List of members of Aosdána

This is a list of current and former members of Aosdána, an association of artists whose work is deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to the creative arts in Ireland.[1][2]

Details of membership

Membership of Aosdána is based on a system of peer nomination and election and is limited to a maximum of 250 living artists who must be resident in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland for five years, although there exist exceptions where artists resident outside of Ireland are eligible "if the body of their work is deemed to significantly benefit the arts in Ireland".[3]

Saoi

Members of Aosdána may be elected by other members to receive the honour of Saoi for singular and sustained distinction in the arts. Not more than seven members can hold this honour at any one time.[4]

Members

Name Category Membership[1][2] Saoithe
Elaine Agnew Music Current member
John Arden Literature Past member
Arthur Armstrong Visual arts Past member
Robert Ballagh Visual arts Past member
John Banville Literature Past member
Leland Bardwell Literature Past member
Gerald Barry Music Current member
Sebastian Barry Literature Current member
Samuel Beckett Literature Past member Saoi
Walter Beckett Music Past member
John Behan Visual arts Current member
Pauline Bewick Visual arts Current member
Michael Biggs Visual arts Past member
Shane de Blacam Architecture Current member
Cathal Black Visual arts Current member
Basil Blackshaw Visual arts Past member
Seóirse Bodley Music Current member Saoi
Veronica Bolay Visual arts Current member
David Bolger Choreography Current member
Dermot Bolger Literature Current member
Pat Boran Literature Current member
Eva Bourke Literature Current member
Brian Bourke Visual arts Current member
Fergus Bourke Visual arts Past member
Brian Boydell Music Past member
Clare Boylan Literature Past member
Charles Brady Visual arts Past member
Cecily Brennan Visual arts Current member
Melanie le Brocquy Visual arts Past member
Louis le Brocquy Visual arts Past member Saoi
Jerome de Bromhead Music Current member
Vincent Browne Visual arts Current member
John Buckley Music Current member
Michael Bulfin Visual arts Current member
John Burke Visual arts Past member
Paddy Bushe Literature Current member
John Byrne Visual arts Current member
Michael Byrne Visual arts Past member
Moya Cannon Literature Current member
Patrick Carey Visual arts Past member
Cathy Carman Visual arts Current member
Marina Carr Literature Current member
Ciaran Carson Literature Past member
Philip Casey Literature Current member
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin Literature Current member
Rhona Clarke Music Current member
Siobhán Cleary Music Current member
Harry Clifton Literature Current member
Michael Coady Literature Current member
Seán Ó Coisdealbha Literature Past member
James Coleman Visual arts Current member
Patrick Collins Visual arts Past member Saoi
Eamon Colman Visual arts Current member
Joe Comerford Visual arts Current member
Micheál Ó Conghaile Literature Current member
Evelyn Conlon Literature Current member
Barrie Cooke Visual arts Past member
Frank Corcoran Music Current member
Maud Cotter Visual arts Current member
Gary Coyle Visual arts Current member
Anthony Cronin Literature Past member Saoi
Dorothy Cross Visual arts Current member
William Crozier Visual arts Past member
Charles Cullen Visual arts Current member
Michael Cullen Visual arts Current member
Cindy Cummings Choreography Current member
Peter Cunningham Literature Current member
Tony Curtis Literature Current member
Ita Daly Literature Current member
Margaretta D'Arcy Literature Current member
Rosaleen Davey Visual arts Current member
John T. Davis Visual arts Current member
Philip Davison Literature Current member
Michael Davitt Literature Past member
Raymond Deane Music Current member
John F. Deane Literature Current member
Seamus Deane Literature Current member
Catherine Delaney Visual arts Current member
Edward Delaney Visual arts Past member
Diarmuid Delargy Visual arts Current member
Donnacha Dennehy Music Current member
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Literature Current member
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne Literature Current member
Vivienne Dick Visual arts Current member
Éilis Dillon Literature Past member
Máirtín Ó Direáin Literature Past member
Willie Doherty Visual arts Current member
Neil Donnelly Literature Current member
Micky Donnelly Visual arts Current member
Mary Dorcey Literature Current member
Theo Dorgan Literature Current member
Roger Doyle Music Current member
Paul Durcan Literature Current member
Benjamin Dwyer Music Current member
Christine Dwyer Hickey Literature Current member
Felim Egan Visual arts Current member
Peter Fallon Literature Current member
Conor Fallon Visual arts Past member
Julia Ó Faoláin Literature Current member
Seán Ó Faoláin Literature Past member
Éibhlís Farrell Music Current member
Ciarán Farrell Music Current member
Yvonne Farrell Architecture Current member
