelist, essayist, letter writer
• Gertrude Elizabeth Blood, journalist, writer, playwright and editor
• Eavan Boland, poet, non-fiction writer
• Angela Bourke, writer, historian, interested in folklore
• Eva Bourke, German-born Irish poet since c.1985
• Elizabeth Bowen, novelist, short story writer, author of Eva Trout
• Sarah Bowie, Irish illustrator and writer
• Clare Boylan, journalist, critic, novelist, short story writer
• Hilary Boyle, journalist, broadcaster, and activist
• Maeve Brennan, short story writer, journalist, from 1934 in the United States
• Sarah Rees Brennan, young adult novelist
• Máire Bradshaw, poet and publisher
• Teresa Brayton, poet, contributed to American newspapers
• Charlotte Brooke, writer, translator of Irish-language poetry
• Mary Brück, astronomer, science historian
• Catherine Dorothea Burdett, novelist
• Patricia Burke Brogan, playwright and poet
• Charlotte Brooke, poet, author of Reliques of Irish Poetry
• Mary Bonaventure Browne, nun, abbess, historian
• Frances Browne, poet, novelist, children's writer
• Colette Bryce, poet
• Ann Buckley, musicologist, non-fiction writer
• Selina Bunbury, prolific novelist
• Anne Burke, was an Irish novelist in the Gothic genre
• Patricia Burke Brogan, playwright, novelist, poet, artist
• Catherine Byron, poet

  C

• Margaret Callan, teacher, nationalist, writer, used the pseudonym Thornton MacMahon
• Caitilin Dubh, early poet, wrote elegies
• Moya Cannon, poet, journal editor
• Ethna Carbery, poet, journalist, short story writer
• Amy Carmichael, missionary, many works on her work in India
• Orlaith Carmody, businesswoman, writer and news reporter
• Marina Carr, playwright
• Austin Carroll, nun and writer, emigrated to United States
• Claudia Carroll, best-selling author
• Anne-Marie Casey, screenwriter, novelist
• Agnes Castle, novelist, playwright and short story writer
• Anne Chambers, since 2007, novelist, screenwriter, biographer
• Maureen Charlton, playwright, poet and broadcaster
• Anna Maria Chetwode, novelist
• Lana Citron writer
• Josephine Fitzgerald Clarke, Irish romance novelist
• Maude Clarke, historian
• Agnes Mary Clerke, astronomer, writer
• Eliza Dorothea Cobbe, Lady Tuite, poet and children's writer
• Frances Power Cobbe, writer and suffragist
• Patricia Cockburn, journalist and artist
• Mary Colum, literary critic, memoirist
• Helena Concannon, historian, non-fiction writer, politician
• Evelyn Conlon, novelist, short story writer
• Marita Conlon-McKenna, children's writer, author of Under the Hawthorn Tree
• Susan E. Connolly, fiction and non fiction writer
• June Considine, children's writer and novelist
• Dorothea Conyers, romantic novelist
• Melosina Lenox-Conyngham, columnist and writer
• Roz Cowman, poet
• Mary Costello, short story writer, novelist
• Ethna Byrne-Costigan writer and academic
• Emily Crawford, journalist
• Mabel Sharman Crawford, an Irish adventurer, feminist and writer
• Isabella Valancy Crawford, Irish-born Canadian poet, short story writer, novelist
• Máirín Cregan, nationalist and writer
• Elizabeth Christitch Irish journalist, writer, poet, translator and Serbian patriot
• Bithia Mary Croker, novelist
• May Crommelin, novelist, travel writer
• Sarah Crossan, young adult writer
• Julia Crottie, novelist and short story writer
• Catherine Ann Cullen, Irish poet
• Majella Cullinane, novelist, poet, now in New Zealand
• Geraldine Cummins, spiritualist, novelist and playwright
• Judi Curtin, Irish children's writer
• Margaret Anna Cusack, nun, novelist, biographer, non-fiction writer, poet
• Sidney Czira, journalist, broadcaster, writer and revolutionary

