A village made up of just a pub, church, school and shop is at the centre of a bizarre stand-off between locals and a lap-dancing club.
Villagers from Milltown in Co Kildare have been picketing the Chicken Ranch since it opened in the village four months ago.
They have vowed to continue their protests until the scantily clad women leave.
At least three nights a week up to 50 locals take to the street with placards demanding that the lap-dancing club move out.
Despite their marathon objections, Chicken Ranch bosses say they aren't going anywhere.
They say they have signed a new two year lease at the Milltown Inn and hope to expand their business in Co Kildare.
The leader of the residents, Mr Matt O'Shea, said residents had voted not to speak publicly about their dispute with the club where women strip to thongs and dance around poles for clients. One protester who did not wish to be named told how villagers had vowed to continue their pickets until the club closed.
"It is not the place for it," he said. "We are a small village with just a church, a school, a cemetery, a shop and a pub.
"It is a small and close-knit community and it is not suitable that this place has opened here. We have long joked that if you blinked you'd miss Milltown. Now people will know it for only one thing," said Mr O'Shea.
The Chicken Ranch is situated in the Milltown Inn, which is just across the road from the national school so a lot of parents believe it is not a good thing for their children to be looking at day after day.
"Our village is a good living community and we do not want this sort of a club - it certainly isn't for locals.
"We want it out and we will stand outside with our placards until it goes. The owners say they are adamant that it is staying, well we are just as adamant that it is not." The Chicken Ranch owners are happy that business is good despite the protests. Milltown, which is situated between Kildare, Naas and Newbridge, is built close to St Brigid's Church and cemetery. Villagers are served by Father Edward Moore from neighbouring Allen as it is too small for its own parish priest.
Curate Father Killan Byrne refused to comment on the stand-off. "I'd prefer to answer no questions about this situation to be honest. I have no comment." The Milltown Store, St Brigid's National School and the Milltown Inn made up the rest of the activity in the village - until the arrival of the club.