List of Irish Nobel laureates and nominees

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Since 1923, Ireland (which consists of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the latter a constituent part of the United Kingdom) has produced eleven Nobel laureates: one in Physics, one in Physiology or Medicine, four in Literature and five in Peace category.[1]

Two additional Nobel laureates in physics are sometimes included in this list: Guglielmo Marconi, whose mother was Irish, and Erwin Schrödinger, who became a naturalized Irish citizen in 1948 (he received the award in 1933).

YearImageLaureateBornDiedFieldRationale
Citizens
1923 William Butler Yeats 13 June 1865 in Sandymount, Dublin 28 January 1939 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes, France Literature "for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation."[2]
1925 George Bernard Shaw 26 July 1856 in Dublin 2 November 1950 in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England Literature "for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty."[3]
1933 Erwin Schrödinger 12 August 1887 in Vienna, Austria
(acquired Irish citizenship in 1948)		 4 January 1961 in Vienna, Austria Physics "for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory"[4]
(shared with English physicist Paul Dirac)
1951 Ernest Walton 6 October 1903 in Dungarvan, County Waterford 25 June 1995 in Belfast Physics "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles."[5]
(shared with English physicist John Cockcroft)
1969 Samuel Beckett 13 April 1906 in Foxrock, Dublin 22 December 1989 in Paris, France Literature "for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation."[6]
1974 Seán MacBride 26 January 1904 in Paris, France 15 January 1988 in Dublin Peace "for his efforts to secure and develop human rights throughout the world."[7]
(shared with Japanese politician Eisaku Satō)
1976 Betty Williams 22 May 1943 in Belfast 17 March 2020 in Belfast Peace "for the courageous efforts in founding a movement to put an end to the violent conflict in Northern Ireland."[8]
Mairead Maguire 27 January 1944 in Belfast N/a
1995 Seamus Heaney 13 April 1939 in Tamniaran, near Castledawson 30 August 2013 in Blackrock, Dublin Literature "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past."[9]
1998 John Hume 18 January 1937 in Derry 3 August 2020 in Derry Peace "for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland."[10]
David Trimble 15 October 1944 in Belfast 25 July 2022 in Belfast
2015 William Cecil Campbell[a] 28 June 1930 in Ramelton, County Donegal N/a Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites."[12]
(shared with Japanese biochemist Satoshi Ōmura and Chinese malariologist Tu Youyou)

Nominations

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