Personal Life
Shaw was married three times and had ten children, one of whom was adopted. His first wife was Jennifer Bourke (1952–63) with whom he had four daughters. His second wife was the actress Mary Ure (1963–75) with whom he had two sons and two daughters; this marriage ended with her death from an overdose. His third and last wife was Virginia Jansen (1976–78) with whom he had one son and adopted Jansen's son from a previous relationship. One of Shaw's sons by Mary Ure is the actor Ian Shaw.
For the last seven years of his life, Robert Shaw lived at Drimbawn House, in the village of Tourmakeady, County Mayo in Ireland.
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Robert Shaw Memorial in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland, near the location where he died
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View of the pier at the site
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