1

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Novelist

2

Cecelia Ahern, 39

Novelist

3

Jane Wilde (1821-1896)

Poet

4

Bram Stoker (1847-1912)

Novelist

5

Suzanne Jackson, 36

Blogger

6

John Boyne, 49

Novelist

7

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Novelist

8

Cliona Kelly, 32

Blogger

9

Derek Landy, 46

Children's Author

10

Eoin Colfer, 55

Children's Author

11

Lisa Jordan, 35

Blogger

12

James Joyce (1882-1941)

Novelist

13

Thomas Moore (1779-1852)

Poet

14

Rosie Connolly, 30

Blogger

15

Pippa O'Connor, 35

Blogger

16

Louise Cooney, 28

Blogger

17

Aoibhe Devlin, 31

Blogger

18

Niamh Cullen, 28

Blogger

19

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Playwright

20

Jodie Wood, 31

Blogger

21

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)

Poet

22

Austin Clarke (1896-1974)

Poet

23

Maeve Binchy (1940-2012)

Novelist

24

James Henry (1798-1876)

Poet

25

Eavan Boland (1944-2020)

Poet

26

Erika Fox, 29

Blogger

27

Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)

Playwright

28

Eimear Varian Barry, 33

Blogger

29

Roddy Doyle, 62

Novelist

30

Allen O'Donoghue, 43

Self-Help Author

31

Ashley Kehoe, 27

Blogger

32

William Marsden (1754-1836)

Novelist

33

Marian Keyes, 57

Novelist

34

Jessica Spencer, 26

Blogger

35

Graham Linehan, 52

Screenwriter

36

Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972)

Poet

37

Charles Wolfe (1791-1823)

Poet

38

Frank O'Connor (1903-1966)

Autobiographer

39

Iris Murdoch (1919-1999)

Novelist

40

Thomas Mayne Reid (1818-1883)

Novelist

41

Anna Brownell Jameson (1794-1860)

Novelist

42

Roger Casement (1864-1916)

Novelist

43

Michael Hartnett (1941-1999)

Poet

44

Kerrie Mitchell Burke, 31

Blogger

45

Roland Robinson (1912-1992)

Poet

46

Brendan Behan (1923-1964)

Playwright

47

Lucy Connelly, 28

Blogger

48

George Moore (1852-1933)

Poet