Brolly reveals his 'brief' enunter wh Gay Byrne on Donegal beach! - Donegal Daily

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• GAY BYRNE ON DONEGAL: I REFED TO BUY HOLIDAY HOME DONEGAL FIVE TIM BEFORE FALLY GIVG
• WT DONEGAL TD REMEMBERS GAY BYRNE AS ‘ONE OF OUR OWN’
• GAY BYRNE ON DONEGAL: I REFED TO BUY HOLIDAY HOME DONEGAL FIVE TIM BEFORE FALLY GIVG
• GAY BYRNE’S PERFECT FAY SUMMER: ‘WE HAVE SUCH FOND MEMORI OF GOG OUT THE BOAT WH DAD’
• PADDY CLANCY: REMEMBERG MY FAVOURE MEMORI OF GAY BYRNE"GAYBO HAD AN UNNNY KNACK OF READG THE MD OF HIS TERVIEWE"IRISHMIRRORBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYPADDY CLANCY09:54, 11 NOV 2019BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWGET DAILY HEADL AND BREAKG NEWS ALERTS FOR FREE BY SIGNG UP TO OUR 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 GET DAILY HEADL AND BREAKG NEWS ALERTS FOR FREE BY SIGNG UP TO OUR 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!
• BROLLY REVEALS HIS ‘BRIEF’ ENUNTER WH GAY BYRNE ON DONEGAL BEACH!
• GUS WHERE GAY BYRNE WILL BE SPENDG HIS 82ND BIRTHDAY?
• GAYBO CELEBRAT HIS 70TH DONEGAL
• DONEGAL SENDS BT WISH TO GAY BYRNE AS HE REVEALS DOCTORS THK HE MAY HAVE NCER
• GREAT DONEGAL AMBASSADOR GAY BYRNE PASS AWAY

GAY BYRNE ON DONEGAL: I REFED TO BUY HOLIDAY HOME DONEGAL FIVE TIM BEFORE FALLY GIVG

BROADCASTER Gay Byrne has revealed how he refed to buy a holiday home Donegal five tim before “fally givg ”. Gay Byrne is beg remembered as the voice of RTÉ our lifetime, a pneer and a man of exceptnal talent today followg the sad news of his ath at the age of 85.

Gay and his wife Kathleen bought a holiday home outsi Dungloe 40 years ago and enjoyed their summers the north wt. Donegal Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher has exprsed his ep personal sadns on the ath of Gay Byrne today. In the tribute, Deputy Gallagher hailed Gay as “the pneer of Irish broadstg phg the boundari out, breakg new ground and chartg new urs on otherwise uncharted terrory – some lled ntroversial but to Gay was jt breakg new ground and natural journalism.

Depury Gallagher also celebrated Gay’s nnectns to the unty: “A equent visor to Donegal, where he ma his send home Tubberkeen jt outsi my native hometown of Dungloe, overlookg Dungloe Bay. Gay drew great solace om the peace and quiet of wt Donegal where he was left to his own vic, and he me and went as one of our own. Deputy Gallagher ntued: “The passg of Gay is the end of an era of great Irish broadsters, a reer that spanned 60 years or more, a reer that was an active agent of change and challenge to Irish societal views.

WT DONEGAL TD REMEMBERS GAY BYRNE AS ‘ONE OF OUR OWN’

“Gay Byrne’s place broadstg history is guaranteed for eterny bee he was the origal of our time and the pneer that ed the medium of broadstg to change for the better a untry’s very social fabric and unrstandg of morn life. “Gay was a te champn of public service and his duty to the people of Ireland will be unequalled by any other, he voted his life to public service broadstg, his listenership or viewers were his lifetime iends and they turn viewed him as Uncle Gaybo. Gay Byrne’s fay on DonegalThe late broadster Gay Byrne loved to retreat om the public eye to Co Donegal, where lols regard him as one of their own and left him alone.

"Our summers were spent up here, " says his dghter Crona Byrne, speakg om the holiday home that Gay and his wife, Kathleen Watks, bought Tubberkeen, outsi Dungloe, more than 50 years ago.

I need to go home more, ” adds Ó Sé, prenter of the Rose of Tralee ftival, which has been ncelled for the send year a row bee of the panmic, as has the Fleadh Cheoil, although he prented a TG4 seri to memorate the 70th anniversary of the late Gaybo also helmed the Rose of Tralee, om 1974 to 1994 – wh the exceptn of 1977, when his wife did the honours. Many tribut have been wrten followg Gaybo’s ath, but I wish to rerd here one ocsn when he wh unsttg generosy troduced a fan who was not his, but me. When I was planng to move om Dubl to Donegal a kd of semi-retirement, Gay Byrne exprsed some surprise.

GAY BYRNE ON DONEGAL: I REFED TO BUY HOLIDAY HOME DONEGAL FIVE TIM BEFORE FALLY GIVG

As was his way wh a few words, I knew exactly what Gaybo meant.

