A list of Irish historians is presented in this article, from the earliest times up to the present day, by historical periods and in alphabetically order for easier reference. Many of the earlier historians would have been known in their time as: "Irish Men and Women of Learning". A number of those listed below were scholars in different fields:

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Legendary and pre-historic era

* Fenius Farsaid

Early Medieval Era: 5th–12th centuries

* Adamnan, died 704 * Aileran the Wise, died 665 *

Bernard of Chartres Bernard of Chartres (; died after 1124) was a twelfth-century French Neo-Platonist philosopher, scholar, and administrator. Life The date and place of his birth are unknown. He was previously believed to have been the elder brother of Thierr ...

* Cadac-Andreas *

Candidus Candidus may refer to: People * Tiberius Claudius Candidus, Roman general who fought against Emperor Pescennius Niger in 193 * Candidus (theologian) (fl. 196), Christian writer * Saint Candidus (died c.287), Egyptian commander of the Theban Le ...

* Clemens the Grammarian *

Cogitosus Cogitosus (fl. c. 650) was an Irish monk, who wrote the ''Vita Sanctae Brigidae''. Life Cogitosus was a monk of Kildare Kildare () is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. , its population was 10,302, making it the 7th largest town in Cou ...

, fl. c. 650? * Cummian *

Dicuil Dicuilus ( Gaelic: ; fl.814-825 A.D.) was an Irish monk, astronomer, geographer and author born during the second half of the 8th century, possibly in the Hebrides. He travelled the Frankia around the turn of the 9th century and was involved ...

Donatus of Fiesole Donatus of Fiesole (died 876) was an Irish teacher and poet, and Bishop of Fiesole. Biography Donatus was born in Ireland to noble parents towards the end of the eighth century. Despite there being little biographical detail in the tenth/el ...

Finnian of Moville Finnian of Movilla (–589) was an Irish Christian missionary. His feast day is 10 September. Origins and life Finnian (sometimes called Finbarr "the white head", a reference to his fair hair), was a Christian missionary in medieval Ir ...

, died 579 * Iohannes *

Johannes Scottus Eriugena John Scotus Eriugena, also known as Johannes Scotus Erigena, John the Scot or John the Irish-born ( – c. 877), was an Irish Neoplatonist philosopher, theologian and poet of the Early Middle Ages. Bertrand Russell dubbed him "the most ...

* Mac Bethad, fl. 891 * Marianus Scotus of Mainz * Martianus Hiberniensis of

Laon Laon () is a city in the Aisne Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. History Early history The Ancient Diocese of Laon, which rises a hundred metres above the otherwise flat Picardy plain, has always held s ...

* Muirchu moccu Machtheni *

Pseudo-Augustine Pseudo-Augustine is the name given by scholars to the authors, collectively, of works falsely attributed to Augustine of Hippo. Augustine himself in his ''Retractiones'' lists many of his works, while his disciple Possidius tried to provide a compl ...

, fl. c. 655 * Ruben of Dairinis *

Secundinus Secundinus (fl. 5th century), or Sechnall (Modern Irish: ''Seachnall'') as he was known in Irish, was founder and patron saint of Domhnach Sechnaill, County Meath, who went down in medieval tradition as a disciple of St Patrick and one of the f ...

Sedulius Scottus Sedulius Scotus or Scottus ( fl. 840–860) was an Irish monk, teacher, Latin grammarian, and scriptural commentator who lived in the 9th century. During the reign of the Emperor Lothair (840–855), he was one of a colony of Irish teachers at L ...

( Suadbar) fl. pre-844 * Tirechan *

Tuan mac Cairill In Irish mythology Tuan mac Cairill was a recluse who retains his memories from his previous incarnations, going back to Antediluvian age. Initially a follower of Partholon, he alone survived the plague, or the Flood, that killed the rest of h ...

, fl. pre-579 *

Ultan of Ardbraccan Ultan of Ardbraccan (died ) also known as Ultan the Scribe, was an Irish monk and Abbot-Bishop of Ardbraccan during the 7th century. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, with his feast day being celebrated on 4 September. Life Tr ...

, died 657

Late Medieval Era: 12th–16th centuries

* Diarmaid Ó Cúlacháin, died 1221 * Adhamh O Cianain, died 1373 * Gilla Isa Mor mac Donnchadh MacFhirbhisigh, fl. 1390-1418 * Giolla na Naomh Mac Aodhagáin, fl. c. 1400 *

Lawrence Walsh Lawrence Edward Walsh (January 8, 1912 – March 19, 2014) was an American lawyer and judge who was United States Deputy Attorney General from 1957 to 1961 and a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. H ...

