C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)
Children's Author
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Seamus Heaney (1939-2013)
Novelist
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Gary Mitchell, 60
Playwright
3
Kate Thompson, 66
4
Lisa McGee, 45
Screenwriter
5
Brian Moore (1921-1999)
6
Eve Bunting (1928-2023)
Young Adult Author
7
John Harold Hewitt (1907-1987)
Poet
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Bob Shaw (1931-1996)
9
Ciaran Carson (1948-2019)
10
Brian Friel (1929-2015)
11
Derek Mahon (1941-2020)
12
Michael Longley (1939-2025)
13
Paul Muldoon, 74
14
Martin Waddell, 85
15
Louis Macneice (1907-1963)
16
Seamus Deane (1940-2021)
17
Colin Bateman, 63
18
Maurice Leitch (1933-2023)
19
Michaella McCollum, 32
Memoirist
20
Born in Northern Ireland
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