In a televisn and rad reer spanng almost 60 years, Gay Byrne had plenty of memorable moments to choose om - we've whtled them down to 10 no particular orr.
Contents:
- GAY BYRNE'S FT MOMENTS ON THE LATE LATE SHOW
- GAY BYRNE, TV STAR WHO 'CHALLENGED IRISH SOCIETY', DI AGED 85
- DETAILS OF GAY BYRNE'S WILL HE MA JT 12 DAYS BEFORE HIS ATH REVEALED
- GAY BYRNE: HIS TOP 10 MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS ON AIR
- GAY BYRNE'S DGHTERS WERE 'MORTIFIED' BY HIS REVOLUTNARY DISCSNS
- GAY BYRNE: THE GREATT SHOWMAN
- GAY BYRNE, WHO TACKLED TABOOS AS IRELAND’S TV HOST, DI AT 85
- GAY BYRNE(1934-2019)
- THE WOMEN BEHD GAY BYRNE’S SUCCS: WHO THEY WERE AND WHAT THEY DID
GAY BYRNE'S FT MOMENTS ON THE LATE LATE SHOW
Followg his ath aged 85, we have round up some of Gay Byrne's ft moments on The Late Late Show om over the years. * take that gay byrne *
It was said there was no sex Ireland until the The Late Late Show, and for that a natn owed thanks to Gay Byrne.
GAY BYRNE, TV STAR WHO 'CHALLENGED IRISH SOCIETY', DI AGED 85
Details of Gay Byrne's will which he wrote jt 12 days before his ath have now e to light eight months after his ath. * take that gay byrne *
Generatns grew up watchg the host of RTÉ’s long-nng chatshow blend light entertament wh current affairs and taboo-shatterg moments, a cultural renzvo that domated Friday night viewg and praged a new Gay Byrne era officially end on Monday when he died at home Dubl, surround by fay, aged 85.
”Ireland had braced for the ath of Uncle Gaybo, as many lled him, sce he revealed he had prostate ncer hosted The Late Late Show om 1962 to 1999, one of the world’s longt chatshow ns, as well as a rad show and other gigs such as the Rose of Byrne 1962. “Gay brought two unique gifts.
DETAILS OF GAY BYRNE'S WILL HE MA JT 12 DAYS BEFORE HIS ATH REVEALED
* take that gay byrne *
Most importantly Gay was a listener. The natn was mourng when was nfirmed that Gay Byrne had passed away after his lengthy battle wh ncer.
Gay Byrne wh wife Kathleen Watks and dghters Suzy & Crona Byrne. It as RTÉ aired a special, Gay Byrne's Late Late Memori, which took a look back at Gay's bt moments hostg The Late Late Show. Viewers praised the special and lled Gay 'one of a kd'.
In a televisn and rad reer spanng almost 60 years, Gay Byrne had plenty of memorable moments to choose om - we've whtled them down to 10 no particular orr.
GAY BYRNE: HIS TOP 10 MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS ON AIR
Gay Byrne was undoubtably a broadster who ed his voice to enurage revolutnary discsns Ireland, such as ntraceptn. * take that gay byrne *
When Gaybo asked Richard what lour nightie his wife wore on honeymoon, Richard said was transparent, while his new wife said she uldn’t remember; perhaps she’d not worn any at all.
In the weeks after her ath, hundreds of Irish women wrote to Gay Byrne outlg the vastatg impact of their own secret pregnanci, some of which were a rult of sexual abe, ct or rape.
GAY BYRNE'S DGHTERS WERE 'MORTIFIED' BY HIS REVOLUTNARY DISCSNS
Gay broadst the letters to a stunned natn on his morng rad show on Rad One, markg the start of a new nversatn about teenage pregnancy which ultimately helped dispel the stigma and shame3. When she told Gay Byrne who her Sweetie really was, the natn was agog and Hghey went to hidg om the media as a rult. Hghey never spoke to Terry Keane Keane talks to Gay Byrne on The Late Late ronan lang8.
GAY BYRNE: THE GREATT SHOWMAN
Gaybo told Casey’s former lover: ‘If your son is half as good a man as is his father, he won’t be dog too bad. Stephen FryLong after his years on the Late Late Show, Gay Byrne uld still draw lns of viewers.
While beg terviewed on The Meang of Life, Gay asked Fry what he would say to God if he had a chance.
GAY BYRNE, WHO TACKLED TABOOS AS IRELAND’S TV HOST, DI AT 85
”People also wanted to see you as gay. None of red anyway, we started off the gay clubs, we’ve got no problem there. Gay Byrne was undoubtably a broadster who ed his voice to enurage revolutnary discsns Ireland, such as ntraceptn.
The late host of The Late Late Show and his work to help the people of Ireland will be honoured a new documentary by RTE, tled Dear Gay. The sisters praised Gay as they spoke on Newstalk wh Pat Kenny, who remembered his former lleague and iend. Suzy revealed that spe the hard-htg topics her father vered, Gay Byrne 'didn't brg his work home whatsoever' -- however, what he talked about was often a nversatn among those around them.
GAY BYRNE(1934-2019)
The late broadster's dghter Suzy revealed that spe the hard-htg topics her father vered, Gay Byrne 'didn't brg his work home whatsoever' -- however, what he talked about was often a nversatn among those around them. Crona admtg Gay would 'mortify' his dghters as he discsed certa topics, referrg to her father showg how to put on a ndom, which he ed a woon penis to monstrate life how to e one. Gay was not one to shy away om the topic of sex durg his years on The Late Late Show.
However, Crona relled Gay sayg to her and her sister: 'That's separate, don't worry about that, that's not really me. Dear Gay is on RTE One this Wednday at 9.
Gay Byrne shar a joke wh Basil Bsh on the The Late Late Show 1983. You'd have to be headg towards 70 to be old enough to remember a time before Gay Byrne.
THE WOMEN BEHD GAY BYRNE’S SUCCS: WHO THEY WERE AND WHAT THEY DID
It would be fair to say that when Gay Byrne began hostg The Late Late Show, Ireland wasn't jt black and whe terms of s televisn verage. Gay Byrne on the set of The Late Late Show 1999. Gay Byrne wasn't que the social csar some have labelled him, but he knew a good story when he heard , and wasn't aaid to ph thgs a ltle.