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I was six years to a stt RTÉ TV current affairs 1994 when I got an out-of-the-blue ll om the director of televisn. I was to set up a meetg wh Gay Byrne. Gay had always produced The Late Late Show himself and wanted to lighten his load. If I had a succsful discsn wh him, I would be appoted to produce the show.

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GAY BYRNE RAFFLED OFF THE HARLEY DAVIDSON THAT BONO GAVE HIM TO CHARY

Gay Byrne's elst dghter Crona has revealed that the late broadster had raffled off his Harley Davidson he got om Bono to chary. * gay byrne harley *

Gay Byrne's elst dghter Crona has revealed that the late broadster had raffled off his Harley Davidson to chary. She said: 'Gay was such a mastay for so many hom Ireland for so many years is lovely to hear the stori people are postg on social media. Gay was gifted the Harley live on the Late Late Show 1999 by U2's Bono and Larry to celebrate his last ever time prentg the show.

Thoands of members of the public me out to celebrate Gay's long life, wh many famo and faiar fac turng out for the funeral. Gay suffered had been sufferg a long illns after beg diagnosed wh ncer 2016, which he announced on his RTE rad show sayg he would be takg a break but never returned due to his clg health.

GAY BYRNE'S DGHTER CRONA SAYS HE RAFFLED OFF HARLEY DAVIDSON GIVEN TO HIM BY BONO FOR CHARYTHE RTE LEGEND WAS GIVEN THE BIKE AS A PRENT OM THE U2 ONTMANIRISHMIRRORBOOKMARKSHARESHOWBIZBYIAN MANGANREPORTER14:40, 11 NOV 2019UPDATED14:44, 11 NOV 2019BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWWANT ALL THE LATT SHOWBIZ NEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOX? SHARE YOUR EMAIL FOR NEWS, GOSSIP AND MOREMORE 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 WANT ALL THE LATT SHOWBIZ NEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOX? SHARE YOUR EMAIL FOR NEWS, GOSSIP AND MOREINVALID 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!

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. * gay byrne harley *

Crona, the elst dghter of the late Gay Byrne, has said the RTE legend raffled off his Harley Davidson motorbike for chary. In an terview wh the Clare Champn, Crona revealed that genero Gaybo gave the bike up for a raffle and raised €82, 000 for Cml Hospal. She said: “Gay was such a mastay for so many hom Ireland for so many years is lovely to hear the stori people are postg on social media.

She also poted to the fluence her dad had on Irish people through the years sayg: "It is lovely to see how Gay touched so many liv. 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. 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.

GAY BYRNE'S FT MOMENTS ON THE LATE LATE SHOW

Gay Byrne prented his fal Late Late Show on May 21, 1999, after almost 37 years at the helm of the inic show. * gay byrne harley *

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.

"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.

GAY BYRNE'S MOST MEMORABLE LATE LATE SHOW MOMENTS

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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”. 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.

Over his long reer Gay prented The Rose of Tralee, The Calor Hoewife of the Year petn, as well as a range of special programm.

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!

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In 1988, Gay was award an honorary doctorate letters om Try College Dubl, and the same year a poll named him most-loved public figure. 'Uncle Gaybo' prented his fal daily rad show 1998 and his fal episo of The Late Late Show the followg summer where he was prented wh a Harley-Davidson motorcycle by Bono and Larry Mullen Jr. 25/5/'99 PICTURED ON HIS NEW HARLEY DAVIDSON MACHINE, GAY BYRNE AND MAURA CONNOLLY RIDES OUT IN STYLE AT THE PHOTOCALL TO PROMOTE THE LARGEST LOTTO JACKPOT SO FAR IN 1999.

He ntued hostg wh The Gay Byrne Mic Show, a stud-based show aired on Saturday nights as a summer filler July and Augt the pany of the RTE Concert Orchtra back 2000.

YOUR MEMORI OF GAY BYRNE: ‘I FEEL LIKE PART OF MY CHILDHOOD HAS DIED’

The Late Late Show star Gay Byrne has died aged 85 after illns. * gay byrne harley *

In March 2006, the Irish Road Safety Authory appoted Gay as their chairman and a year later he received a Lifetime Achievement Award om Irish Film and Televisn Network.

Gay performed a one-man show ont of a sold-out dience at The Gate Theatre as part of a benef night to raise funds for the Irish Cancer Society. He prented Sunday wh Gay Byrne to his loyal listenership on RTE lyric FM where he shared his love of big band and jazz.

IN PICS: GAY BYRNE’S FAL LATE LATE SHOW AFTER 37 YEARS AS HOST

Gay Byrne had a profound effect on the cultural and social velopment of Ireland the urse of his long tenure as Ireland’s most succsful broadster. * gay byrne harley *

– Avril Ingram LondonBack the 1980s my late father wrote to Gay Byrne about the trials and tribulatns of tryg to n a small engeerg and nstctn bs.

