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When started 1962, producer Tom McGrath tend The Late Late Show to be a light entertament, rmal programme to n as a 'filler' over the summer. Gay Byrne had other ias.

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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. * gay byrne late late *

As Ryan Tubridy prepar for his swan song as Late Late Show host, is takg a look back at Gay Byrne’s fal show as host. Gay Byrne prents his fal Late Late Show after almost 37 years as host.

Gay Byrne’s fal Late Late Show saw him joed by the lik of Christie Moore, Mary McAlee, Mike Murphy, Val Doonin and many more.

However, the show will be famoly remembered for the gift which was given to Gaybo by U2 members Larry Mullen and Bono. Bono and Larry Mullen prented Gay Byrne wh a Harley Davidson.

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

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 late late *

Much to Gay’s surprise, Bono and Larry prented the Harley Davidson to him as a gift. 'From U2 to you', Larry Mullen and Bono surprise Late Late Show host Gay Byrne wh a special gift.

BEHD THE SCEN OF GAY BYRNE’S LATE LATE SHOW

Gay Byrne was petive, amb and the nsummate profsnal * gay byrne late late *

Gay Byrne chats to Christy Moore after a performance. Gaybo talks to edian Billy Connolly via satelle om Ameri. Gay Byrne alongsi his long-time special assistant Mra Connolly.

GAY BYRNE

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 late late *

Bono and Larry Mullen prent Gay Byrne wh a Harley Davidson. Gay Byrne signs off for the fal time as Late Late Show host. Gay Byrne wh members of the media after his fal show.

Gaybo chats to his wife Kathleen alongsi Mike Murphy.

GAY BYRNE: HIS TOP 10 MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS ON AIR

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Gay Byrne wh his wife Kathleen, his dghter Crona and special assistant Mra Connolly at the end of the show. As a young man of 29, producg The Late Late Show wh Gay Byrne was one of those for me.

THE WIFE OF THE LATE GAY BYRNE REACTS TO HOST PATRICK KIELTY LANDG LATE LATE SHOW'IT IS A VERY BIG AL. IT IS G AT YOU DOWN THE LE, EVERY SGLE WEEK,' SHE SAID.IRISHMIRRORBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSSHOWBIZBYSANDRA MALLONSHOWBIZ REPORTER18:37, 22 MAY 2023BOOKMARKKATHLEEN WATKS AND THE LATE GAY BYRNE (IMAGE: BRIAN MCEVOY)WANT 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!

Gay Byrne was many thgs durg his long reer - father nfsor, voice of a natn, and master of rad and televisn - but perhaps his most unlikely role was as the man who helped dream up the natnal stutn that is The Late Late Toy Show * gay byrne late late *

Public service televisn to Gay was televisn that would serve all the Monday, he and I would pore over the ratgs. Gay sat and typed a letter to the head of Channel 4, Michael Gra, askg him to rchle se might damage our numbers, such was his passn for ratgs.

GAY BYRNE, TV STAR WHO 'CHALLENGED IRISH SOCIETY', DI AGED 85

Gay would then go for a nap one of the drsg rooms down by the stud.

The Gay who went to the room was a gmpy, bad-tempered worried fellow, the Gay that me out 45 mut later was the epome of lm, rolve and steely prence. I ed to thk that Gay had left his body so that he uld effectively be a vsel or a channel for the next few hours. And Gay did thatHe regard the talk show as an art form where each of the elements, om the wele to the goodnight, were like pearls on a necklace.

GAY BYRNE: HOW HE BROKE TABOOS AND SHOOK UP NSERVATIVE – AND LIBERAL – IRELAND

They all knew about Gay – this legend who sisted on gog live for two hours every week, whout tocue or earpiece and get dience shar of 75 per cent regularly.

Photograph: David Sleator Gay left The Late Late Show stage 1999.

GAY BYRNE OBUARY: THE LEADG IRISH BROADSTER OF HIS ERA

Although we no longer had our Friday nights, Gay ntued to be my loyal and loveable iend. We had many walks, lunch and dners sce, where we gossiped, griped and talked boats, relign and whatever else was the flavour of the everythg Gay Byrne gave me, and so many others, his iendship was his most valuable gift.