GAY BYRNE’S PERFECT FAY SUMMER: ‘WE HAVE SUCH FOND MEMORI OF GOG OUT THE BOAT WH DAD’

Gay Byrne a picture posted on his ath notice on. ” Gaybo had an unnny knack of readg the md of his terviewe. Gaybo was que right, of urse!

But, as Gaybo rightly predicted, I returned to Dubl ocsnally to do a part-time stt on Morng Ireland’s It Says In The Papers, and also got close to enough of the major events of the north-wt to ntue to earn a livg as a “kda semi-retired” journalist. One of those ocsns me a few years ago when Gay and Kathleen took a drive om their holiday home of 40 years at Tubberkeen, overlookg betiful Dungloe Bay.

Dungloe, and much of Wt Donegal, was like a home to Gay.

PADDY CLANCY: REMEMBERG MY FAVOURE MEMORI OF GAY BYRNE"GAYBO HAD AN UNNNY KNACK OF READG THE MD OF HIS TERVIEWE"IRISHMIRRORBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYPADDY CLANCY09:54, 11 NOV 2019BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWGET DAILY HEADL AND BREAKG NEWS ALERTS FOR FREE BY SIGNG UP TO OUR 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 GET DAILY HEADL AND BREAKG NEWS ALERTS FOR FREE BY SIGNG UP TO OUR 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!

Anyway, one day Gay and Kathleen, and a neighbour om Dungloe whose name I unfortunately fet, travelled to Killybegs to vis one of the first cise-le ships to sail to the port. Gaybo, as was his wont, didn’t jo the throng and was happy to stay on land and chat to me after I spotted him.

“Gay”, I rpond.

” Gaybo had explaed to his neighbour who I was and that I ed to do It Says The Papers.

BROLLY REVEALS HIS ‘BRIEF’ ENUNTER WH GAY BYRNE ON DONEGAL BEACH!

Rt peace, Gaybo! Joe Brolly has shared the story of an unexpected n- he once had wh the late Gay Byrne on a Co Donegal beach. The pund was gog for a swim on his own one morng when he unexpectedly ran to Gay.

Comg out of the water 20 mut later, he heard Gay’s ‘unmistakable voice’ sayg: “Young Joseph.

Gay Byrne had been out for his morng walk on the beach when he happened across Joe Brolly emergg om his dip the sea. The GAA pund scribed how Gay joked to him: ‘I see you are makg trouble aga.

GUS WHERE GAY BYRNE WILL BE SPENDG HIS 82ND BIRTHDAY?

Gay Byrne has revealed he won’t be havg a big party for his birthday – but will be chillg out his adopted Donegal.

Gay said: “I’m not a person for big celebratns. Veteran broadster Gay Byrne has spent his 70th birthday Co Donegal the pany of his fay and retired, he celebrated his birthday yterday.

Tradnal mic by lol micians was also laid on for the the eveng Gay and Kathleen posed for some photographs on the pier at Burtonport om where he often sets sail on his fishg trips.

GAYBO CELEBRAT HIS 70TH DONEGAL

Yterday Gay told Highland Rad that this was an excg year the Byrne hoehold, startg off wh his own birthday. "Gay, who has had a holiday home at Tubberkeen outsi Dungloe for over 30 years, spends much of his spare time wt Donegal. Gay has always spoken of the iendls of the people and how peaceful is.

Legendary broadster Gay Byrne, who spent so much of his ee time Donegal, has revealed he may have been diagnosed wh ncer. Gay and his wife Kathleen Watks, have had a life-long love affair wh Donegal which has been well documented. Gay and Kathleen would be spotted regularly out walkg and enjoyg the lol scenery and for many he was regard as 'one of the lols' such was his relatnship wh the area and the muny.

Earlier today at the end of his Lyric FM programme, Gay told fellow prenter Evelyn Grant that doctors “thk they may have disvered a b of ncer the prostate and they’re aaid that may have moved up to the small of the back.

DONEGAL SENDS BT WISH TO GAY BYRNE AS HE REVEALS DOCTORS THK HE MAY HAVE NCER

As social media went to overdrive wh thoands mentg on the news and wishg him good health, we're que certa the people of Donegal are very keen to sendtheir bt wish to Gay tonight.

One of Donegal’s greatt ambassadors, veteran RTÉ broadster Gay Byrne, has passed away this afternoon after a long battle wh illns.

In a statement released his fay said: “It is wh sadns that Kathleen, Crona and Suzy wish to announce that their beloved Gay has died peacefully at home today. “We wish to thank everybody for their love and support durg Gay’s illns. Gay also prented a long nng rad show on RTÉ Rad 1, first known as the ‘Gay Byrne Hour’ and then the ‘Gay Byrne Show’.

GREAT DONEGAL AMBASSADOR GAY BYRNE PASS AWAY

The show had a close relatnship wh s listeners who were enuraged to wre and then phone Gay to ment on the issu of the day and wh their own stori. A native Dubler, Gay grew up Dubl 8. Gay is survived by his wife Kathleen, their dghters Crona and Suzy and their fai.