He tly was a pneer; as a man he ma empathy the normal rponse my lifeGay Byrne, then 43, pere of The Late Late show sce 1962, photographed 1979 at RTÉ.

Photograph: Eddie Kelly/The Irish Tim Patrick Freyne looks back at the reer of the multi award-wng broadster Gay Byrne.

GAY BYRNE OBUARY: THE LEADG IRISH BROADSTER OF HIS ERA

Gay Byrne. Wrer: Dave Allen at Large. Gay Byrne was born on 5 Augt 1934 Dubl, Ireland. He was a wrer and actor, known for Dave Allen at Large (1971), Mrs. Brown's Boys: The Origal Seri (2002) and Voic That Care (1991). He was prevly married to Kathleen Watks. He died on 4 November 2019 Sandymount, Dubl, County Dubl, Ireland." data-id="ma * gay byrne harley *

This was somethg I uld appreciate even my very young years, as Gay Byrne had a way of relatg to all, young and old, and makg part of the story of a changg Ireland. – Lorrae M Co GalwayThe Gay Byrne Show rned all 13 Cron siblgs wh their parents 1998 We the Cron fay of Ballyfermot, wt Dubl, are forever grateful to Gay and his show for the gift of our fay homeg, live on his rad programme, on December 18th, 1998, when he surprised our parents wh the rnn of all 13 children unr the one roof after 26 years.

– Anne Marie Hourigan DevonIt was Febary 1986, three months after the publitn of my book The Dtctn of Dubl, and I was stg bi Gaybo on The Late Late Show, wearg a black leather jacket and a th yellow leather tie, facg a panel that clud Frank Feely, who was Dubl cy manager at the time, and Sam Stephenson, the notor archect, discsg the state of the cy and what should be done about .

LEAR OF THE PACK: THE MOTORBIKG ADVENTUR OF GAY BYRNE

I loved Gay Byrne for his abily to draw rmatn out of guts a nice way, for his warmth and for always beg on the button and relevant.

Photograph: RTÉ My first reactn when I heard the sad, sad news of Gay's passg was to rg my mother, who is 87, to sympathise wh her.

– Franc McDonagh Co RosmonThe night Gay monstrated how a ndom was ed I was workg at arrangg an em for the next segment of The Late Late Show.

IRISH BROADSTG LEGEND GAY BYRNE DI AGED 85

Gay was headg for a short bathroom break, and I said to him, "You know all the lads will be rollg those on their fgers and sayg, 'Mary, we're safe tonight. Photograph: RTÉ When we were growg up our strange, orange-and-brown 1980s home Glasnev, north Dubl, Gay Byrne was nsired godlike by my mother.

" My father would lower his newspaper a uple of ch, roll his ey to heaven and say, "Well, if Gay said so, mt be right!

She'd her me out of the door for fear she'd miss a send of Gay and worried I'd let any heat out of the room while sayg goodbye.

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Gay Byrne's voice was nstant our home, a fort blanket and a remr of our hoe, like the sound of the doorbell and "I'm home. Even though we slagged her endlsly over her Gay obssn, he filled a void her otherwise dull life, amg and entertag her.

' Managed to make me lgh no matter how many tim I heard Some of my earlit and fonst memori are of listeng to the Gay Byrne rad show the kchen wh my mom. Gay had been gog through treatment for his health, but he was still that same Gaybo, and still very much charge.

– San SlaneAnne O Neill’s son William wh Gay Byrne on O’Connell Street Dubl More than 12 years ago, while a stunt at the Natnal College of Art and Dign, my son William spotted Gay Byrne as he waed, hat pulled low across his forehead, to cross O'Connell Street Dubl. When my son thanked him, Gay, observg that he was a ltle star-stck, said "Ah, son, you'll have to get over this.

GAY BYRNE OBUARY

I was at the marquee for Gay's party after his last Late Late, and was the last person to talk to him as he left the tent. – John Rogers Abu DhabiWe always admired Gaybo's art beg able first to lay a fger a fterg wound and, moments later, to have stch wh a hilar storyIn 1981 my first hband and I bought a relict ttage Co Lerim.

We always admired Gaybo's art beg able first to lay a fger a fterg wound and, moments later, to have stch wh a hilar story. Photograph: Eddie Kelly Dpe havg harboured a ol, on-trend teenage rejectn of Uncle Gaybo, when I was faced wh him my late 20s, on the top floor of RTÉ, I was stantly won over by this charismatic, charmg man, who seemed to float the length of the rridor towards me. – Tanya Ni CeirWhenever I hear the Gay Byrne rad-show jgle and his voice I'm back the kchen, age three and up, wh wh my mother.

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