Cormac Whooley, who runs the renowned Tin Pub in Ahakista, Co Cork, is tight-lipped about its famous clientele down the years.
He will only confirm that the bar, named after its corrugated iron roof, is a favourite of local resident Graham Norton, although there are few airs and graces offered to the chat show star.
"He's been living here a long time now, he would be quite a regular at this stage but first and foremost he's a neighbour," Cormac said.
"It's a small little community, there's a cafe up the road, another pub, a restaurant, everybody knows everyone and calls in.
"We've kind of known him [Graham Norton] since we were young so you get lots of different characters during the summer."
Asked what his drink of choice is when visiting his local, Cormac replies: "You would have to be in the pub yourself to get that kind of information!"
The Tin Pub has since become a must-visit destination since it first opened in the 1940s and is seen as an essential pitstop for those visiting the Sheep’s Head peninsula.
It attracts tourists and locals alike, with many drawn to the traditional decor and its stunning views of Dunmanus Bay, both of which make it a popular alternative venue for weddings too.
Cormac's grandfather bought the pub in 1961, and after his mother later leased out the bar for 30 years, the family took it over again in 2008.
The building used to be a lodge for workers at the attached hotel and he estimates it first began operating as a pub in the 1940s.
The hotel, owned by Lord Bandon, came into the possession of one woman who decided the sell the property but kept the lodge and run it as a pub.
It is thanks to her that the roof which gives the bar its name still stands in its original form today.
"It's called the tin roof because it's got a roof of corrugated iron, it wasn't trying to be quirky or anything, that's just the raw materials," Cormac explained.
"There was a dancehall off the hotel made out of corrugated iron so she just brought up the raw materials, threw them on and brought the licence with her and sold off the hotel."
Cormac is hopeful that the pub will always retain its famous feature which has withstood decades of harsh weather along the coast in west Cork.
"If it does get replaced, it will be replaced with tin, there's a bit of water coming through it but we're trying to hold tough as best we can," he said.
"There's nothing really like it...what sort of other material would stand that test of time?"
The pub operates its schedule and only opens during the summer months, with Cormac working in a nearby hostel for the rest of the year.
"It's still quite seasonal...it's quite busy here during the summer but like a lot of places, nothing happens during the winter," he said.
"The last four years now [pre-pandemic] it's just been the four summer months - May, June, July, August and a bit of September."
Covid-19 had a "terrible" impact on the business, he added, although he acknowledges it was worse for other owners who have to pay rents and have high costs.
"Thankfully our overheads aren't really there but if they were we would just be gone, to be honest," Cormac said.
The Tin Pub, complete with a beer garden and marquee for weddings, will begin welcoming back customers from the second week of May.
