From George Bernard Shaw to Jessie Buckley: The complete list of Ireland's Academy Award winners

Jessie Buckley is the latest addition to a list of Irish Oscar winners that also includes George Bernard Shaw, Brenda Fricker, and Maureen O'Hara 
From George Bernard Shaw to Jessie Buckley: The complete list of Ireland's Academy Award winners

Previous Oscar winners from Ireland have included George Bernard Shaw, Maureen O'Hara, and Cillian Murphy.

George Bernard Shaw 

For all his iconic works, it's easy to forget that George Bernard Shaw has a little golden fella to his name. The renowned playwright, who adapted his own play for the 1938 film Pygmalion, refused to accept his award in person in 1939, dismissing the Oscars as 'nonsense’. Legend has it he used the statuette as a door stop.

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