As the rtège rryg Gay Byrne on his fal journey crted the hill of Howth and scend to the village wh the sun at s back, several hundred people led the street and appld.
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- ON GAY BYRNE'S FAL JOURNEY OM HIS BELOVED HOWTH, TOWN FALLS SILENT REMEMBERG ONE OF S OWN
- HOWTH WAS GAYBO'S REFUGE - HE ULD 'PE THE DIENCE'
- A LOOK BACK ON THE LIFE OF RTE LEGEND GAY BYRNE TWO YEARS AFTER HIS ATHTHE LATE LATE SHOW HOST HAD AN EXTRAORDARY LIFBLLIVEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYAMY DONOHOE14:26, 4 NOV 2021UPDATED14:40, 4 NOV 2021BOOKMARK11/5/'99 EARLY PHOTO OF GAY BYRNE AT THE RTE STUDIO IN DUBLIN. (IMAGE: COLLINS DUBLIN)NEVER MISS A BEAT OM DUBL AND BEYOND BY SIGNG UP TO OUR FREE NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 NEVER MISS A BEAT OM DUBL AND BEYOND BY SIGNG UP TO OUR FREE NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
ON GAY BYRNE'S FAL JOURNEY OM HIS BELOVED HOWTH, TOWN FALLS SILENT REMEMBERG ONE OF S OWN
As the rtege rryg Gay Byrne on his fal journey crted the hill of Howth and scend to the village wh the sun at s back, several hundred people led the street and appld as the hearse and four mourng rs passed the imposg Catholic Church and scend towards the harbour. * gay byrne house howth *
The hoe on the right is the former fay home of Gay Byrne and Kathleen Watks, and 's due to be replaced shortly wh another flat-roofed 5, 000-pl sq ft property. Apparently the builrs told Gay Byrne next door that the McDonalds mt be load bee the new bathroom had his and hers toilets.
The property adjos the former home of Gay Byrne and Kathleen Watks, now owned by Byrne's dghter and her the fay grown, Moya (56) and John (70) are downsizg, but they won’t be qutg the area pletely and will rema remas volved the sellout Heartbeat of Home productn and a new theatre productn, A Day May, but his growg passn is photography. It has been two years sce the ath of RTE legend Gay Byrne.
At the age of 23, Gay met Kathleen Watks, whom he scribed as a “geo girl wh red hair who played the harp and sang”.
HOWTH WAS GAYBO'S REFUGE - HE ULD 'PE THE DIENCE'
11/5/98 GAY BYRNE WITH HIS WIFE KATHLEEN WATKINS AND THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS, CRONA (LEFT) AND SUZY (RIGHT)AT THEIR HOME IN HOWTH IN THE 1970'S. Gaybo me om a most upbrgg. Gay was known for verg taboo topics cludg ntraceptn, lbians and the historic 'Bishop and the Nightie'.
A LOOK BACK ON THE LIFE OF RTE LEGEND GAY BYRNE TWO YEARS AFTER HIS ATHTHE LATE LATE SHOW HOST HAD AN EXTRAORDARY LIFBLLIVEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYAMY DONOHOE14:26, 4 NOV 2021UPDATED14:40, 4 NOV 2021BOOKMARK11/5/'99 EARLY PHOTO OF GAY BYRNE AT THE RTE STUDIO IN DUBLIN. (IMAGE: COLLINS DUBLIN)NEVER MISS A BEAT OM DUBL AND BEYOND BY SIGNG UP TO OUR FREE NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 NEVER MISS A BEAT OM DUBL AND BEYOND BY SIGNG UP TO OUR FREE NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
The ntroversy didn’t stop there, as Gay refed to shake hands wh Gerry Adams on air back 1994.