  D

• Emma Dabiri author, academic, and broadcaster
• Ita Daly novelist and short story writer
• Mary E. Daly, historian
• Mildred Darby, novelist
• Ailbhe Darcy, poet
• Suzanne R. Day, feminist, playwright and novelist
• Mildred Darby Gothic novelist and owner of Leap Castle
• Annabel Davis-Goff, memoirist, novelist, reviewer, now in the United States
• Mary Davys, novelist, playwright, author of The Reform'd Coquet
• Suzanne R. Day, feminist, novelist and playwright
• Alice Dease, novelist
• Charlotte Dease, prayer collector and writer
• Denise Deegan, screenwriter and young adult writer
• Teresa Deevy, playwright, short story writer, also wrote for radio
• Martina Devlin, award-winning columnist and best selling novelist
• Polly Devlin, novelist, short story writer, broadcaster
• Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, novelist, short story writer, children's writer, playwright, writes in Irish and English
• Máirín Diamond, poet
• Eilís Dillon, children's writer, historical novelist, wrote in Irish and English
• Lady Margaret Domville, Irish aristocrat and a writer
• Emma Donoghue, playwright, historian, novelist, now living in Canada, author of Room
• Aoife Dooley, writer, illustrator and graphic designer
• Mary Dorcey, short story writer, poet, novelist
• Ellen Mary Patrick Downing, poet
• Mary Downing, poet and nationalist
• Catharine Drew, journalist
• Nora Dryhurst, nationalist and writer
• Dorothea Du Bois, musical entertainment writer
• Ruth Dudley Edwards, crime fiction novelist, journalist, broadcaster
• Bella Duffy,, writer and translator

  E

• Charlotte O'Conor Eccles, novelist, short story writer, columnist
• Frances Anne Edgeworth, memoirist, botanical artist
• Maria Edgeworth, novelist, children's writer, author of The Purple Jar
• George Egerton, pen name of Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright, short story writer, novelist, playwright, translator
• Olivia Elder, poet
• Marianne Elliott, historian
• Anne Enright, essayist, short story writer, novelist, non-fiction writer
• Erminda Rentoul Esler, novelist, short story writer
• Elsa d'Esterre-Keeling, novelist

  F

• Elaine Feeney, poet
• Eleanor Ffrench, poet
• Mrs. E. M. Field, children and historical
• N. P. Figgis, archaeologist and author
• Sarah Mary Fitton, writer interested in botany
• Barbara Fitzgerald, novelist
• Kitty Fitzgerald, writer, poet, playwright
• Theodora FitzGibbon, cookbook writer, novelist, actress
• Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, novelist, children's writer, illustrator
• Patricia Forde, children's writer
• Anne Marie Forrest, widely translated novelist
• Ellen Forrester, nationalist and poet
• Lydia Mary Foster, writer and novelist
• Lorraine Francis, children's writer
• M. E. Francis, novelist
• Celia de Fréine, poet, playwright, screenwriter, librettist, writing in Irish and English
• Katy French, model, television personality, columnist
• Tana French, novelist, actress, author of In the Woods
• Sarah Mary Fitton, botanist, non-fiction writer, children's writer
• Anne Fuller, novelist in the Gothic genre
• Alice Furlong, poet, feminist, wrote in English and Irish

  G

• Gertrude Gaffney, journalist
• Maureen Gaffney, psychologist, non-fiction writer
• Margaret Gallagher, writer specializing in gender and media
• Miriam Gallagher, plays, scripts, books, stories
• Ruth Gilligan, best selling novelist
• Dr. Maude Glasgow, early pioneer in public health and preventative medicine as well as an activist for equal rights.
• Lady Blanche Girouard, writer
• Eva Gore-Booth, poet, playwright, feminist
• Clotilde Graves, novelist and playwright
• Ida Margaret Graves Poore, writer and poet
• Áine Greaney, writer and editor
• Alice Stopford Green, historian and nationalist
• Sarah Green, Irish-English novelist
• Augusta, Lady Gregory, playwright, folk story writer, poet, memoirist, travelled widely
• Frances Greville, poet, social celebrity
• Constantia Grierson, editor, poet, classical scholar
• Sarah Maria Griffin, Irish writer and poet
• Elizabeth Griffith, playwright, novelist, essayist, translator
• Beatrice Grimshaw, novelist, travel writer
• Vona Groarke, poet
• Isabel Grubb, historian
• Veronica Guerin, journalist
• Althea Gyles, poet, artist

