| WBYEATS | Irish poet and dramatist awarded the Nobel prize in literature in 1923 |
| YEATS | W.B. ___, Irish poet and dramatist awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923 (5) |
| MAETERLINCK | Maurice ?, Belgian poet and dramatist awarded the 1911 Nobel Prize in Literature (11) |
| ECHEGARAY | Jose ___, Spanish dramatist awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize for Literature |
| TATE | Nahum ___, Irish poet and dramatist who served as Poet Laureate from 1692 to 1715 (4) |
| BUTLERYEATS | William --- ---, Irish poet and dramatist whose verse collections include 1928's The Tower (6,5) |
| SYNGE | Irish poet and dramatist |
| DAVIDMAMET | US dramatist awarded a Pulitzer Prize for 1983's Glengarry Glen Ross (5,5) |
| JOHNDENHAM | Anglo-Irish poet and courtier buried in Westminster Abbey whose works include The Sophy and Cooper's Hill |
| KAVANAGH | Patrick --, Irish poet and novelist, author of the poem "The Great Hunger" (8) |
| WILDE | Irish poet and playwright and author of 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' (5) |
| MACNEICE | Louis - - -, Irish poet and playwright, one of the Thirties Poets or Auden Group (8) |
| NAHUM | ___ Tate, Irish poet and hymnist born in 1652 (5) |
| OSCARWILDE | Irish poet and playwright who wrote one novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (5,5) |
| SEAMUSHEANEY | Irish poet and playwright born in 1939 noted for translating Beowulf (6,6) |
| ROMARYAN | Irish poet and lyricist who in 2005 created a new language known as Loxian, inspired by J R R Tolkien's Elvish language, for Enya's album Amarantine |
| DAYLEWIS | Cecil -- - --, 1904-72, Irish poet and critic (3-5) |
| PATRICKKAVANAGH | Irish poet and novelist 1904-67 (7,8) |
| CECIL | -- Frances Alexander, 1818-95, Irish poet and hymn writer (5) |
| OSCAR | Irish poet and playwright whose works include Salome (5,5) |
