13 Best Irish Authors You Must Read

In this video, I showcase 13 of the best Irish authors. Ireland has a rich and vibrant literary heritage. Some of the best-known Irish authors, writers, and poets dramatically changed the face of modern literature and even shaped popular genres, including horror and contemporary fiction.

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Best Irish Authors - Episode Chapters

00:51 James Joyce
01:52 Oscar Wilde
02:40 Maeve Binchy
03:36 Bram Stoker
04:11 Roddy Doyle
05:01 John Banville
06:06 Brendan Behan
06:49 Samuel Beckett
07:52 Emma Donoghue
08:26 Frank McCourt
09:18 C. S. Lewis
10:07 Sally Rooney
10:38 Claire Keegan

[davidsigler]

There are three reasons I love Ireland, History, Mythology and their Literature....and I noted you didn't mention Jonathan Swift, George B. Shaw, and William B. Yeats....it's all fascinating and interesting to me....excellent stuff again.

[shiningyoonie]

absolutely love Joyce, Wilde, Rooney and Banville! There's something so intimate and poetic about Irish literature.

[tonytynan]

Well done Bryan a very good introduction to Irish writers. What about Yeats, Kavanagh, Shaw, Flann O'Brien, Heaney, Goldsmith, JP Donleavey. Well worth another video

[areereethly]

Might try some these books and films for Ireland info, thnku for the video Irish stranger👍

[arekkrolak]

Great summary of Irish literature! Hard to cover all the great writers in a short video, but maybe another time you could tell about WB Yeats, Jonathan Swift, Laurence Stern, Bernard Shaw... I am also wondering about Lord Dunsany, as he is never mentioned among Irish authors and seems to be quite influential even today

[kristenliebsch]

Thoughts on Colum McCann? I have only read "Let The Great World Spin" but it lives among my top faves. Also Donal Ryan? I have only read "From a Low and Quiet Sea" which I picked up in Ireland and actually loved but would not put it in my Cat 1 list.

[RichUncleSkellington]

The best way to enjoy Ulysses to to grab a snug in a bar, put on the audiobook, have a jar or two (extend to your pleasure) and lose yourself in the lyricism, like all the great modernist works, TS Eliot etc, it's supposed to be an experience.