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Also Known As M. J. Farrell • Mary Nesta Skrine
Born July 4, 1904 • Ireland
Died April 22, 1996 (aged 91) • Ireland
James Joyce wearing a dark suit, light tie, round glasses, and a hat, looking to the side outdoors in Zurich, Switzerland.
James Joyce
Irish author
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist and critic
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Irish author
Oliver Goldsmith, oil painting from the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Oliver Goldsmith
Anglo-Irish author
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Brendan Behan
Irish author
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James Plunkett
Irish writer
Henry Brooke, engraving by C. Pye after a drawing by J. Thurston from a portrait by the subject's nephew Henry Brooke
Henry Brooke
Irish author
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Charles Robert Maturin
Irish writer
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Walter Macken
Irish author
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Patrick Kavanagh
Irish poet
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Saint John Ervine
British dramatist
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th baron of Dunsany.
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th baron of Dunsany
Irish dramatist
Colum, Padraic
Padraic Colum
Irish-born American poet
Samuel Beckett, 1965
Samuel Beckett
Irish author
William Butler Yeats seated, wearing round glasses and a textured jacket, looking directly at the camera in a black and white portrait from around 1923.
William Butler Yeats
Irish author and poet
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Anglo-Irish playwright
Portrait of Irish playwright Sean O'Casey wearing a suit and tie, looking slightly to the side against a dark background.
Sean O’Casey
Irish dramatist
Friel, Brian
Brian Friel
Irish playwright
J.M. Synge
J.M. Synge
Irish author
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Dion Boucicault
Irish playwright