In the 1930s, The Shelbourne became a haven for Ireland’s renowned literary and musical talents. Composer Seán Ó Riada and tenor John McCormack, poets Patrick Kavanagh and Seamus Heaney and playwright Brendan Behan were frequent patrons. Legend has it, in The Horseshoe Bar, O’Riada suggested The Chieftains as the name for musician Paddy Moloney’s new group.