Declan Buckley is an Irish television personality and drag queen from Dublin, Ireland, going by the persona Shirley Temple Bar.
This name is a play on the name of the American child actress Shirley Temple and a cultural area of Dublin city called Temple Bar.
He also writes a weekly column in national newspaper, The Star on Sunday.
[citation needed] A 1997 winner of the Alternative Miss Ireland competition which helped launch his career,[2][3] Buckley hosts a weekly bingo and drag show in Dublin's gay bar, The George.
[4] In 2001, he caused a stir when his character Shirley Temple Bar took over the presentation of the National Lottery game show, Telly Bingo, on television.