A look back on the life of RTE legend Gay Byrne two years after his ath - Dubl Live

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It is wh great sadns that the College muny has learned of the ath of Gay Byrne who was prented wh an Honorary Degree 1988.

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TRY PAYS TRIBUTE TO GAY BYRNE

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It is wh great sadns that the College muny has learned of the ath of Gay Byrne who was prented wh an Honorary Degree 1988 as part of a special mencements ceremony to mark the Dubl Millennium. Luce, the Public Orator, scribed Gay Byrne as havg “master-md many salutary bat about Irish life and attus, the urse of which he has dared to brg to the open matters never so discsed before”. Try wish to extend s ndolenc to Gay’s wife, Kathleen, their dghters Crona and Suzy, their wir fay and large circle of iends.

Veteran RTE star Mike Murphy has told how was tough seeg his bt iend Gay Byrne suffer his last years, but right up until the end they ma unfettable memori together. Legendary Gaybo died November 2019, aged 85, followg a gellg battle wh prostate ncer.

RTE'S MIKE MURPHY TELLS OF 'TOUGH TIME' SEEG BT IEND GAY BYRNE SUFFER HIS LAST YEARSEXCLIVE: 'HE WAS FANTASTIC THE WAY HE BORE , HE DIDN’T PLA'IRISHMIRRORBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSSHOWBIZBYSBHAN O'CONNOR07:00, 30 AUG 2020BOOKMARKGAY BYRNE AND MIKE MURPHYWANT 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!

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Mike, 78, told the Irish Sunday Mirror: “Gay and I were very close iends, for the last number of years right up until three years before he died, for 17 years we holidayed together as upl.

Mike’s prank on Gay went down history as one of the funnit on “The Live Mic seri”.

Actg as an overenthiastic Frenchman, Murphy terpts and torments Gay as he films a piece to mera at Try College.

MIKE MURPHY RELLS 'VERY TOUGH TIME' CLOSE PAL GAY BYRNE WENT THROUGH BEFORE HE DIEDTHE LEGENDARY TV STARS HOLIDAYED TOGETHER FOR 17 YEARSDUBLLIVEBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYSBHAN O'CONNOR08:00, 30 AUG 2020BOOKMARKGAY BYRNE WH MIKE MURPHY (IMAGE: COL KEEGAN/COLLS)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!

A piece to mera om Gay Byrne is nstantly terpted by an enthiastic French football fan. However all is not as seems. * gay byrne trinity college *

The hilar episo aired January 1982 and s later Mike and Gay were still hearg about .

“As we were leavg, Gay said, I’m a b tired hearg about that, I scerely hope that’s not all I’m gog to be remembered for.

Veteran RTE star Mike Murphy has told how was tough seeg bt iend Gay Byrne suffer his last years, but right up until the end they ma unfettable memori. Mike, 78, told Dubl Live: “Gay and I were very close iends, for the last number of years right up until three years before he died, for 17 years we holidayed together as upl. ” Mike’s prank on Gay went down history as one of the funnit on The Live Mic seri.

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!

Gay Byrne’s groundbreakg televisn and rad shows phed the boundari of what was a eply nservative untry * gay byrne trinity college *

It has been two years sce the ath of RTE legend Gay Byrne.

GAY BYRNE AD: RTE PAYS TRIBUTE TO LEGENDARY BROADSTER WH TOUCHG HIGHLIGHTS REELFROM THE INIC MIKE MURPHY PRANK TRY COLLEGE TO THE TRODUCTN OF THE DREAD NDOM TO THE NATN, HERE ARE HIS BT BSIRISHMIRRORBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYANDREW BYRNEVIO EDOR17:44, 4 NOV 2019UPDATED17:46, 4 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!

Mike Murphy has told RTÉ One's Today that he's still smartg over his reactn to the classic TV prank he pulled on Gay Byrne Try College. * gay byrne trinity college *

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.

Gaybo me om a most upbrgg.

GAY BYRNE AT TRY COLLEGE 1988

Gay was known for verg taboo topics cludg ntraceptn, lbians and the historic 'Bishop and the Nightie'.

GAY BYRNE OBUARY: THE MATRO OF IRISH BROADSTG

The ntroversy didn’t stop there, as Gay refed to shake hands wh Gerry Adams on air back 1994.

11/5/99 GAY BYRNE AT RTE IN DUBLIN.

MIKE MURPHY STILL EG HIS REACTN TO CLASSIC GAY BYRNE PRANK

Gay relled: “In the middle of the sound check Pl McCartney me to me and said, ‘Would you like to be our agent? ” Gay also prented a long-nng rad show on RTE Rad One, The Gay Byrne Show.

GAY BYRNE OBUARY

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. Gaybo prented The Rose of Tralee for many years. 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.

THE LIFE AND TIM OF LEGENDARY RTE BROADSTER AND LATE LATE SHOW PRENTER GAY BYRNE AS HE'S LAID TO RT"IN HIS 85 YEARS HE SWEPT OM A MOST BEGNG TO FAMY, WHILE MANAGG TO REMA LOVED AND ADMIRED"IRISHMIRRORBOOKMARKSHARESHOWBIZBYJILLY BEATTIE16:54, 8 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!

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. Gay Byrne and Brendan O'Carroll. 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.

11/5/'99 EARLY PHOTO OF GAY BYRNE AT THE RTE STUDIO IN DUBLIN.

MREEN POTTER, HUGH LEONARD AND GAY BYRNE 1988

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. Gay hosted the 2015 season of Ireland’s Who Wants To Be A Millnaire?

As well as The Gay Byrne Mic Show and Make ‘Em Lgh, a seri about edy Ireland. There was also Gaybo’s Gmpy Men and Class Rnn. He prented Sunday wh Gay Byrne to his loyal listenership on RTE lyric FM where he shared his love of big band and jazz.

THE LIFE AND TIM OF LEGENDARY RTE BROADSTER AND LATE LATE SHOW PRENTER GAY BYRNE"IN HIS 85 YEARS HE SWEPT OM A MOST BEGNG TO FAMY, WHILE MANAGG TO REMA LOVED AND ADMIRED"IRISHMIRRORBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYJILLY BEATTIE16:40, 4 NOV 2019UPDATED17:17, 4 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!

The late, great Gay Byrne. Gay Byrne passed away two years ago on November 4, 2019. RTE has paid tribute to legendary Irish broadster Gay Byrne wh a touchg highlights reel of 'uncle Gaybo's' bt bs.

The natnal broadster created a short highlights reel showsg some of the special moments wh Gay om over the years. RTE Director General Dee Forb today paid tribute to Mr Byrne and said: “We are all greatly sadned by the passg of Gay Byrne, who has been a hoehold name this untry for so many years. "Gay was an exceptnal broadster whose unique and ground-breakg style ntributed so much to the velopment of rad and televisn this untry.

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