, fl. 1588 * Muireadach Albanach O Dalaigh, fl. c. 1220

Early Modern Era: 17th–19th centuries

* Aonghus Ruadh na nAor O Dalaigh, died 1617 *

James Ussher James Ussher (or Usher; 4 January 1581 – 21 March 1656) was the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625 and 1656. He was a prolific Irish scholar and church leader, who today is most famous for his ...

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, 1581-1656 * Thomas Carve, died 1672 * Charles O Conor, 1710-1791 * Cu Choigcriche O Cleirigh, c. 1662/1664 *

Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh (fl. 1624–1664) was an Irish historian and genealogist, known in English as Peregrine O'Clery. Life and work Ó Cléirigh was a son of Diarmaid Ó Cléirigh, and thus a third-cousin once removed to Brother Mích ...

, fl. 1627-1636 *

Daniel O'Daly Daniel O'Daly (1595 – 30 June 1662), also known as Dominic Ó Dálaigh and Dominic de Rosario, was an Irish Dominican priest, diplomat and historian. He established the College of Corpo Santo in Lisbon, Portugal for Irish students wishing to s ...

, died 1662 * Daibhidh O Duibhghennain, fl.1651-1696/1706 *

Nicholas French Nicholas French ( – 23 August 1678) was an Irish bishop, political activist and pamphleteer. He was a key founder of the Irish Catholic Confederation, and served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ferns from 1645 until his death in 1678. Earl ...

, died 1678 *

Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh (), also known as Dubhaltach Óg mac Giolla Íosa Mór mac Dubhaltach Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh, Duald Mac Firbis, Dudly Ferbisie, and Dualdus Firbissius (fl. 1643 – January 1671) was an Irish scribe, translator, histor ...

, fl. 1643-1671 *

Edward Ledwich Edward Ledwich LL.D. F.S.A. (1738 – 8 August 1823) was an Irish historian, antiquary and topographer. Life Ledwich was born in Dublin, the son of John Ledwich, a merchant. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, entering on 22 November ...

, 1738-1823 * Eoin O Gnimh, fl. 1699 *

John Colgan John Colgan, OFM ( Irish ''Seán Mac Colgan''; c. 1592 – 15 January 1658), was an Irish Franciscan friar noted as a hagiographer and historian. Life Colgan was born c. 1592 at Priestown near Carndonagh, a member of the Mac Colgan sept of ...

, OFM, 1592-1657 *

Luke Wadding Luke Wadding (16 October 158818 November 1657), was an Irish Franciscan friar and historian. Life Early life Wadding was born on 16 October 1588 in Waterford to Walter Wadding of Waterford, a wealthy merchant, and his wife, Anastasia Lombar ...

, OFM, 1588-1657 * George Petrie, 1790-1866 *

James Hardiman James Hardiman (February 1782 – 13 November 1855), also known as Séamus Ó hArgadáin, was a librarian at Queen's College, Galway and an important historian. Hardiman is best remembered for his '' History of the Town and County of Galway'' (1 ...

, 1782-1855 *

John O'Donovan John O'Donovan may refer to: *John O'Donovan (scholar) (1806–1861), Irish language scholar and place-name expert *John O'Donovan (politician) (1908–1982), Irish TD and Senator *John O'Donovan (police commissioner) (1858–1927), New Zealand pol ...

, 1806-1861 *

John O'Hart John O'Hart (; 1824–1902) was an Irish historian and genealogist. He is noted for his work on ancient Irish lineage. He was born in Crossmolina, County Mayo, Ireland. A committed Roman Catholic and Irish nationalist, O'Hart had originally pl ...

, 1824-1902 *

Sylvester O'Halloran Sylvester O'Halloran (31 December 1728 – 11 August 1807) was an Irish surgery, surgeon with an abiding interest in Gaels, Gaelic poetry and history. For most of his life he lived and practised in Limerick, and was later elected a member ...

, 1728-1807 * Lughaidh O Cleirigh, fl. 1595-1630 * Matthew O Conor, 1773-1844 *

Michael O'Clery Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * he He ..., a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name * Michael (bishop elect)">Michael (surname)">he He ..., a given nam ...

, c. 1590-1643 *

Owen Connellan Owen Connellan (1797 – 4 August 1871) was an Irish scholar who translated the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' into English in 1846. Life He was born in County Sligo, the son of a farmer who claimed descent from Lóegaire mac Néill, High K ...

