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.
Contents:
- GAY BYRNE'S FT MOMENTS ON THE LATE LATE SHOW
- GAY BYRNE: HIS TOP 10 MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS ON AIR
- GAY BYRNE'S MOST MEMORABLE LATE LATE SHOW MOMENTS
- DETAILS OF GAY BYRNE'S WILL HE MA JT 12 DAYS BEFORE HIS ATH REVEALED
- GAY BYRNE: THE GREATT SHOWMAN
GAY BYRNE'S FT MOMENTS ON THE LATE LATE SHOW
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Gay Byrne wh Gerry Adams 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.
ChairgateSiubhan Maloney and Gay on the Late Late wh the chair that would end up at the centre of a urt seThe Sunday World was at the centre of one of the most memorable moments the Late Late's history.
Gay's terview wh Annie MurphyGay Byrne terviews Annie MurphyOne of Gay's most memorable terviews was wh Annie Murphy - and not always for the right reasons.
GAY BYRNE: HIS TOP 10 MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS ON AIR
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 videos *
Followg a sometim terse terview, Gay wrapped by sayg: "If your son is half as good a man as his father, he won't be dog too badly. Bishop and the NightieIt seems amg now, but way back 1966 Ireland was a very different place, and a lighthearted quiz end up sndalisg the natn and beg nmned om the started as a fun em where Gay picked a married uple om the dience and asked them qutns about each other out of earshot. Marian Fune the host's chairMarian Fune tak to the host’s chairMarian Fune and Gay ma women across the untry cheer when she appeared on the Late Late an em on women the media, the two discsed a report given to the RTE Authory which said she would never get to host the show.
Gay stood up and gave her his seat, promptg gut Nell McCafferty to dramatilly clare: "At last, ee at last, thank God we're ee at last.
Gay shows Ireland how to e a ndomGay shows Ireland how to e a ndomIn 1987, durg an em on the AIDs crisis and durg a lively bate wh panellists and the dience about the safe e of ndoms, Gay showed one to the natn. People fallg a swoon all over Ireland at the moment, lookg at that, " said Gay, as only Gay uld, as he took the ndom out of s then lked to an animated screen monstratn of their e by sayg: "If you pardon the exprsn, Roisín, would you roll there please? Boyzone's First AppearanceBoyzone's first appearance on The Late Late ShowThey swore to Gay that they were gog to bee Ireland's answer to Take That - but the newly-formed Boyzone were a ltle green around the gills when they ma their very first Late Late Show appearance and bted some mov to a backg track, one bare-chted and dungare, to the bemement of the host and the dience.
GAY BYRNE'S MOST MEMORABLE LATE LATE SHOW MOMENTS
"They've no talent whatsoever, they don't wre mic and they don't play stments, " said a disapprovg and unimprsed Gaybo. U2 ri to stud on a HarleyGenero goodbye: U2 ontman Bono givg Gay a prent of a Harley Davidson durg his last Late Late Show 1999Gay's last show was always gog to be a dramatic and emotnal one, but Bono and Larry Mullen ro to the stud on a Harley Davidson - a surprise gift for the host. " said Larry of a prev enunter wh Gay.
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" A dumbstck Gay said "I don't believe " before gettg on the Harley. On qutng om Gay, Flynn said he earned about £100, 000 after tax and ran hom Dubl, Bssels and Castlebar.
DETAILS OF GAY BYRNE'S WILL HE MA JT 12 DAYS BEFORE HIS ATH REVEALED
" probed Gay. 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'. 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.
GAY BYRNE: THE GREATT SHOWMAN
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.