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List of members of Aosdána

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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

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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][4][5]

Saoi

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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.[6]

Members

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Name Category Membership[1][2][7] Saoithe
Elaine Agnew Music Current member
John Arden Literature Past member (deceased)
Arthur Armstrong Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Robert Ballagh Visual arts Past member (resigned)
John Banville Literature Past member (resigned)
Leland Bardwell Literature Past member (deceased)
Aideen Barry Visual arts Current member
Gerald Barry Music Current member
Kevin Barry Literature Current member
Sebastian Barry Literature Current member
Samuel Beckett Literature Past member (deceased) Saoi
Walter Beckett Music Past member (deceased)
John Behan Visual arts Current member
Pauline Bewick Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Michael Biggs Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Shane de Blacam Architecture Current member
Cathal Black Visual arts Current member
Basil Blackshaw Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Seóirse Bodley Music Past member (deceased) Saoi
Veronica Bolay Visual arts Past member (deceased)
David Bolger Choreography Current member
Dermot Bolger Literature Current member
Pat Boran Literature Current member
Brian Bourke Visual arts Current member
Eva Bourke Literature Current member
Fergus Bourke Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Brian Boydell Music Past member (deceased)
Clare Boylan Literature Past member (deceased)
Charles Brady Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Cecily Brennan Visual arts Current member
Louis le Brocquy Visual arts Past member (deceased) Saoi
Melanie le Brocquy Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Jerome de Bromhead Music Current member
Vincent Browne Visual arts Current member
John Buckley Music Current member
Linda Buckley Music Current member
Michael Bulfin Visual arts Current member
John Burke Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Paddy Bushe Literature Current member
Gerard Byrne Visual arts Current member
John Byrne Visual arts Current member
Michael Byrne Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Moya Cannon Literature Current member
Patrick Carey Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Cathy Carman Visual arts Current member
Marina Carr Literature Current member
Ciaran Carson Literature Past member (deceased)
Philip Casey Literature Past member (deceased)
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 (deceased)
James Coleman Visual arts Current member
Patrick Collins Visual arts Past member (deceased) Saoi
Eamon Colman Visual arts Current member
Joe Comerford Visual arts Current member
Micheál Ó Conghaile Literature Current member
Evelyn Conlon Literature Current member
Amanda Coogan Visual arts Current member
Barrie Cooke Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Diana Copperwhite Visual arts Current member
Frank Corcoran Music Current member
Maud Cotter Visual arts Current member
Gary Coyle Visual arts Current member
Anthony Cronin Literature Past member (deceased) Saoi
Dorothy Cross Visual arts Current member
William Crozier Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Charles Cullen Visual arts Current member
Michael Cullen Visual arts Past member (deceased)
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 (deceased)
John F. Deane Literature Current member
Raymond Deane Music Current member
Seamus Deane Literature Past member (deceased)
Catherine Delaney Visual arts Current member
Edward Delaney Visual arts Past member (deceased)
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 (deceased)
Máirtín Ó Direáin Literature Past member (deceased)
Jim Doherty Music Current member
Willie Doherty Visual arts Current member
Neil Donnelly Literature Current member
Micky Donnelly Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Mary Dorcey Literature Current member
Theo Dorgan Literature Current member
Roger Doyle[8] Music Current member Saoi
Rita Duffy Visual arts Current member
Paul Durcan Literature Current member
Benjamin Dwyer Music Current member
Felim Egan Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Anne Enright Literature Current member
Conor Fallon Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Peter Fallon Literature Current member
Julia Ó Faoláin Literature Current member
Seán Ó Faoláin Literature Past member (deceased) Saoi
Bernard Farrell Literature Current member
Ciarán Farrell Music Current member
Éibhlís Farrell Music Current member
Micheal Farrell Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Yvonne Farrell Architecture Current member
Pádraic Fiacc Literature Past member (deceased)
Sean Fingleton Visual arts Current member
Mary FitzGerald Visual arts Current member
Tom Fitzgerald Visual arts Current member
Aloys Fleischman Music Past member (deceased)
Gerard Mannix Flynn Literature Current member
Marie Foley Visual arts Current member
Brian Friel Literature Past member (deceased) Saoi
Martin Gale Visual arts Current member
Patrick Galvin Literature Past member (deceased)
Stephen Gardner Music Current member
Carlo Gébler Literature Current member
Ernest Gébler Literature Past member (deceased)