Bernard Farrell Literature Current member
Micheál Farrell Visual arts Past member
Pádraic Fiacc Literature Current member
Sean Fingleton Visual arts Current member
Mary FitzGerald Visual arts Current member
Tom Fitzgerald Visual arts Current member
Aloys Fleischman Music Past member
Gerard Mannix Flynn Literature Current member
Marie Foley Visual arts Current member
Brian Friel Literature Past member Saoi
Martin Gale Visual arts Current member
Patrick Galvin Literature Past member
Stephen Gardner Music Current member
Carlo Gébler Literature Current member
Ernest Gébler Literature Past member
John Gibbons Visual arts Current member
Richard Gorman Visual arts Current member
Tim Goulding Visual arts Current member
Patrick Graham Visual arts Current member
Robert Greacen Literature Past member
Vona Groarke Literature Current member
Anita Groener Visual arts Current member
Ronan Guilfoyle Music Current member
Patrick Hall Visual arts Current member
Hugo Hamilton Literature Current member
James Hanley Visual arts Current member
Gerard Hanley Literature Past member
Marie Hanlon Visual arts Current member
Alice Hanratty Visual arts Current member
Kerry Hardie Literature Current member
Michael Harding Literature Current member
Charles Harper Visual arts Current member
James Harpur Literature Current member
Pat Harris Visual arts Current member
Michael Hartnett Literature Past member
Francis Harvey Literature Past member
Anne Haverty Literature Current member
Dermot Healy Literature Past member
Seamus Heaney Literature Past member Saoi
Frances Hegarty Visual arts Current member
Brian Henderson Visual arts Current member
Kieran Hickey Visual arts Past member
Patrick Hickey Visual arts Past member
Rita Ann Higgins Literature Current member
Aidan Higgins Literature Past member
Michael Holohan Music Current member
Pearse Hutchinson Literature Past member
Jaki Irvine Visual arts Current member
Fergus Johnston Music Current member
Jennifer Johnston Literature Current member
Denis Johnston Literature Past member
Neil Jordan Literature Current member
Eithne Jordan Visual arts Current member
John Jordan Literature Past member
Trevor Joyce Literature Current member
Michael Kane Visual arts Current member
John B. Keane Literature Past member
Molly Keane Literature Past member
Claire Keegan Literature Current member
John Kelly Visual arts Past member
Adrian Kenny Literature Current member
Bernadette Kiely Visual arts Current member
Benedict Kiely Literature Past member Saoi
Thomas Kilroy Literature Current member
Deirdre Kinahan Literature Current member
Brian King Visual arts Current member
Cecil King Visual arts Past member
John Kinsella Music Current member
Trevor Knight Music Current member
Gene Lambert Visual arts Current member
Sonja Landweer Visual arts Current member
Mary Lavin Literature Past member Saoi
Ciarán Lennon Visual arts Current member
Louis Lentin Literature Past member
James Liddy Literature Past member
Mary Lohan Visual arts Current member
Michael Longley Literature Current member
Donal Lunny Music Current member
Brian Lynch[5] Literature Current member
Liam Lynch Literature Past member
Eileen MacDonagh Visual arts Current member
Tom MacIntyre Literature Current member
Bernard MacLaverty Literature Current member
Bryan MacMahon Literature Past member
Deirdre Madden Literature Current member
Anne Madden Visual arts Current member
Aodhán Madden Literature Past member
Brian Maguire Visual arts Current member
Alice Maher Visual arts Current member
Derek Mahon Literature Current member
Louis Marcus Visual arts Current member
Philip Martin Music Current member
Fergus Martin Visual arts Current member
Hugh Maxton Literature Current member
Freddie May Music Past member
Eugene McCabe Literature Current member
Patrick McCabe Literature Current member
Colum McCann Literature Current member
Thomas McCarthy Literature Current member
Mike McCormack Literature Current member
James McCreary Visual arts Current member
John McGahern Literature Past member
Medbh McGuckian Literature Current member
Frank McGuinness Literature Current member
Edward McGuire Visual arts Past member
Tom MacIntyre Literature Past member
Stephen McKenna Visual arts Past member
James McKenna Visual arts Past member
Willie McKeown Visual arts Past member
John McLachlan Music Current member
Theo McNab Visual arts Past member
Shelley McNamara Architecture Current member
Eoin McNamee Literature Current member
Conor McPherson Literature Current member
Seán McSweeney Visual arts Current member
Paula Meehan Literature Current member
Nick Miller Visual arts Current member
M.J. Molloy Literature Past member
Helen Moloney Visual arts Past member
Alfonso Monreal Lopez Visual arts Current member
John Montague Literature Current member
Brian Moore Literature Past member
George Morrison Visual arts Current member Saoi
Mary Morrissy Literature Current member
Paul Mosse Visual arts Current member
Liam Ó Muirthile Literature Current member
Michael Mulcahy Visual arts Current member
Paul Muldoon Literature Current member
