Gabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne was an Irish prenter and host of rad and televisn. His most notable role was first host of The Late Late Show over a 37-year perd spanng 1962 until 1999. The Late Late Show is the world's send longt-nng chat show. From 1973 until 1998, Byrne prented The Gay Byrne Hour – later The Gay Byrne Show when expand to two hours – on RTÉ Rad 1 each weekday morng. After retirg om his long-nng rad and televisn shows, Byrne prented several other programm, cludg Who Wants to Be a Millnaire?, The Meang of Life and For One Night Only on RTÉ One and Sunday Serena/Sunday wh Gay Byrne on RTÉ lyric fm. In 2006, he was elected Chairman of Ireland's Road Safety Authory. In his retirement he was scribed as the "Elr Lemon of Irish broadstg".
Contents:
- GAY BYRNE'S FT MOMENTS ON THE LATE LATE SHOW
- GAY BYRNE
- BEHD THE SCEN OF GAY BYRNE’S LATE LATE SHOW
- GAY BYRNE OBUARY: THE LEADG IRISH BROADSTER OF HIS ERA
- IN PICS: GAY BYRNE’S FAL LATE LATE SHOW AFTER 37 YEARS AS HOST
- GAY BYRNE, TV STAR WHO 'CHALLENGED IRISH SOCIETY', DI AGED 85
- HOW GAY BYRNE MA THE LATE LATE TOY SHOW AN 'ACCINTAL H'
- WHO WAS GAY BYRNE? LATE LATE SHOW HOST AND RTE NEWS BROADSTER
- GAY BYRNE: HIS TOP 10 MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS ON AIR
- THE WOMEN BEHD GAY BYRNE’S SUCCS: WHO THEY WERE AND WHAT THEY DID
- GAY BYRNE, WHO TACKLED TABOOS AS IRELAND’S TV HOST, DI AT 85
- 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!
- GAY BYRNE: HOW HE BROKE TABOOS AND SHOOK UP NSERVATIVE – AND LIBERAL – IRELAND
- 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 AD – VETERAN IRISH BROADSTER DI AGED 85 AFTER LONG ILLNS
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. * the late late show gay byrne *
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. As a young man of 29, producg The Late Late Show wh Gay Byrne was one of those for me.
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.
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Gay Byrne was petive, amb and the nsummate profsnal * the late late show gay byrne *
On Fridays before the show, Gay had a route. 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.
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.
BEHD THE SCEN OF GAY BYRNE’S 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. * the late late show gay byrne *
And Gay did that.
Photograph: David Sleator Gay left The Late Late Show stage 1999.
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 OBUARY: THE LEADG IRISH BROADSTER OF HIS ERA
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 * the late late show gay byrne *
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.
IN PICS: GAY BYRNE’S FAL LATE LATE SHOW AFTER 37 YEARS AS HOST
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. * the late late show gay byrne *
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.
GAY BYRNE, TV STAR WHO 'CHALLENGED IRISH SOCIETY', DI AGED 85
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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 . 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 prented the show for almost 37 years.
Gay Byrne prents his fal Late Late Show after almost 37 years as host. On May 21, 1999, Gay hosted his fal show.
HOW GAY BYRNE MA THE LATE LATE TOY SHOW AN 'ACCINTAL H'
Gay Byrne was joed by Print Mary McAlee. 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. 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.
WHO WAS GAY BYRNE? LATE LATE SHOW HOST AND RTE NEWS BROADSTER
Gay Byrne shar a lgh wh sger Val Doonin. Gay Byrne chats to Christy Moore after a performance. Gaybo talks to edian Billy Connolly via satelle om Ameri.
GAY BYRNE: HIS TOP 10 MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS ON AIR
Gay Byrne alongsi his long-time special assistant Mra Connolly. 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 and his wife Kathleen relax after the show. Gay Byrne wh members of the media after his fal show.
THE WOMEN BEHD GAY BYRNE’S SUCCS: WHO THEY WERE AND WHAT THEY DID
Gaybo chats to his wife Kathleen alongsi Mike Murphy.
Gay Byrne wh his wife Kathleen, his dghter Crona and special assistant Mra Connolly at the end of the show. It was said there was no sex Ireland until the The Late Late Show, and for that a natn owed thanks to Gay Byrne. 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.
GAY BYRNE, WHO TACKLED TABOOS AS IRELAND’S TV HOST, DI AT 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. “Gay brought two unique gifts.
Most importantly Gay was a listener. Gabriel "Gay" Byrne beme the biggt name Irish broadstg, hostg RTE's The Late Late Show for more than 30 years.
4 Gay Byrne died aged 85Cred: PA:Prs Associatn. Who was Gay Byrne? Gay Byrne, affectnately known "uncle Gaybo" was born Rialto, Dubl 1934.
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!
Gay had an illtr reer - he was the first person to troduce The Beatl on Irish televisn, and raised ntroversial issu like sexualy, abortn and The Troubl on his shows.
Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar tweeted: "Gay Byrne was the most fluential broadster the history of the State, a much-loved figure who changed Ireland for the better so many ways. "On rad and on televisn over so many s 'Uncle Gaybo' provid a voice for all those who had been silenced or were aaid to speak up, and helped nont thgs that need to be changed. His fay said: "We wish to thank everybody for their love and support durg Gay's illns.
Gay married voted wife Kathleen Watks on June 25 1964.
GAY BYRNE: HOW HE BROKE TABOOS AND SHOOK UP NSERVATIVE – AND LIBERAL – IRELAND
4 Gay and Kathleen married 1964.
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!
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.
When Gaybo asked Richard what lour nightie his wife wore on honeymoon, Richard said was transparent, while his new wife said she uldn’t remember; perhaps she’d not worn any at all. In the weeks after her ath, hundreds of Irish women wrote to Gay Byrne outlg the vastatg impact of their own secret pregnanci, some of which were a rult of sexual abe, ct or rape. Gay broadst the letters to a stunned natn on his morng rad show on Rad One, markg the start of a new nversatn about teenage pregnancy which ultimately helped dispel the stigma and shame3.
When she told Gay Byrne who her Sweetie really was, the natn was agog and Hghey went to hidg om the media as a rult.
GAY BYRNE AD – VETERAN IRISH BROADSTER DI AGED 85 AFTER LONG ILLNS
Hghey never spoke to Terry Keane Keane talks to Gay Byrne on The Late Late ronan lang8. Gaybo told Casey’s former lover: ‘If your son is half as good a man as is his father, he won’t be dog too bad.
Stephen FryLong after his years on the Late Late Show, Gay Byrne uld still draw lns of viewers. While beg terviewed on The Meang of Life, Gay asked Fry what he would say to God if he had a chance. Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep short by simply answerg the key qutns:Can you list the top facts and stats about Gay Byrne?
Summarize this article for a 10 years oldSHOW ALL QUESTIONSGabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne (5 Augt 1934 – 4 November 2019) was an Irish prenter and host of rad and televisn.