, 1800-1869 *

Peregrine O'Duignan Peregrine(s), or (Latin) ''Peregrinus'' may refer to: The arts * '' Passing of Peregrinus'', a 2nd-century satire by Lucian * "The Peregrin", a story in '' The Psychotechnic League'' series * "Peregrine", a song by Donovan on the 1968 album '' Th ...

, fl. 1627-1636 * Rev. Charles O Conor, 1767-1828 *

Ruaidhri O Flaithbheartaigh Roderick O'Flaherty (; 1629–1718 or 1716) was an Irish historian. Biography He was born in County Galway and inherited Moycullen Castle and estate. O'Flaherty was the last ''de jure'' Lord of Iar Connacht, and the last recognised Chief of ...

, 1629-1716/1718 *

Seathrún Céitinn Geoffrey Keating (; – ) was an Irish historian. He was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, and is buried in Tubrid Graveyard in the parish of Ballylooby-Duhill. He became a Catholic priest and a poet. Biography It was generally believed unt ...

Geoffrey Keating Geoffrey Keating (; – ) was an Irish historian. He was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, and is buried in Tubrid Graveyard in the parish of Ballylooby-Duhill. He became a Catholic priest and a poet. Biography It was generally believed unt ...

, died 1643 *

Sir James Ware Sir James Ware (26 November 1594 – 1 December 1666) was an Anglo-Irish historian. Personal details Born at Castle Street, Dublin on 26 November 1594, James Ware was the eldest son of Sir James Ware (1568–1632) and Mary Bryden, daughter of ...

, 1594-1666 * Sir

John Thomas Gilbert Sir John Thomas Gilbert, LLD, FSA, RIA (23 January 1829 – 23 May 1898) was an Irish archivist, antiquarian and historian. Early life and education John Thomas Gilbert was born on 23 January 1829, the second son of John Gilbert, an English Pro ...

, 1829-1898 *

Sir William Petty Sir William Petty (26 May 1623 – 16 December 1687) was an English economist, physician, scientist and philosopher. He first became prominent serving Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth in Ireland. He developed efficient methods to survey ...

, 1623-1687 *

Standish Hayes O'Grady Standish Hayes O'Grady (; 19 May 1832 – 16 October 1915) was an Irish antiquarian. Early and education He was born at Erinagh House, Castleconnell, County Limerick, the son of Admiral Hayes O'Grady. He was a cousin of the writer Standish ...

, 1832-1915 * Tadhg mac Daire Mac Bruaideadha, fl. 1616-1652 * Tuileagna Ó Maoil Chonaire, fl. 1638-1673 * Whitley Stokes, 1830-1909 * William Lecky, 1838-1903

Modern historians

* James Auchmuty, 1909-1981 * Thomas Bartlett * J. C. Beckett * Lord Bew * D. A. Binchy, 1899-1989 * Martin J. Blake, 1853-1931 *

Peter Brown (historian) Peter Robert Lamont Brown (born 26 July 1935) is an Irish historian. He is the Rollins Professor of History Emeritus at Princeton University. Brown is credited with having brought coherence to the field of Late Antiquity, and is often regarde ...

Ann Buckley Ann Buckley is an Irish musicologist, born in Dublin. Buckley studied at University College Cork (B.Mus., 1971; M.A. 1972), Doctoraal (University of Amsterdam, 1976) and a Ph.D. (University of Cambridge, 1991). She has held academic position ...

Turtle Bunbury James Alexander Hugh McClintock Bunbury (born 21 February 1972), known as Turtle Bunbury, is an Irish author, historian, and television presenter. He has published a number of books such as the ''Vanishing Ireland'' series, ''Ireland's Forgot ...

Francis John Byrne Francis John Byrne (1934 – 30 December 2017) was an Irish historian. Born in Shanghai where his father, a Dundalk man, captained a ship on the Yellow River, Byrne was evacuated with his mother to Australia on the outbreak of World War II. A ...

* Nicholas Canny * James Carney, 1914-1989 *

Helena Concannon Helena Concannon (; 28 October 1878 – 27 February 1952) was an Irish historian, writer, language scholar and Fianna Fáil politician. Born in Maghera, County Londonderry, she attended secondary school in Dublin in Loreto North Great Georges S ...

, 1878-1952 * R.V. Comerford * Colm Connolly * John de Courcy Ireland, 1911-2006 *

Seán Cronin Seán Cronin (29 August 1922 – 9 March 2011) was a journalist and former Irish Army officer and twice Irish Republican Army chief of staff.Brian Hanley and Scott Millar, ''The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers Pa ...

Louis Cullen Louis Michael Cullen (born 1932) is an Irish diplomat, academic, historian, author and Japanologist.

