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Which famous playwright was born in Armagh?

  • William Shakespeare

  • Samuel Beckett

  • George Bernard Shaw

  • Oscar Wilde

Answer

George Bernard Shaw, the famous Irish playwright, was born in Armagh in 1856. He is best known for his plays such as Pygmalion and Saint Joan. Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.
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