Donegal sends bt wish to Gay Byrne as he reveals doctors thk he may have ncer - Donegal Live

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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.

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

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.

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

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. “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.

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

When I was planng to move om Dubl to Donegal a kd of semi-retirement, Gay Byrne exprsed some surprise. As was his way wh a few words, I knew exactly what Gaybo meant.

Gay Byrne a picture posted on his ath notice on.

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!

” 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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

GAYBO CELEBRAT HIS 70TH 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.

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

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.

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.

GREAT DONEGAL AMBASSADOR GAY BYRNE PASS AWAY

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.