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 (deceased)
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
Gerard Hanley Literature Past member (deceased)
James Hanley Visual arts Current member
Marie Hanlon Visual arts Current member
Alice Hanratty Visual arts Current member
Kerry Hardie Literature Current member
Michael Harding Literature Current member
Margo Harkin Visual arts Current member
Charles Harper Visual arts Current member
James Harpur Literature Current member
Pat Harris Visual arts Current member
Michael Hartnett Literature Past member (deceased)
Francis Harvey Literature Past member (deceased)
Anne Haverty Literature Current member
Dermot Healy Literature Past member (deceased)
Seamus Heaney Literature Past member (deceased) Saoi
Frances Hegarty Visual arts Current member
Brian Henderson Visual arts Current member
Christine Dwyer Hickey Literature Current member
Kieran Hickey Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Patrick Hickey Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Aidan Higgins Literature Past member (deceased)
Rita Ann Higgins Literature Current member
Michael Holohan Music Current member
Pearse Hutchinson Literature Past member (deceased)
Jaki Irvine Visual arts Current member
Denis Johnston Literature Past member (deceased)
Fergus Johnston Music Current member
Jennifer Johnston Literature Current member
Jesse Jones Visual arts Current member
Eithne Jordan Visual arts Current member
John Jordan Literature Past member (deceased)
Neil Jordan Literature Current member
Trevor Joyce Literature Current member
Rachel Joynt Visual arts Current member
Michael Kane Visual arts Current member
John B. Keane Literature Past member (deceased)
Molly Keane Literature Past member (deceased)
Claire Keegan Literature Current member
John Kelly Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Eddie Kennedy Visual arts Current member
Adrian Kenny Literature Current member
Benedict Kiely Literature Past member (deceased) Saoi
Bernadette Kiely Visual arts Current member
Thomas Kilroy Literature Current member
Deirdre Kinahan Literature Current member
Brian King Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Cecil King Visual arts Past member (deceased)
John Kinsella Music Past member (deceased)
Trevor Knight Music Current member
Gene Lambert Visual arts Current member
Sonja Landweer Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Mary Lavin Literature Past member (deceased) Saoi
Ciarán Lennon Visual arts Current member
Louis Lentin Literature Past member (deceased)
James Liddy Literature Past member (deceased)
Mary Lohan Visual arts Current member
Louise Lowe Literature Current member
Michael Longley Literature Current member
Donal Lunny Music Current member
Brian Lynch[9] Literature Current member
Liam Lynch Literature Past member (deceased)
Martin Lynch Literature Current member
Eileen MacDonagh Visual arts Current member
Tom MacIntyre Literature Past member (deceased)
Bernard MacLaverty Literature Current member
Bryan MacMahon Literature Past member (deceased)
Anne Madden Visual arts Current member
Aodhán Madden Literature Past member (deceased)
Deirdre Madden Literature Current member
Brian Maguire Visual arts Current member
Alice Maher Visual arts Current member
Derek Mahon Literature Past member (deceased)
Louis Marcus Visual arts Current member
Fergus Martin Visual arts Current member
Philip Martin Music Current member
Hugh Maxton Literature Current member
Freddie May Music Past member (deceased)
Eugene McCabe Literature Past member (deceased)
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 (deceased)
Medbh McGuckian Literature Current member
Frank McGuinness Literature Current member
Edward McGuire Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Tom MacIntyre Literature Past member (deceased)
James McKenna Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Stephen McKenna Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Willie McKeown Visual arts Past member (deceased)
John McLachlan Music Current member
Theo McNab Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Shelley McNamara Architecture Current member
Eoin McNamee Literature Current member
Conor McPherson Literature Current member
Seán McSweeney Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Paula Meehan Literature Current member
Nick Miller Visual arts Current member
M. J. Molloy Literature Past member (deceased)
Helen Moloney Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Alfonso Monreal Lopez Visual arts Current member
John Montague Literature Past member (deceased)
Brian Moore Literature Past member (deceased)
George Morrison Visual arts Current member Saoi
Mary Morrissy Literature Current member
Paul Mosse Visual arts Current member
Gina Moxley Literature 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 (deceased)
Janet Mullarney Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Gráinne Mulvey Music Current member
Valerie Mulvin Architecture Current member
Jimmy Murphy Literature Current member
Pat Murphy Visual arts Current member
Richard Murphy Literature Past member (deceased)
Tom Murphy Literature Past member (deceased) Saoi
Joe Steve Ó Neachtain Literature Past member (deceased)
John Nee Literature Current member
Christopher Nolan Literature Past member (deceased)
Jim Nolan Literature Current member
Edna O'Brien Literature Past member (deceased) Saoi
Julie O'Callaghan Literature Current member
Eilis O'Connell Visual arts Current member
Conleth O'Connor Literature Past member (deceased)
Kevin O'Connell Music Current member
