Quin’s a mighty place for celebrities

It’s quite a few miles from Saint Tropez and the Côte d’Azur but the tiny village of Quin in Co Clare is fast gaining a reputation as the celebrity holiday destination of 2014.

The village has gone into celebrity overdrive following the visit of U2 frontman Bono and chat show host Graham Norton in the space of just four days.

The excitement began on Tuesday of last week when Norton, whose Friday night show regularly attracts more than 5m viewers, called into the village store in Quin. It’s understood that Norton was on a quick mid-week break to Clare before flying back to London on Thursday to record last week’s show, which featured Samuel L Jackson and Keira Knightley.