  H

• Anna Maria Hall, playwright, novelist, short story writerist
• C. J. Hamilton, novelist and journalist
• Marianne-Caroline Hamilton, artist and memoirist
• Emma Hannigan, novelist, memoirist
• Kerry Hardie, poet and novelist
• Elizabeth Hardy, novelist
• Nancy Harris, successful playwright since c. 2012
• Anne Le Marquand Hartigan, poet, playwright, painter
• Johanna Harwood, screenwriter
• Anne Haverty, novelist and poet
• Mary Hayden, historian, Irish-language and women's rights activist
• Annie French Hector, 'Mrs. Alexander', popular novelist
• Barbara Hemphill, novelist
• Claire Hennessy, young adult novelist
• Dorothea Herbert, diarist, poet
• Marie Herbert, adventurer and author
• Sarah Herbert, Irish-Nova Scotian author, publisher and educator
• Jane Emily Herbert, acclaimed poet
• Emily Henrietta Hickey, poet, writer on religion, translator
• Elizabeth Hickey, historian
• Mary Agnes Hickson, historian
• F. E. Higgins, pen name of Fiona Higgins, novelist since 2007
• Rita Ann Higgins, poet, playwright
• Pamela Hinkson, novelist
• Mary Hobhouse, poet, novelist
• Mary Anne Holmes, poet
• Norah Hoult, novelist and short story writer
• Caoilinn Hughes, novelist, short story writer
• Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, popular novelist, short story writer
• Arlene Hunt, crime fiction novelist

  J

• Rosamund Jacob, diarist, novelist
• Anna Brownell Jameson, Irish-born British non-fiction writer, essayist
• Biddy Jenkinson, Irish-language poet, short story writer and dramatist
• Rosemary Jenkinson, poet, playwright and short story writer
• Jennifer Johnston, novelist, author of How Many Miles to Babylon?
• Lauren-Shannon Jones, is a horror playwright and performer
• Kate Jordan, Irish-American novelist and playwright
• Ann Henning Jocelyn, writer, playwright and translator

  K

• Julia Kavanagh, children's writer, novelist, stories mainly based in France
• Rose Kavanagh, newspaper editor, columnist, poet
• Úna-Minh Kavanagh, journalist, travel writer
• Anna Kelly, journalist and the first women's page editor in Ireland
• Molly Keane, novelist and playwright
• Cathy Kelly, journalist, widely translated women's fiction novelist
• Maeve Kelly, novelist, short story writer, poet
• Mary Eva Kelly, poet, emigrated to Australia
• Rita Kelly, poet, writing in Irish and English
• Mary Olivia Kennedy, journalst
• Marian Keyes, successful novelist, non-fiction writer, works widely translated
• Molly Keane, novelist, playwright
• Celine Kiernan, young adult novelist, children's writer
• Carla King, historian
• Margaret King, children's writer, non-fiction works
• Elaine Kinsella, radio dramatist
• Olivia Knight, poet, essayist, columnist, from 1860 in to Australia
• Kathleen Knox, Irish author and poet who used the pen name Edward Kane in later life

  L

• May Laffan, novelist
• Margaret Rebecca Lahee, Irish Lancashire dialect writer from the 19th century
• Caitriona Lally, novelist
• Elish Lamont, artist, writer and poet
• Lathóg of Tír Chonaill, poet
• Rosamond Langbridge, novelist, playwright, poet
• Maura Laverty, novelist, short story writer, journalist, broadcaster
• Mary Lavin, pioneering novelist, short story writer
• Emily Lawless, novelist, poet, biographer, historian
• Alice Lawrenson, gardener
• Sybil le Brocquy, playwright and conservationist
• Mary Leadbeater, poet, short story writer, biographer, letter writer
• Ada Leask, historian
• Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu, playwright, published only one play: The Sons of Erin; Or, Modern Sentiment
• Sarah Leech, poet
• Alicia LeFanu, poet, novelist
• Elizabeth Emmet Lenox-Conyngham, poet
• Mae Leonard poet, broadcaster, short story writer
• Mary Isabel Leslie, known as Temple Lane, novelist
• Sybil le Brocquy
• June Levine, journalist, novelist, feminist writer
• Liadain, poet
• J.S. Anna Liddiard, romantic poet
• Ruth Frances Long, novelist, young adult writer
• Hannah Lynch, Irish novelist, journalist and translator
• Patricia Lynch, children's writer, journalist, short story writer
• Philomena Lynott, memoirist
• Genevieve Lyons, actress, novelist, educator

