Shirley Temple Bar (aka Declan Buckley) is a drag queen from Dublin, Ireland, whose name is a play on both Shirley Temple and a cultural area of Dublin city called Temple Bar. A 1997 winner of the Alternative Miss Ireland competition, Shirley hosts a weekly bingo and drag show in Dublin's largest gay bar, The George. Alternative Miss Ireland helped ignite her career.
Shirley presented the Irish National Lottery's Telly Bingo twice a week on Ireland's national broadcast channel, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) for three years. Shirley left the show in 2004 with her alter ego, Declan Buckley, taking over the spot.
Featured on several documentaries for Irish and British television, an Irish language programme by broadcaster TG4 was nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award in 2003. She has a business degree.
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And your triumphs reach as far
As night or day,
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And mingle with forgotten ashes, when
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—Sigmund Freud (1856–1939)
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