Sce 1999, every Christmas whout fail, Gay, his wife Kathleen and their dghters Crona and Sie would host the annual long, languid, love-filled lunch where about 20 of his broadstg lleagu would meet to nnect, remember and re-live. Gay Byrne (1934-2019) a rad and televisn broadster was born Dubl and he joed Rad Éireann 1958. From 1973 to 1998, he prented 'The Gay Byrne Hour' on Rad 1.

The wife of the late Gay Byrne has said is a “very big al” for Patrick Kielty to be hostg the Late Late Show.

WHO ARE GAY BYRNE'S DGHTERS CRONA AND SUZY? ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW AS THEY APPEAR ON RTE'S LATE LATE SHOWHERE'S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE DGHTERS OF ONE OF IRELAND'S MOST LOVED BROADSTERSIRISHMIRRORBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSSHOWBIZBYCOL BRENNAN15:52, 21 MAY 2021BOOKMARKVIO 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!

Payg tribute to her beloved late hband Gay while he hosted the Late Late Show for 37 years, Kathleen said: “He had terrific energy and a very clear good bra. Kathleen said her late legendary hband Gay would’ve approved the new hirg of Kielty, she said: “Oh absolutely of urse he would and he would probably say he’s young, he n pe wh .

GAY BYRNE OBUARY – SON OF GUNS WORKER WHO BEME MOST FLUENTIAL BROADSTER HISTORY OF STATE

It was said there was no sex Ireland until the The Late Late Show, and for that a natn owed thanks to Gay Byrne.

IT STARTED ON THE LATE LATE SHOW: GAYBO'S MOST NTROVERSIAL MOMENTS

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. He was a showman, Gay Byrne, first and foremost, but he was a showman Ireland, and that ma all the difference.

Photograph: Eddie Kelly/The Irish Tim Gay Byrne hostg The Late Late Show 1986. ”Beyond the stage persona, he let be known that he voted Fianna Fáil and was Catholic; he backed divorce certa s, and gay was tipped as the most likely to w the princy 2011 but at the last mute clared he would not n. Comedian Mar Rosenstock has a brilliant and que affectnate sketch of Gaybo terviewg Gaybo, an assembly of Byrne’s rather pantomimish showbiz gtur and stock face when, on his programme about relig belief 2015, Stephen Fry nounced God for creatg sects that make children bld and other celti, was such an ostentat mask of outraged disapproval that has bee a wily ed meme.

GAY BYRNE, WHO TACKLED TABOOS AS IRELAND’S TV HOST, DI AT 85

Image source, Getty ImagGay Byrne, or Gaybo, as he was almost universally known, was the leadg Irish broadster of his anchor of the Late Late Show, he steered the dience through the highs and lows of Irish Ballybunn to Buncrana, he was a faiar and ntroversial face on Irish screens every Friday night, pridg over the shiftg moods of the Republic of Ireland. Image source, Inpennt News and Media/getty imagImage ptn, Gay Byrne his famo terview wh Gerry AdamsIn the 1960s, Byrne, famo for his tchphrase "and there's one for everyone the dience", was the talk of the well as givg out ee gifts to the dience, the programme and s host were creded wh fluencg Irish attus towards many show provid a platform for an unmarried mother to expla her posn at a time when to be such a suatn was still eply owned an terviewer, Byrne was very much his own man, he did not thk twice about sldg one gut who appeared unr the fluence while on another ocsn, he refed to shake the hand of former Sn Fé print Gerry Adams.