  M

• Catherine Maberly Irish writer
• Aifric Mac Aodha, poet
• Dorothy Macardle, novelist, playwright, historian
• Bridget G. MacCarthy, literary historian
• Ethna MacCarthy, poet
• Mary Stanislaus MacCarthy, nun, poet
• Doireann MacDermott, translator, philologist, non-fiction writer
• Marisa Mackle, novelist
• Eleanor MacMahon, romance novelist
• Kathleen MacMahon, journalist and novelist
• Charlotte Elizabeth MacManus, novelist
• Máire MacNeill, journalist, folklorist, translator
• Catherine Mary MacSorley, children's writer for girls, religious works
• Marie MacSweeney, poet, shortstories
• Máire MacSwiney Brugha, activist and writer
• Audrey Magee, novelist
• Bríd Mahon, novelist and folklorist
• Catherine Gray, Lady Manners, poet
• Mary Manning, novelist, playwright and film critic
• Alicia Catherine Mant, children's writer
• Harriet Evans Martin, Anglo-Irish novelist, non-fiction writer
• Harriet Letitia Martin, novelist
• Mary Letitia Martin, novelist
• Violet Florence Martin, novelist, co-authored works with Edith Somerville
• Mary Mathew, diarist
• Caitlín Maude, poet, teacher, actress, singer, wrote in Irish
• Constantia Maxwell, historian
• Joan McBreen, poet
• Eimear McBride, novelist, author of A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
• Kate McCabe, novelist
• Felicity McCall, journalist, playwright since c.2004
• Nell McCafferty, journalist, playwright, feminist
• Justine McCarthy, journalist
• Mary McCarthy, successful novelist
• Letitia McClintock, writer and folklorist
• Jenny McCudden, since c.2010, journalist, short story writer, poet
• Mary McDermott, poet
• Mary McDonagh, poet
• Rosaleen McDonagh, activist and playwright
• Medbh McGuckian, Northern-Irish poet, literary writer
• Maura McHugh, writer of horror novels, plays, comic books and short stories
• Lisa McInerney, novelist, short story writer, blogger
• Pauline McLynn, actress, novelist
• Liz McManus, politician, novelist
• Janet McNeill, novelist, playwright and children's writer
• Anna McPartlin, novelist
• Dervla McTiernan, crime novelist
• L. T. Meade, pen name of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith, prolific young adult and children's writer, mainly for girls, wrote over 300 books
• Norah Meade, journalist
• Roisin Meaney, Irish novelist
• A. Garland Mears, novelist
• Paula Meehan, poet, playwright
• Máighréad Medbh, poet
• A. L. Mentxaka, playwright, critic, educator
• Máire Mhac an tSaoi, acclaimed Irish-language scholar, poet, translator
• Betty Miller, novelist, non-fiction writer, biographer, columnist
• Alice Milligan, acclaimed poet
• Anna Millikin Gothic novelist
• Lia Mills, novelist, short story writer
• Susan L. Mitchell, poet, known for her satirical verse
• Dorothy Molloy, poet, journalist and artist
• Frances Molloy, novelist
• Mary Monck, poet
• Sydney, Lady Morgan, poet, novelist, author of The Wild Irish Girl
• Sinead Moriarty, novelist
• Sinéad Morrissey, poet
• Kathleen Mulchrone, Irish Celtic scholar, writer
• Rosa Mulholland, prolific novelist, poet, playwright, biographer
• Val Mulkerns ), novelist, journalist, columnist, broadcaster
• Shelia Mulloy, historian
• Margaret Mulvihill, novelist and non-fiction writer
• Iris Murdoch, Irish-born successful British novelist, philosopher, author of Under the Net
• Agnes G. Murphy, Irish journalist and writer
• C.E. Murphy, American-born writer living in Ireland, writing using Irish mythology
• Dervla Murphy, touring cyclist, travel writer
• Elaine Murphy, playwright since c. 2008
• Kathleen M. Murphy, poet
• Maura Murphy, autobiographer
• Nora J Murray, poet, short story writer, school teacher

