A directory of Irish poetry

Poets writing in Irish and English, from the early medieval period to the present. 716 entries.

Irish is among the oldest continuously attested vernacular literatures in Western Europe. This directory follows its poetry from the bardic fili and the poets of dispossession, through the Anglo-Irish and Revival generations, the modernists and the Innti poets, to the writers working now.

Poets are listed alphabetically, and by period, county, language and tradition.

• Poets

  The full index, 716 entries, A–Z.

• Periods

  Browse by era, from the bardic schools to the present.

• About

  Who compiles this, how it is sourced, and how to send a correction.

Last checked 2026-08-13