This is a list of short story Irish writers either born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship. Short story writers whose work is in Irish are included.

A brief outline of the history of Irish fiction is also available.

  • Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
  • Maeve Binchy (1940–2012)
  • Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)
  • Clare Boylan (1948–2006)
  • Patrick Boyle (1905–1982)
  • Maeve Brennan (1917–1993)
  • Donn Byrne (1889–1928)
  • William Carleton (1794–1849)
  • Joyce Cary (1888–1957)
  • Patrick Chapman (born 1968)
  • Padraic Colum (1881–1972)
  • Daniel Corkery (1878–1964)
  • Julia Crottie (1853–?)
  • Ita Daly (born 1945)
  • Lord Dunsany (1878–1957)
  • Martina Devlin

E–L

  • Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849)
  • M. E. Francis (1859–1930)
  • Brian Friel (1929–2015)
  • Miriam Gallagher (born 1940)
  • Gerald Griffin (1803–1840)
  • Jack Harte
  • Aidan Higgins (1927–2015)
  • Desmond Hogan (born 1951)
  • Fred Johnston (writer) (1951–2024)
  • Neil Jordan (born 1950)
  • James Joyce (1882–1941)
  • Claire Keegan (born 1969)
  • Maeve Kelly (1930–2025)
  • Benedict Kiely (1919–2007)
  • Mary Lavin (1912–1996)
  • Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873)
  • Edmund Leamy (1848–1904)

M–O

  • Walter Macken (1915–1967)
  • John MacKenna (born 1952)
  • Bernard MacLaverty (born 1942)
  • Michael McLaverty (1907–1992)
  • Bryan MacMahon (1909–1998)
  • Violet Florence Martin (1862–1923) of Somerville and Ross partnership
  • Aidan Mathews (born 1956)
  • Eugene McCabe (1930–2020)
  • John McGahern (1934–2006)
  • Janet McNeill (1907–1994)
  • George McWhirter (born 1939)
  • John Montague (1929–2016)
  • George Moore (1852–1933)
  • Val Mulkerns (1925–2018)
  • C. E. Murphy (born 1973)
  • Nuala Ní Chonchúir (born 1970)
  • Éilís Ní Dhuibhne (born 1954)
  • Edna O'Brien (1930–2024)
  • Kate Cruise O'Brien (1948–1998)
  • Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906–1970)
  • Billy O'Callaghan (born 1974)
  • Philip Ó Ceallaigh (born 1968)
  • Pádraic Ó Conaire (1882–1928)
  • Frank O'Connor (1903–1966)
  • Mary O'Donnell (born 1954)
  • Julia O'Faolain (1933–2020)
  • Seán Ó Faoláin (1900–1990)
  • Liam O'Flaherty (1896–1984)
  • Seumas O'Kelly (1881–1918)

P–Z

  • James Plunkett (1920–2003)
  • Lennox Robinson (1886–1958)
  • Somerville and Ross (1858–1949 and 1862–1915)
  • James Stephens (1882–1950)
  • Eithne Strong(1925–1999)
  • Colm Tóibín (born 1955)
  • William Trevor (1928–2016)
  • William Wall (born 1955)
  • Liz Weir (born 1950)
  • Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

See also

  • Irish literature
  • Irish short story
  • List of Irish poets
  • List of Irish novelists
  • List of Irish dramatists