Sipping afternoon coffees in a quiet Dublin hotel bar, Paul Noonan, Dave Geraghty and Dominic Philips – collectively known since the year 2000 as Bell X1 – are recalling the memorable day in 2011 when, just a short hop away from where we’re all sitting, they played a rooftop gig in front of one of the most famous faces on the planet.

“We were asked to play a gig on the roof of the Facebook building,” says Dom. “It sounded like an alright thing to do on a Friday afternoon. And we were doing The Late Late Show the same night. We were a bit to and fro. And Mark Zuckerberg just happened to be in town, coincidentally. And then, obviously if you own a building in the town that’s where you go.

“So he was there. We met him afterwards, briefly. We were pushed together for a photograph, and there were a few awkward words, or something.”