Former Rooney Prize Winners

Seán Hewitt, 2022

Niamh Campbell, 2021

Caitriona Lally, 2018

Elizabeth Reapy, 2017

Mark O’Connell, 2019

Stephen Sexton, 2020

Colin Barrett, 2016


Full List of Winners

  • 1976 Heno Magee

  • 1977 Desmond Hogan

  • 1978 Peter Sheridan

  • 1979 Kate Cruise O'Brien

  • 1980 Bernard Farrell

  • 1981 Neil Jordan

  • 1982 Medbh McGuckian

  • 1983 Dorothy Nelson

  • 1984 Ronan Sheehan

  • 1985 Frank McGuinness

  • 1986 Paul Mercier

  • 1987 Deirdre Madden

  • 1988 Glenn Patterson

  • 1989 Robert McLiam Wilson

  • 1990 Mary Dorcey

  • 1991 Anne Enright

  • 1992 Hugo Hamilton

  • 1993 Gerard Fanning

  • 1994 Colum McCann

  • 1995 Philip MacCann

  • 1996 Mike McCormack

  • 1997 Anne Haverty

  • 1998 David Wheatley

  • 1999 Mark O'Rowe

  • 2000 Claire Keegan

  • 2001 Keith Ridgway

  • 2002 Caítriona O' Reilly

  • 2003 Eugene O'Brien

  • 2004 Claire Kilroy

  • 2005 Nick Laird

  • 2006 Philip Ó Ceallaigh

  • 2007 Kevin Barry

  • 2008 Leontia Flynn

  • 2009 Kevin Power

  • 2010 Leanne O'Sullivan

  • 2011 Lucy Caldwell

  • 2012 Nancy Harris

  • 2013 Ciarán Collins

  • 2014 Colin Barrett

  • 2015 Sara Baume

  • 2016 Doireann Ní Ghríofa

  • 2017 Elizabeth Reapy

  • 2018 Caitriona Lally

  • 2019 Mark O'Connell

  • 2020 Stephon Sexton

  • 2021 Niamh Campbell

  • 2022 Seán Hewitt

Sara Baume, 2017

Doireann Ní Ghríofa, 2016