Poetry in Irish: contemporary
Poets writing in Irish now: Gaeltacht and urban, formally various, and no longer arguing for the language's right to exist.
20 poets, earliest first.
- Ceaití Ní Bheildiúin
- Deirdre Brennan b. 1934
- Derry O'Sullivan 1944–2025
- Gréagóir Ó Dúill b. 1946
- Celia de Fréine b. 1948
- Paddy Bushe b. 1948
- Áine Ní Ghlinn b. 1955
- Máire Dinny Wren b. 1959
- Rody Gorman b. 1960
- Colm Breathnach b. 1961
- Louis de Paor b. 1961
- Micheál Ó Conghaile b. 1962
- Gearóid Mac Lochlainn b. 1966
- Dairena Ní Chinnéide b. 1969
- Simon Ó Faoláin b. 1973
- Marcus Mac Conghail b. 1976
- Caitríona Ní Chléirchín b. 1978
- Aifric Mac Aodha b. 1979
- Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh b. 1984
- Ciara Ní É b. 1988
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