Salkeld, Blanaid
Blanaid Salkeld was born in Chittagone, India (now Pakistan), where her father was a friend of Rabindranath Tagore, and grew up in …
Salzman, Eva
Eva Salzman grew up in Brooklyn and on Long Island, USA. Her collections are The English Earthquake (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, Bloodaxe, 1992), which …
Scoltock, Jack
Jack Scoltock was born in Derry in 1942. His novels for children are Quest Of The Royal Twins (Dublin, Wolfhound Press, 1988); …
Scully, Maurice
Maurice Scully was born in Dublin in 1952. From 1981 – 2006 he was engaged on a single project, the 8-book Things …
Sexton, John W.
John W. Sexton was born in London, of Irish parents, in 1958. He is the author of one collection, The Prince’s Brief …
Shaughnessy, Lorna
Lorna Shaughnessy was born in Belfast. Her poetry collections are Torching The Brown River (Cliffs of Moher, Salmon Poetry, 2008); and The …
Shaw, George Bernard
George Bernard Shaw was born in 1856 at 33 Synge Street, Dublin. His place of birth is now a museum in his …
Sheehan O’Connor, Kathleen
Kathleen Sheehan O’Connor was born in Waterford. Her novels are Silver Harvest (Cork, Emperor Publishing, 1992); Hold Back the Tide (Emperor, 1994); …
Sheehan, Eileen
Eileen Sheehan was born in Scartaglin, Co Kerry, in 1963. Her poetry is collected as Song of the Midnight Fox (Tralee, Doghouse, …
Sheehan, Ronan
Ronan Sheehan was born in Dublin in 1953. His novels are Tennis Players (Dublin, Co-Op Books, 1977); and Foley’s Asia (Dublin, The …
Sheridan, Eamonn
Eamonn Sheridan was born Dublin 1938. His memoir is Me Father was a Hero and Me Mother is a Saint (New York, …
Sheridan, Jim
Jim Sheridan was born in Dublin in 1949. He is best known as a film director but his early work was in …
Sheridan, John Desmond
John Desmond Sheridan (John D. Sheridan) was born in 1903. His novels include Vanishing Spring (Dublin, The Talbot Press/London: Rich ∓ Cowan, …
Sheridan, Peter
Peter Sheridan was born in Dublin in 1952. His plays include Paint it Black (Project Theatre, 1971); No Entry (Dublin, Project Arts …
Simmons, James
James Simmons was born in Derry in 1933 and educated at Campbell College, Belfast, and at Leeds University. He taught in Northern …
Sirr, Peter
Peter Sirr was born in Waterford in 1960. In 1982 he won the Patrick Kavanagh Award and in 1983 the poetry prize …
Skinner, Knute
Knute Skinner was born in 1929 in St. Louis, USA. His collections include Stranger with a Watch (Francestown, NH, The Golden Quill …
Slade, Jo
Jo Slade studied Art and Design at the Limerick and National Colleges of Art and Design and exhibits her paintings widely. Her …
Smith, Michael
Michael Smith was born in Dublin in 1942. He founded New Writers’ Press in 1967, which published Thomas McGreevey, Denis Devlin, Brian …
Smith, Paul
Paul Smith was born in Dublin on October 4, either in 1920 or 1925. He lived abroad for many years, in Canada, …
Smith, Sydney Bernard
Sydney Bernard Smith was born in Glasgow in 1936 and raised in Portstewart, Co Derry. His work has been broadcast on RTÉ, …
Smyth, Cherry
Cherry Smyth was born in Ballymoney, County Antrim and grew up in Portstewart, Co Derry. Her poetry collections are When the Lights …
Smyth, Damian
Damian Smyth was born in Downpatrick, Co Down, in 1962. His poetry collections are Downpatrick Races (Belfast, Lagan Press, 2000); The Down …
Smyth, Gerard
Gerard Smyth was born in Dublin in 1951. He published a chapbook, The Flags are Quiet (Dublin, New Writers’ Press, 1969), in …
Somers, Dermot
Dermot Somers was born in Roscommon, in 1947. His short story collections are Mountains And Other Ghosts (London, Diadem Books, 1990); At …
Speranza (Wilde, Jane Francesca)
Jane Francesca Wilde, also known as Speranza, was born Jane Frances Agnes Elgee, in Dublin, probably in 1821. She witnessed the funeral …
Stack, Eddie
Eddie Stack was born in Ennistymon, Co. Clare and emigrated to the United States in 1986. He settled in San Francisco and …
Stephens, James
James Stephens was born in Dublin in 1882. In his early years he was a solicitor’s clerk, and later Registrar of the …
Steppe, Lisa
Lisa Steppe was born in Germany and moved to Ireland in 1984. Her publications in German are, as Elisabeth Steppe, die kasematte …
Stern, James
James Stern was born in Co Meath in 1904. He emigrated to South Africa and later to Frankfurt and New York. His …
Sterne, Laurence
Laurence Sterne was born in Clonmel, Co Tipperary, in 1713. His father was an English officer, and his birth there was coincident …
Stoker, Bram
Abraham ‘Bram’ Stoker was born in Marino Crescent in Clontarf, Dublin, in 1847. Stoker married Oscar Wilde’s former sweetheart Florence Balcombe in …
Strong, Eithne
Eithne Strong was born in Limerick in 1925. Her poetry includes Cirt Oibre (Coiscéim, 1980); Fuill agus Fallaí (Coiscéim, 1983); Aoife fe …
Stuart, Francis
Francis Stuart was born in Australia in 1902. His plays include Men Crowd me Round (1933); and Strange Guest (1940). His short …
Sullivan, Breda
Breda Sullivan was born in Athlone in 1945. She has published two poetry collections, A Smell of Camphor (Galway, Salmon Poetry, 1992); …
Sweeney, Eamonn
Eamonn Sweeney was born in Sligo in 1968. His novels are Waiting for the Healer (London, Picador, 1998); and The Photograph (Picador, …
Sweeney, Matthew
Matthew Sweeney was born in Co Donegal in 1952. His poetry collections include A Dream of Maps (Dublin, Raven Arts Press, 1981); …
Swift, Jonathan
Jonathan Swift was born on the 30 November 1667, at 7 Hoey’s Court, Dublin. His father, according to the Cabinet of Irish …
Synge, John Millington
John Millington Synge was born in 1871 in Rathfarnham, Dublin. He studied music in Germany and lived in Paris, where he wrote …
