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- Seamus Deane (born 1940)
- Emma Donoghue (born 1969)
- Gerard Donovan (born ?)
- Garbhan Downey (born 1966)
- Roddy Doyle (born 1958)
- Catherine Dunne (born 1954}
- Lord Dunsany (1878–1957)
- Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849)
- Anne Marie Forrest (born 1967)
- Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)
- Gerald Griffin (1803–1840)
- Hugo Hamilton (born 1953)
- Dermot Healy (born 1947)
- Aidan Higgins (born 1927)
- Desmond Hogan (born 1950)
- Arlene Hunt (born 1972)
- Jennifer Johnston (born 1930)
- Neil Jordan (born 1950)
- Graham Jones (born 1973)
- James Joyce (1882–1941)
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