Former Rooney Prize Winners

Ferdia Lennon

Winning Work: Glorious Exploits

2026 Winner

Suad Aldarra

Winning Work: I Don’t Want to Talk About Home

2024 Winner
2023 Winner

Michael Magee

Winning Work: Close to Home

Former Rooney Prize Winners

2024 Suad Aldarra

Seán Hewitt, 2022

Niamh Campbell, 2021

Caitriona Lally, 2018

Elizabeth Reapy, 2017

Mark O’Connell, 2019

Stephen Sexton, 2020

Colin Barrett, 2016

2025 Ferdia Lennon

Sara Baume, 2017

Doireann Ní Ghríofa, 2016

2023 Michael Magee


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

  • 2023 Michael Magee

  • 2024 Suad Aldarra