Joseph O'Connor Literature Current member
Ulick O'Connor Literature Past member (deceased)
Mick O'Dea Visual arts Current member
Mary O'Donnell Literature Current member
Peadar O'Donnell Literature Past member (deceased)
Sheila O'Donnell Architecture Current 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 (deceased)
Julia O'Faolain Literature Past member (deceased)
Liam O'Flaherty Literature Past member (deceased)
Críostóir Ó Floinn Literature Past member (deceased)
Desmond O'Grady Literature Past member (deceased)
Mairead O'hEocha Visual arts Current member
Alanna O'Kelly Visual arts Current member
Donal O'Kelly Literature Past member (resigned)[10]
Jane O’Leary Music Current member
Michael O'Loughlin Literature Current member
Mary O'Malley Literature Current member
Tony O'Malley Visual arts Past member (deceased) Saoi
Liam Ó Muirthile Literature Past member (deceased)
Joe Steve Ó Neachtain Literature Past member (deceased)
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 (deceased)
Tom de Paor Architecture Current member
Glenn Patterson Literature Current member
Colman Pearce Music Current member
Tommy Peoples Music Past member (deceased)
Janet Pierce Visual arts Current member
James Plunkett Literature Past member (deceased)
Mary Farl Powers Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Kathy Prendergast Visual arts Current member
Patrick Pye Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Michael Quane Visual arts Current member
Bob Quinn Visual arts Current member
Yann Renard Goulet Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Arthur Riordan Literature Current member
Tim Robinson Literature Past member (deceased)
Billy Roche Literature Current member
Liz Roche Choreography 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 (resigned)
James Scanlon Visual arts Current member
John Scott Choreography Current member
Patrick Scott Visual arts Past member (deceased) Saoi
Maurice Scully Literature Past member (deceased)
Seán Scully Visual arts Current member
Cathal Ó Searcaigh Literature Current member
Dermot Seymour Visual arts Current member
David Shaw-Smith Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Peter Sheridan Literature Current member
Noel Sheridan Visual arts Past member (deceased)
John Shinnors Visual arts Current member
James Simmons Literature Past member (deceased)
Maria Simonds-Gooding Visual arts Current member
Peter Sirr Literature Current member
John Noel Smith Visual arts Current member
Paul Smith Literature Past member (deceased)
Michael Smith Literature Past member (deceased)
Gerard Smyth Literature Current member
Sydney Bernard Smith Literature Past member (deceased)
Camille Souter Visual arts Past member (deceased) Saoi
Amelia Stein Visual arts Current member
Louis Stewart Music Past member (deceased)
Eithne Strong Literature Past member (deceased)
Francis Stuart Literature Past member (deceased) Saoi
Imogen Stuart Visual arts Past member(deceased) Saoi
Eric Sweeney Music Past member (deceased)
Matthew Sweeney Literature Past member (deceased)
Anne Tallentire Visual arts Current member
Donald Teskey Visual arts Current member
Colm Tóibín Literature Current member
William Trevor Literature Past member (deceased) Saoi
Rod Tuach Visual arts Current member
Eoghan Ó Tuairisc Literature Past member (deceased)
John Tuomey Architecture Current member
Charles Tyrrell Visual arts Current member
Dáirine Vanston Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Terence de Vere White Literature Past member (deceased)
Gerard Victory Music Past member (deceased)
Michael Viney Literature Past member (deceased)
Kevin Volans Music Current member
Corban Walker Visual arts Current member
Joe Walker Visual arts Current member
Mervyn Wall Literature Past member (deceased)
Samuel Walsh Visual arts Current member
Jennifer Walshe Music Current member
Barbara Warren Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Michael Warren Visual arts Current member
Grace Weir Visual arts Current member
Alexandra Wejchert Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Bill Whelan Music Current member
Ian Wilson Music Current member
James Wilson Music Past member (deceased)
Macdara Woods Literature Past member (deceased)
Vincent Woods Literature Current member
Daphne Wright Visual arts Current member
Enda Wyley Literature Current member
Nancy Wynne-Jones Visual arts Past member (deceased)
Anne Yeats Visual arts Past member (deceased)

References

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  1. ^ a b The Arts Council (2016). "Current members". Aosdána. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b The Arts Council (2016). "Former members". Aosdána. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  3. ^ The Arts Council (2016). "Home". Aosdána. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  4. ^ "New members event". Aosdana. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Former members". Aosdana. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  6. ^ The Arts Council (2016). "Saoi". Aosdána. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Aosdana elects five new members". Arts Council Ireland. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Saoi". Aosdana. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Brian Lynch". ricorso.net. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  10. ^ Middeke, Martin; Schnierer, Peter Paul (28 May 2010). The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary Irish Playwrights. A&C Black. ISBN 9781408113462 – via Google Books.