Shirley Temple Bar

Who is Shirley Temple Bar?

Shirley Temple Bar 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, with fellow drag queens Veda, Davina Devine and Dolly Grip. 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 for three years. Shirley left the show in 2004 with her alter ego, Declan Buckley, taking over the spot. Shirley also provide her own theme song which she sang for the show, Telly Bingo Twice a Week, which was played out at the end of each edition, during her time on the show. This was removed following her departure from the show.

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.