List of Irish classical composers

• Michael Alcorn (born 1962), contemporary composer • Michael William Balfe (1808–1870), romantic opera composer best known for The Bohemian Girl • Gerald Barry (born 1952), contemporary composer • Walter Beckett (1914–1996), 20th-century composer • Ed Bennett (born 1975), contemporary composer. • Seóirse Bodley (1933–2023), contemporary composer • Michael Bowles (1909–1998), 20th-century composer • Brian Boydell (1917–2000), 20th-century composer • Ina Boyle (1889–1967), female 20th-century composer • John Buckley (born 1951), contemporary composer • John Wolf Brennan (born 1954), Switzerland-based contemporary composer • Thomas O'Brien Butler (1861–1915), Celticist composer • Charles Thomas Carter (1804), 18th-century composer • Thomas Carter (1769–1800), 18th-century composer • Patrick Cassidy (composer) (born 1956), contemporary composer • Charles Clagget (1740–c.1795), 18th-century composer • Seán Clancy (born 1984), contemporary composer • Rhona Clarke (born 1958), contemporary composer • Ann Cleare (born 1983), contemporary composer • Siobhán Cleary (born 1970), contemporary composer • Philip Cogan (1750–1833), classical period composer • Rhoda Coghill (1903–2000), 20th-century composer • Houston Collisson (1865–1920), opera and ballad composer • Thomas Simpson Cooke (1782–1848), early 19th-century composer • Frank Corcoran (born 1944), contemporary composer resident in Germany • Shaun Davey (born 1948), 20th-century romantic composer • Jerome de Bromhead (born 1945), contemporary composer • Raymond Deane (born 1953), contemporary composer • Donnacha Dennehy (born 1970), contemporary composer and founder of the Crash Ensemble • Seán Doherty (born 1987), contemporary composer • Roger Doyle (born 1949), contemporary composer known for electro-acoustic music • Arthur Duff (1899–1956), 20th-century composer • Benjamin Dwyer (born 1965), contemporary composer ==E – K==

• Michele Esposito (1855–1929), Italo-Irish composer • Hormoz Farhat (born 1929), 20th-century composer • Eibhlís Farrell (born 1953), 20th-century composer • Howard Ferguson (1908–1999), Northern Irish composer based in England • John Field (1782–1837), romantic composer and pianist, notable for cultivating the nocturne • Aloys Fleischmann (1910–1992), 20th-century composer • W. H. Grattan Flood (1857–1928), composer and music historian • David Flynn (born 1977), contemporary composer • Charlotte Milligan Fox (1864–1916), composer, arranger and folksong collector • Thomas Augustine Geary (1775–1801), 18th-century composer • Patrick Gilmore (1829–1892), Irish-American composer and bandmaster • John William Glover (1815–1899), 19th-century composer • Deirdre Gribbin (born 1967), contemporary composer • Wellington Guernsey (1817–1885), ballad and piano composer • Ronan Guilfoyle (born 1958), contemporary composer and jazz bassist • Carl Hardebeck (1869–1945), early 20th-century composer and arranger • Hamilton Harty (1879–1941), late romantic composer and a leading conductor of his time • Swan Hennessy (1866–1929), Irish-American, Paris-based composer • Victor Herbert (1859–1924), Irish-American composer of musicals • Arthur Hervey (1855–1922), late 19th-century composer and music critic • Michael Holohan (born 1956), contemporary composer and writer • Ciaran Hope (born 1974), contemporary composer • Herbert Hughes (1882–1937), composer and skilful arranger of traditional music • Francis Ireland (1721–1784), late baroque composer • Fergus Johnston (born 1959), contemporary composer • T. R. G. Jozé (1853–1924), organist and composer • William Henry Kearns (1794–1846), 19th-century composer • Vincent Kennedy (born 1962), contemporary Irish composer • Michael Kelly (1762–1826), tenor and opera composer • T.C. Kelly (1917–1985), neo-romantic 20th-century composer • John Kinsella (1932–2021), contemporary composer ==L – O==

• John F. Larchet (1884–1967), late romantic composer and influential teacher • Nicola LeFanu (born 1947), contemporary composer, born of Irish parents in England • Richard Michael Levey (1811–1899), 19th-century composer, violinist and conductor • Samuel Lover (1799–1868), composer of operettas and songs • Elizabeth Maconchy (1907–1994), 20th-century composer, born in England, Irish parents, raised in Howth. • Philip Martin (born 1947), contemporary composer and pianist • Frederick May (1911–1985), 20th-century composer • Ailbhe McDonagh (born 1982), contemporary composer and cellist • Michael McGlynn (born 1964), contemporary composer, founder of choral group Anúna • John McLachlan (born 1964), contemporary composer • Paul McSwiney (1856–1889), 19th-century composer • Ernest John Moeran (1894–1950), early 20th-century English composer with Irish connections • James Lynam Molloy (1837–1909), composer of popular ballads • Peter K. Moran (1767–1831), early 19th-century composer • Peter Moran (born 1981), composer and gamelan director • Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington (1735–1781), late baroque / early classical composer • Gráinne Mulvey (born 1966), contemporary composer • Alicia Adelaide Needham (1863–1945), composer of popular ballads • Havelock Nelson (1917–1996), 20th-century light music composer • Ailís Ní Ríain (born 1974), contemporary composer • Turlough O'Carolan, (1670-1738), harper and composer • Robert O'Dwyer (1862–1949), early 20th-century composer • Kane O'Hara (c.1711–1782), composer of burlettas (early comic operas) • Eoin O'Keeffe (born 1979), contemporary composer • Joseph O'Kelly (1828–1885), Franco-Irish romantic composer • Arthur O'Leary (1834–1919), 19th-century composer • Jane O'Leary (born 1946), contemporary American-Irish composer • Seán Ó Riada (1931–1971), 20th-century composer and arranger of traditional Irish music • Gearóid Ó Deaghaidh (born 1954), Dún Dealgan 21st-century composer and arranger of contemporary Irish music and traditional Irish music • George Alexander Osborne (1806–1893), 19th-century piano composer ==P – Z==

• Geoffrey Molyneux Palmer (1882–1957), 20th-century composer • Annie Patterson (1868–1934), early 20th-century composer and musicologist • A. J. Potter (1918–1980), 20th-century composer • Joseph Robinson (1815–1898), 19th-century composer, conductor, and teacher • William Michael Rooke (1794–1847), 19th-century opera composer • Thomas Roseingrave (c.1690–1766), baroque composer • Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924), prominent late romantic composer • John Andrew Stevenson (1761–1833), composer of operas and of the original accompaniments to Moore's Melodies • Robert Prescott Stewart (1825–1894), 19th-century composer, organist and conductor • Hope Temple (1859–1938), composer of popular ballads • George William Torrance (1835–1907), 19th-century composer • Joan Trimble (1915–2000), 20th-century composer • Gerard Victory (1921–1995), 20th-century composer • Kevin Volans (born 1949), contemporary composer born in South Africa, now an Irish citizen • Joseph Augustine Wade (1796–1845), 19th-century composer • W. Vincent Wallace (1812–1865), 19th-century composer of operas and piano music • Jennifer Walshe (born 1974), contemporary composer and vocal artist • Bill Whelan (born 1950), contemporary composer • Ian Wilson (born 1964), contemporary composer • James Wilson (1922–2005), prolific Irish-based composer • Charles Wood (1866–1926), late romantic composer, known for his church music • Richard Woodward (c.1743–1777), baroque composer ==References==