Edmund Curtis Edmund CurtisIrish: ''Éamon Cuirtéis'' (1881–1943), was born in Lancashire to Irish parents. He worked in a rubber factory until he was 15 when he continued with his education. His education was paid for through donations when it was heard ...

, 1881-1943 *

Maurice Curtis Maurice Curtis (1849 – 1920), stage name M. B. Curtis, was an American stage actor, producer, and real estate developer, at one point tried and acquitted of a policeman's murder. He achieved fame in the title role of George H. Jessop's 1881 ...

* Fr. Patrick Dinneen SJ, 1860-1934 *

Maureen Donovan O'Sullivan Mary Josephine Donovan O'Sullivan was professor of history at Queens College, Galway (now NUI Galway) from 1914 to 1957. Biography One of ten children, four of whom survived infancy, Donovan was born at Fair Hill Road in Galway on 24 November ...

, 1887-1966 * Eamonn Duffy *

Owen Dudley Edwards Owen Dudley Edwards (born 27 March 1938) is an Irish historian and former Reader in Commonwealth and American History at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Life He is the son of Professor Robert Dudley Edwards and brother to the Irish wr ...

* Robin Dudley Edwards *

Marianne Elliott Marianne Phoebe Elliott (born 27 December 1966) is a British theatre director and producer who works on the West End and Broadway. She has received numerous accolades including two Laurence Olivier Awards and four Tony Awards. Initially de ...

Ronan Fanning Ronan Fanning MRIA (6 May 1941 18 January 2017) was an Irish historian. Biography The son of an Irish doctor and English Montessori teacher, Fanning was educated at St Michael's College, Dublin and C.B.C. Monkstown. He received his undergra ...

* Brian Farrell *

Diarmaid Ferriter Diarmaid Ferriter (born February 1972) is an Irish historian, broadcaster, and university professor. He has written fourteen books on the subject of Irish history, and co-authored another. Ferriter attended St. Benildus College in Kilmacud in ...

* Roy Foster * Tom Garvin *

Joe Graham Anthony Joseph Graham (30 January 1944 – 9 December 2021) was a Northern Irish writer and historian from Belfast. He founded ''Rushlight: The Belfast Magazine'' in 1972. Early life Joe Graham was the eighth of twelve children born to Jim an ...

1944- *

Alice Stopford Green Alice Stopford Green (30 May 1847 – 28 May 1929) was an Irish historian, nationalist, and member of the first Seanad Éireann. Early life She was born Alice Sophia Amelia Stopford in Kells, County Meath. Her father Edward Adderley Stopford ...

(1847–1929) *

Aubrey Gwynn Aubrey Osborn Gwynn (17 February 1892 – 18 May 1983) was an Irish Jesuit historian. Life Aubrey Gwynn was born in Dublin on 17 February 1892. His father was the author and sometime Member of Parliament Stephen Gwynn; his paternal grandfathe ...

, SJ, 1892-1983 *

Stephen Gwynn Stephen Lucius Gwynn (13 February 1864 – 11 June 1950) was an Irish journalist, biographer, author, poet and Protestant Nationalist politician. As a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party he represented Galway city as its Member of Parliamen ...

, 1864-1950 *

Gerard Anthony Hayes-McCoy Gerard A. Hayes-McCoy (1911–1975) was an Irish historian regarded as one of the leading Irish historians of his generation. Life Family Gerard Anthony Hayes-McCoy was born in Galway on 15 August 1911, of Thomas Hayes-McCoy and Mary Kathleen H ...

, 1911-1975 *

Kathleen Hughes Kathleen Hughes (born Elizabeth Margaret von Gerkan; November 14, 1928 – May 19, 2025) was an American actress who appeared during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Early life Hughes was born in Hollywood, California, on November 14, 1928. Her un ...

, 1926-1977 * James Kelly (1959- ) *

Dermot Keogh Dermot Keogh (12 May 1945 – 6 September 2023) was an Irish historian. He was Professor of History and Emeritus Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration Studies at University College Cork University College Cork – National Universi ...

* J. J. Lee *

F. S. L. Lyons Francis Stewart Leland Lyons (11 November 1923 – 21 September 1983) was an Irish historian and academic who served as the 40th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1974 to 1981. Biography Leland Lyons was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, ...

Dermot MacDermot Sir Dermot MacDermot (1906–1989), styled Prince of Coolavin, Chief of the Name, head of the MacDermot clan, and a descendant of the Kings of Moylurg. MacDermot attended Stonyhurst College, and went on to Trinity College Dublin, where he was ...

