Literature Nobel Prize Winners in Ireland.

1923    W. B. Yeats

"for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation."

1969    Samuel Beckett

"for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation." 

1995    Seamus Heaney

"for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past."