Claim: Iris Murdoch was Anglo-Irish.
Evidence: Dame Jean Iris Murdoch -LRB- -LSB- ˈmɜrdɒk -RSB- 15 July 1919 -- 8 February 1999 -RRB- was an Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher , best known for her novels about good and evil , sexual relationships , morality , and the power of the unconscious.