Carolyn Mulholland Visual arts Current member
Val Mulkerns Literature Past member
Janet Mullarney Visual arts Current member
Gráinne Mulvey Music Current member
Jimmy Murphy Literature Current member
Richard Murphy Literature Past member
Tom Murphy Literature Past member
Pat Murphy Visual arts Current member
Joe Steve O Neachtain Literature Past member
Little John Nee Literature Current member
Christopher Nolan Literature Past member
Jim Nolan Literature Current member
Jane O’Leary Music Current member
Edna O'Brien Literature Current member Saoi
Julie O'Callaghan Literature Current member
Kevin O'Connell Music Current member
Eilis O'Connell Visual arts Current member
Ulick O'Connor Literature Past member
Joseph O'Connor Literature Current member
Conleth O'Connor Literature Past member
Mick O'Dea Visual arts Current member
Sheila O'Donnell Architecture Current member
Mary O'Donnell Literature Current member
Peadar O'Donnell Literature Past member
Hughie O'Donoghue Visual arts Current member
Gwen O'Dowd Visual arts Current member
Ciaran O'Driscoll Literature Current member
Dennis O'Driscoll Literature Past member
Liam O'Flaherty Literature Past member
Críostóir Ó Floinn Literature Current member
Desmond O'Grady Literature Past member
Alannah O'Kelly Visual arts Current member
Donal O'Kelly Literature Past member
Michael O'Loughlin Literature Current member
Mary O'Malley Literature Current member
Tony O'Malley Visual arts Past member Saoi
Geraldine O'Neill Visual arts Current member
Geraldine O'Reilly Visual arts Current member
Micheal O'Siadhail Literature Current member
Patrick O'Sullivan Visual arts Past member
Tom de Paor Architecture Current member
Glenn Patterson Literature Current member
Colman Pearce Music Current member
Tommy Peoples Music Current member
Janet Pierce Visual arts Current member
James Plunkett Literature Past member
Mary Powers Visual arts Past member
Kathy Prendergast Visual arts Current member
Patrick Pye Visual arts Past member
Michael Quane Visual arts Current member
Bob Quinn Visual arts Current member
Yann Renard Goulet Visual arts Past member
Tim Robinson Literature Past member
Billy Roche Literature Current member
Vivienne Roche Visual arts Current member
Nigel Rolfe Visual arts Current member
Gabriel Rosenstock Literature Current member
Máire Mhac an tSaoi Literature Past member
James Scanlon Visual arts Current member
Patrick Scott Visual arts Past member Saoi
Maurice Scully Literature Current member
Seán Scully Visual arts Current member
Cathal Ó Searcaigh Literature Current member
Dermot Seymour Visual arts Current member
David Shaw-Smith Visual arts Current member
Peter Sheridan Literature Current member
Noel Sheridan Visual arts Past member
John Shinnors Visual arts Current member
James Simmons Literature Past member
Maria Simonds-Gooding Visual arts Current member
Peter Sirr Literature Current member
John Noel Smith Visual arts Current member
Paul Smith Literature Past member
Michael Smith Literature Past member
Sydney Bernard Smith Literature Past member
Gerard Smyth Literature Current member
Camille Souter Visual arts Current member Saoi
Amelia Stein Visual arts Current member
Louis Stewart Music Past member
Eithne Strong Literature Past member
Imogen Stuart Visual arts Current member Saoi
Francis Stuart Literature Past member Saoi
Eric Sweeney Music Current member
Matthew Sweeney Literature Past member
Donald Teskey Visual arts Current member
Colm Tóibín Literature Current member
William Trevor Literature Past member Saoi
Rod Tuach Visual arts Current member
Eoghan Ó Tuairisc Literature Past member
John Tuomey Architecture Current member
Charles Tyrrell Visual arts Current member
Dáirine Vanston Visual arts Past member
Terence de Vere White Literature Past member
Gerard Victory Music Past member
Michael Viney Literature Current member
Kevin Volans Music Current member
Joe Walker Visual arts Current member
Corban Walker Visual arts Current member
Mervyn Wall Literature Past member
Samuel Walsh Visual arts Current member
Barbara Warren Visual arts Past member
Michael Warren Visual arts Current member
Grace Weir Visual arts Current member
Alexandra Wejchert Visual arts Past member
Bill Whelan Music Current member
Ian Wilson Music Current member
James Wilson Music Past member
Macdara Woods Literature Past member
Vincent Woods Literature Current member
Daphne Wright Visual arts Current member
Enda Wyley Literature Current member
Nancy Wynne-Jones Visual arts Past member
Anne Yeats Visual arts Past member

References

  1. The Arts Council (2016). "Current members". Aosdána. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. The Arts Council (2016). "Former members". Aosdána. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  3. The Arts Council (2016). "Home". Aosdána. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  4. The Arts Council (2016). "Saoi". Aosdána. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  5. "Brian Lynch". ricorso.net. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
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