, died 1989 *

Edward MacLysaght Edgeworth Lysaght, later Edward Anthony Edgeworth Lysaght, and from 1920 Edward MacLysaght (; 6 November 1887 – 4 March 1986) was a genealogist of twentieth-century Ireland. His numerous books on Irish surnames built upon the work of Rev. Pat ...

, 1887-1986 *

Eoin MacNeill Eoin MacNeill (; born John McNeill; 15 May 1867 – 15 October 1945) was an Irish scholar, Irish language enthusiast, Gaelic revivalist, nationalist, and politician who served as Minister for Education from 1922 to 1925, Ceann Comhairle of D ...

, 1867-1945 *

Gearóid Mac Niocaill Gearóid Mac Niocaill (1932–2004) was one of the foremost twentieth-century scholars and interpreters of late medieval Irish tracts. Life Gearóid was born in Hull, England in 1932 to an Irish mother. His lifelong work in the Irish language b ...

Gearóid Mac Eoin Gearóid Mac Eoin (25 January 1929 – 11 June 2023) was an Irish academic whose studies focused especially on aspects of Irish language, literature and history. Background and education Gearóid Mac Eoin was born on 25 January 1929. He was ed ...

F. X. Martin Francis Xavier Martin, OSA (; 2 October 1922 – 13 February 2000) was an Irish cleric, historian and activist. Life Francis Xavier Martin was born 2 October 1922 in Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland. Francis was the youngest son in a family ...

, 1922-2000 * Carmel McCaffrey * Robert B. McDowell * Hugh McFadden * Hiram Morgan, 1960- *

Kenneth Nicholls Kenneth W. Nicholls (1934 or 1935 – 25 May 2025) was an Irish academic and historian, notable for his work on the late medieval and early modern period. He was the subject of a festschrift in 2014. Work Nicholls worked at the Dublin Institut ...

Donnchadh Ó Corráin Donnchadh Ó Corráin (28 February 1942 – 25 October 2017) was an Republic of Ireland, Irish historian and professor emeritus of medieval history at University College Cork. He earned his BA in history and Irish from UCC, graduating in 1964. ...

Dáibhí Ó Cróinín Dáibhí Iarla Ó Cróinín (born 29 August 1954) is an Irish historian and authority on Hiberno-Latin texts, noted for his significant mid-1980s discovery in a manuscript in Padua of the "lost" Irish 84-year Easter table. Ó Cróinín was Pro ...

* Patrick Denis O'Donnell *

Pádraig Ó Fiannachta Pádraig Ó Fiannachta (1927 – 15 July 2016) was an Irish-language scholar, poet and priest from the Kerry Gaeltacht. He is perhaps best known for producing a translation of the Christian Bible into the Irish language. Biography Ó Fiannacht ...

Cormac Ó Gráda Cormac Ó Gráda (born 1945) is an Irish economic historian and professor emeritus of economics at University College Dublin. His research has focused on the economic history of Ireland, Irish demographic changes, the Great Irish Famine (as well ...

Nollaig Ó Muraíle Nollaig Ó Muraíle is an Irish scholar. He published an edition of Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh's ''Leabhar na nGenealach'' in 2004. He was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy in 2009. Life and career A native of Knock, County Mayo, Ó Muraíle ...

* T. F. O'Rahilly, 1883-1953 *

Pádraig Ó Riain Pádraig Ó Riain is an Irish Celticist and prominent hagiologist focusing on Irish hagiography, martyrdom, mythology, onomastics and codicology. Ó Riain has spent much of his academic life at the University College Cork, where he became a lec ...

Matthew Potter Matthew Potter is an Irish academic who serves as the current curator of Limerick Museum. He is a published historian with a primary focus on governmental history and is an Honorary Fellow of the Department of History of the University of Li ...

* Barry Raftery *

Sharon Slater Sharon Slater is an Irish historian and author. Her work primarily focuses on the history of Limerick, Ireland using the name Limerick's Life. Following a mentorship from Frank Prendergast she attended the University of Limerick and received an ...

ATQ Stewart Anthony Terence Quincey Stewart, CBE (8 July 192916 December 2010), known professionally as A. T. Q. Stewart or Tony Stewart, was a Northern Irish historian, teacher and academic, and a best-selling author on the subject of the politics of Ulster ...

* Kitty Flynn * Fr. Paul Walsh, 1885-1941 *

Patrick Weston Joyce Patrick Weston "P. W." Joyce (1827 – 7 January 1914) was an Irish historian, writer and music collector, known particularly for his research in Irish etymology and local place names of Ireland. Biography He was born in Ballyorgan in the B ...

, 1827-1914 * Arthur Keaveney 1951-2020 {{DEFAULTSORT:Irish historians

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