  N

• Angela Nagle, non-fiction writer
• Mary Nash, historian
• Kate Newmann, poet and small press founder
• Cláir Ní Aonghusa, novelist, poet
• Eibhlín Ní Bhriain, Irish-language journalist
• Síle Ní Chéileachair, Irish-language short story writer
• Dairena Ní Chinnéide, poet and short story writer
• Caitríona Ní Chléirchín, poet
• Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, poet, lament in Irish
• Nuala Ní Chonchúir, novelist, poet
• Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, poet, non-fiction writer
• Annemarie Ní Churreáin, poet
• Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, poet, writing in Irish
• Máire Ní Dhonnchadha Dhuibh, poet
• Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, novelist and short story writer in Irish and English
• Ciara Ní É bilingual Irish poet, writer and television presenter
• Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, poet, writing in Irish
• Áine Ní Ghlinn, poet, children's writer, writing in Irish
• Máiréad Ní Ghráda, poet, playwright, broadcaster
• Doireann Ní Ghríofa, poet writing in Irish and English
• Sorcha Ní Ghuairim, columnist, newspaper editor, teacher
• Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire, poet in the oral tradition
• Bríd Ní Mhóráin, poet
• Ailís Ní Ríain, composer and playwright
• Siobhán Ní Shúilleabháin, dramatist, novelist and children's writer
• Colette Nic Aodha, Irish-language poet
• Nuala Níc Con Iomaire, playwright
• Sister Nivedita, nun, essayist, non-fiction writer especially on India
• Ellen Kyle Noel, Irish writer who published a number of novels through journals and serialization
• Liz Nugent, novelist

  O

• Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh, historian
• Kathy O'Beirne, non-fiction writer
• Kathleen O'Brennan, activist, journalist and playwright
• Lily O'Brennan, writer and playwright
• Charlotte Grace O'Brien, novelist, essayist, non-fiction writer and nationalist
• Edna O'Brien, acclaimed novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet, short story writer
• Frances O'Brien, poet and novelist
• Kate O'Brien, novelist, playwright, travel writer
• Mary O'Brien , poet and playwright
• Helen O'Clery, children's writer
• Ellen Bridget O'Connell, poet
• Gemma O'Connor, novelist, short story writer
• Niamh O'Connor, journalist, novelist
• Mary Barry O'Delaney, journalist and nationalist
• Mary O'Donnell, novelist, poet, short story writer
• Mary O'Donoghue, novelist, poet, translator
• Mary Jane O'Donovan Rossa, poet and political activist
• Julia O'Faolain, novelist, short story writer, emigrated to the United States
• Nuala O'Faolain, best selling novelist, journalist, television producer, critic, memoirist
• Ursula O'Farrell, non-fiction writer on counseling
• Sheila O'Hagan, poet since 1984
• Adelaide O'Keeffe, poet and novelist
• Nessa O'Mahony, poet
• Mary O'Malley, poet
• Kathleen O'Meara, journalist, novelist, biographer
• Louise O'Neill, novelist, young adult writer
• Mary Devenport O'Neill, modernist poet, playwright
• Geraldine O'Neill, historical novelist
• Moira O'Neill, pen name of Agnes Shakespeare Higginson, popular Irish-Canadian poet
• Caitriona O'Reilly, poet, critic
• Emily O'Reilly, journalist, non-fiction writer, ombudsman
• Pat O'Shea, children's writer
• Leanne O'Sullivan, poet
• Maureen Donovan O'Sullivan, educator, journal editor, historian
• Suzanne O'Sullivan, non-fiction writer
• Jane Ohlmeyer, historian
• Adela Orpen, essay writer and novelist
• Annette Jocelyn Otway-Ruthven, historian and early female academic
• Olivia Owenson, Lady Clarke, poet and dramatist

  P

• Siobhán Parkinson, children's writer, novelist, non-fiction writer, translator, writes in English and Irish
• Fanny Parnell, poet, known as the Patriot Poet
• Julie Parsons, novelist
• Mrs F. C. Patrick, 18th-century Gothic novelist
• Mabel Cosgrove Wodehouse Pearse, novelist
• Margaret Pender, Irish writer and poet
• Ethel Penrose, Irish children's writer
• Amelia Perrier, Irish novelist and travel writer
• Alice Perry, poet, feminist and early engineering graduate
• Daphne Pochin Mould, 20th-century historian, pilot, broadcaster and writer
• Madeleine A. Polland, children's author
• Nannie Lambert Power O'Donoghue,, poet, journalist, novelist, social activist
• Mabel Cosgrove Wodehouse Pearse, novelist
• Nicola Pierce, Irish writer and ghost writer
• Laetitia Pilkington, poet, memoirist
• Louisa Lilias Plunket Greene, children's writer
• Máire Wyse Power, Irish Celtic scholar
• Stefanie Preissner, dramatist, screenwriter, actress
• Deirdre Purcell, journalist, novelist, non-fiction writer, actress
• Katherine Purdon, writer

