Who are some good contemporary Irish writers? Which of my living

Flannery O'Connor

>>9714314
All of the good "Irish writers" were actually Anglos who moved to Ireland.

Prove me wrong. Protip: you can't

>>9714328
Joyce

>>9714324
>Flannery O'Connor
*Flann O'Brien
Don't worry I mix up the names too.

>>9714328
True except Joyce
Papists can't into lit

>>9714328
Joyce, Yeats and Swift were born in Ireland.
Those are also coincidentally the biggest Irish writers.

Yeats' Ideas of Good and Evil is one of the greatest pieces of English literature ever written.

Ayy the rare Irish lit thread

Here's a quick run-down:

Colin Barrett - probably the most well known in recent years for Young Skins (short stories), great style, "gritty" small-town stories in the fictional Glanbeigh

Sara Baume - won a major short story prize and then published Spill Simmer Falter Wither about a lonely old man and his adopted mutt, pretty good stuff

Oisin Fagan - young short story writer, recently finished his book Hostages, which was pretty surreal but overall pretty meh

Tom Morris - published We Don't Know What We're Doing in recent years with a big British publisher, small-town everyday life kind of stuff, pretty average overall

Donal Ryan - published his debut (?) The Spinning Heart, actually surprisingly good, recommend

Are you a Dublinfag too OP? Post your Goodreads and I'll add ya. I've finally made a proper account but this one's under my real name. I have a great Irish contemporary list (mostly to-reads) that I can share.

>>9714743
The latter two were descended from Anglos. Joyce is the only truly Irish writer of any worth.

>>9714743
>Yeats and Swift were born in Ireland.
Both anglo protestants