Declan Buckley is an
Irish
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television personality and
drag queen
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from
Dublin
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,
Ireland
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, going by the persona Shirley Temple Bar. This name is a play on both
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
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''. He has a business degree from DCU. He featured on several documentaries for Irish and British television, an Irish language programme by broadcaster
TG4
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was nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award in 2003.
A 1997 winner of the
Alternative Miss Ireland
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competition which helped ignite his career, Buckley hosts a weekly bingo and
drag show
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in Dublin's largest gay bar,
The George.
In 2001, he caused a stir when Shirley Temple Bar took over the National Lottery
gameshow
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, ''
Telly Bingo'', on Irish television. In 2004, Buckley began to present the show as himself.
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century Irish people
21st-century Irish people
Alumni of Dublin City University
Irish columnists
Irish television personalities
Irish gay writers
Irish LGBT broadcasters
Irish drag queens
21st-century LGBT people