Unnists were outraged and, shortly afterwards, the secretary of state Late moments:•Amerin woman Annie Murphy: the mother of Bishop Eamonn Casey's son, tells her story•NI Secretary Peter Brooke sgs O My Darlg Clemente wh hours of an IRA bomb •The Gerry Adams/Gay Byrne terview•Irish journalist Terry Keane tells of her affair wh former Taoiseach (Prime Mister) Charlie HgheyIt was not jt policians who had their feathers ffled by Byrne, but prits too. Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Late Late Show hosts Pat Kenny, Gay Byrne and Ryan Tubridy celebratg 50 years of the show 2012Bishop of Clonfert, Dr Thomas Ryan, protted vigoroly at the ntent of the Late Late ed natnal outrage and led some to clare the show was "filthy dirty" and "smut" 1993, his terview wh Amerin woman, Annie Murphy, who had a child wh Bishop of Galway Eamonn Casey, end very remarked that Eamonn Casey's son would be fe, if he was "half the man his father" rponse, Ms Murphy icily retorted: "I'm not so bad eher, " before she got up and walked off was not jt Ms Murphy who had been later, her son said he had wanted to "ck" Byrne for the way he had treated his source, RTÉImage ptn, In more recent years Gaybo had a much lower profileAnother notable affair of the heart to be shared wh the Irish public was an terview wh journalist Terry Keane spoke to Byrne about her long-standg relatnship wh former Taoiseach (Irish prime mister) Charl Hghey.

HOW GAY BYRNE MA THE LATE LATE TOY SHOW AN 'ACCINTAL H'

Image source, Inpennt News and Media/getty imagImage ptn, On his last Late Late Show Larry Mullen and Bono om U2 gave Gay a Harley DavidsonAfter biddg his fal "goodnight" to viewers May 1999 after 37 years on the show, Byrne said he planned to "do nothg" for six months. His employers, RTÉ, said after his parture that the door would "always be open for a return for Gaybo" more recent years he has had a much lower profile, but still prented rad and televisn programm and was the chairman of Ireland's Road Safety Authory.

Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Gay and his wife Kathleen Watks pictured 2015He briefly flirted wh the ia of nng for the Irish princy before cidg agast .

GAY BYRNE WAS ‘DOG HIS JOB’ DURG NTROVERSIAL LATE LATE SHOW TERVIEW, EX BISHOP CASEY FLAME ANNIE MURPHY SAYS

Image ptn, Gay Byrne his famo 'osty' terview wh Gerry AdamsIt is the world's longt-nng chat Ballybunn to Buncrana, Ireland pulled up a seat on a Saturday night to watch terviewer Gay Byrne lay on the old velour and jab the 1960s, Byrne - famo for his tch phrase: "And there's one for everyone the dience" - was the talk of the on 50 years and the show is still nng, albe wh a new prenter at the has a goln history of moments that stand was once said there was no sex Ireland before televisn - and s glory days, the Late Late Show drew back the curta and laid bare sex and polics and rock 'n prid over a natn apparently sndalised about a bri's "transparent" went on to bee a natn doubly sndalised over the woman who had a son wh the Catholic bishop of Galway, Eamon Casey.

GAY BYRNE'S DGHTERS CRONA AND SUZY'S FAY LIFE AND SWEET TRIBUT TO THEIR LATE FATHERINIC RTE BROADSTER AND LATE LATE SHOW HOST GAY BYRNE PASSED AWAY 2019, AND HIS DGHTERS CRONA AND SUZY KEEP HIS MEMORY ALIVE THROUGH EMOTNAL TRIBUT TO THEIR DADRSVPBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYMICHELLE TOWNSEND17:56, 21 MAY 2021UPDATED14:54, 2 JUN 2021BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWGET THE LATT SHOWBIZ NEWS AND GOSSIP EVERY DAY 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 GET THE LATT SHOWBIZ NEWS AND GOSSIP EVERY DAY 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!

Roll on a quarter of a century and Gay Byrne's1993 terview wh Annie Murphy who had a child wh the Bishop of Galway end very remarked that Eamon Casey's son would be fe, if he was "half the man his father" ptn, Annie Murphy talks about her affair wh the disgraced Bishop of Galway"I'm not so bad eher, " Murphy said icily, before she got up and left.

Unnists were outraged and shortly afterwards, Brooke 1994, after the liftg of a ban on Sn Fe speakg on the Irish airwav, Sn Fe lear Gerry Adams was terviewed by Gay Byrne. Prenter Ryan Tubridy who took over at the helm three years ago will be joed by former prenters Gay Byrne and Pat Kenny for the show. Crona and Suzy Byrne will speak about what was like to grow up as the dghters of Ireland's most famo broadster, Gay Byrne on the Late Late Show tonight.

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