George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950, Irish-born British Dramatist

What the heck does this mean?

Either:
(a)GBS was born and brought up in Ireland, so that makes him simply "Irish".
Or:
(b) We're going back to his (I just read) Yorkshire roots, and he's "British", or perhaps even "English".

UK convention would generally be for nationality to be determined by place of birth rather than by blood, certainly nowadays. Ergo GBS was an Irish Dramatist (and Writer). Naturally he was perfectly entitled to draw attention to his English blood as he saw fit.

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