14 Irish authors write folklore, including Eddie Lenihan, Benedict Patrick, John Farrelly and Tracy Fahey. Browse their profiles for biographies, books and where to find them.
Frances Browne (1816 - 1879) was a blind poet and storyteller from Stranorlar, County Donegal, author of Granny's Wonderful Chair.
View AuthorMark Corrigan is an Irish author of folk horror and gothic fiction from Tipperary
View AuthorLaurence Donaghy is a fantasy author from Belfast, County Antrim.
View AuthorTracy Fahey is an Irish author specialising in reimagined folklore and female Gothic literature, based in Sixmilebridge, County Clare.
View AuthorHelen Falconer was a writer from England who settled in Mayo. She sadly passed away in February 2025
View AuthorJohn Farrelly was a comic artist, illustrator and author from Northern Ireland
View AuthorSinéad Gleeson is a Dublin writer, editor and broadcaster whose debut novel Hagstone is steeped in island folklore and the uncanny
View AuthorLou Hallow is the pen name of Louise Hall, who writes cozy fantasy rooted in Irish folklore from Malahide, County Dublin
View AuthorClara Kumagai is an author born in Canada and raised in Cork, who now lives in Dundalk, Co. Louth.
View AuthorEddie Lenihan is an Irish author and one of Ireland's last practising seanchaithe.
View AuthorNigel McDowell grew up in County Fermanagh, rural Northern Ireland
View AuthorM.E.Moirin is an author originally from Bulgaria who now lives in Belfast, Co. Antrim
View AuthorBenedict Patrick is a fantasy author from Banbridge, Co. Down
View AuthorNigel Quinlan is an Irish writer born in Limerick
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