  Q

• Marjorie Quarton, children's writer, novelist

  R

• Sophie Raffalovich, Irish nationalist and writer
• Orlaith Rafter, actress and playwright
• Mary Raftery, investigative journalist, filmmaker and writer
• Elizabeth Reapy, editor, novelist
• Nell Regan, poet and non-fiction writer
• Christina Reid, playwright
• Lorna Reynolds, writer, editor and academic
• Grace Rhys, novelist, essayist, poet, children's writer
• Jessie Louisa Rickard, popular novelist
• Charlotte Riddell, influential novelist, short story writer, journal editor
• Lucinda Riley, novelist, actress
• Nesca Robb, poet, non-fiction writer
• Anne Isabella Robertson, writer and suffragist
• Regina Maria Roche, popular novelist, author of The Children of the Abbey
• Sally Rooney, novelist
• Amanda McKittrick Ros, novelist, poet
• Orna Ross, novelist, literary agent
• Rosemarie Rowley, poet
• Margot Ruddock, actress, poet
• Meda Ryan, historian
• Roma Ryan, since 1982, poet, lyricist
• Elizabeth Ryves, poet, playwright, novelist, journalist, translator

  S

• Mary Anne Sadlier, Irish-Canadian novelist, short story writer
• Blanaid Salkeld, poet, playwright, actress, salonist
• Virginia Sandars, author
• Patricia Scanlan, novelist
• Eileen Shanahan, poet
• Elizabeth Shane, poet
• Elizabeth Shaw, artist, illustrator and children's writer
• Mabel Sharman Crawford, feminist, travel writer
• Nessa Ní Shéaghda, Irish Celtic Studies scholar
• Eileen Sheehan, poet, teacher
• Helena Sheehan, philosopher, historian and non-fiction writer
• Betsy Sheridan, diarist
• Frances Sheridan, novelist, playwright
• Dora Sigerson Shorter, poet, sculptor
• Hester Sigerson Piatt, poet and journalist
• Rhoda Cosgrave Sivell, poet
• Niamh Sharkey author and illustrator of children’s picturebooks
• Sharon Slater, historian
• Doris E. Smith, romantic novelist
• Annie M. P. Smithson, novelist and poet
• Cherry Smyth, academic, poet, writer and art critic
• Ciara Elizabeth Smyth, playwright
• Edith Somerville, novelist in collaboration with her cousin Violet Florence Martin
• Eithne Strong, writer and poet, Irish and English languages
• Deirdre Sullivan, Irish children's writer and poet
• Elinor Sweetman, poet

  T

• Jemima von Tautphoeus, novelist, focus on Bavaria
• Alice Taylor, novelist, memoirist, poet and children's writer
• Katherine Thurston, novelist, author of The Masquerader
• Mary Tighe, poet
• Melesina Trench, diarist, letter writer, essayist, poet
• Una Troy, novelist, playwright
• Eliza Dorothea Cobbe, Lady Tuite, author and poet
• Lizzie Twigg, poet
• Katharine Tynan, novelist, poet, biographer

  V

• Noelle Vial, poet
• Ethel Lilian Voynich, novelist, author of the successful The Gadfly
• Moira Verschoyle

  W

• Helen Waddell, poet, translator, playwright
• Maureen Wall, historian
• Catherine Walsh, poet
• Dolores Walshe, short story writer, novelist and playwright
• Elizabeth Hely Walshe, writer
• Maria Webb, philanthropist and historian
• Liz Weir, storyteller and children's writer
• Biddy White Lennon, actress and food writer
• Sheila Wingfield, poet
• Agnes Romilly White, novelist
• Ida L. White, poet, feminist
• Isabella Whiteford Rogerson, poet
• Jane Wilde, poet, interested in folk tales
• Catherine Wilmot, travel writer, diarist, letter writer
• Florence Mary Wilson, poet
• Laurie Winkless, physicist and science writer
• Denyse Woods, novelist
• Isabella Letitia Woulfe, novelist
• Maev-Ann Wren, economist, journalist, newspaper editor, non-fiction writer
• Frances Wynne, poet
• Grace Wynne-Jones, playwright, journalist, writer

  Y

• Ella Young, poet, Celtic mythologist, children's writer, emigrated to California
• Rose Maud Young, diarist, writer

  Z

• Jo Zebedee, writer