but he declined the offer. From 1973 until 1998, Byrne presented The Gay Byrne Hour – later The Gay Byrne Show when it expanded to two hours – on RTÉ Radio...

proposed it to Gay Byrne, who became the show's first presenter. The first episode aired on Friday 6 July 1962 at 23:20.[clarification needed] Byrne was then...

broadcaster, harpist, actress, singer and author. She was married to Gay Byrne from 1964 until his death in 2019. In her early career, Watkins worked...

abbreviated as "Gay", as in the title of his radio show The Gay Byrne Show. Gay Allison (born 1953), Canadian poet, editor, and English teacher Gay Assulin (born...

The Gay Byrne Show (previously The Gay Byrne Hour and also known as The GB Show) was an Irish radio programme, which ran from 1973 until 1998. The programme...

loss of advertising revenue. Gay Byrne retired from presenting The Late Late Show in 1999. Kenny was announced as Byrne's replacement on 24 May 1999. He...

actor Gay Byrne (1934–2019), Irish broadcaster George Byrne (1892–1973), English cricketer Gerry Byrne (disambiguation), several people Greg Byrne (athletic_director)...

the following people: Gay Bryan (born 1927), American male long and triple jumper who competed in the 1940s and 1950s Gay Byrne (born 1934), Irish presenter...

Best Comedy Performance posthumously. Morgan said in an interview with Gay Byrne on The Late Late Show in 1996 that he was writing a screenplay titled...

One Night Only (TV series), an Irish light entertainment show hosted by Gay Byrne For One Night Only (album), a Terrorvision album One Night Only (disambiguation)...

is an Irish television programme, broadcast on RTÉ One. Presented by Gay Byrne, each edition involves the veteran broadcaster interviewing a prominent...

of success in that seat led to the return of the previous presenter, Gay Byrne. When Newsbeat ended, Hall started writing and presenting Hall's Pictorial...

presented by Ryan Tubridy, the show has previously been presented by Gay Byrne and Pat Kenny during their tenures at the helm. Dustin the Turkey, a high-profile...

Catholic, but became an atheist at the age of 17. In an interview with Gay Byrne on RTÉ, he said that he respected those who had "the gift of faith". Wogan's...

four Irishmen in the world", according to Ireland's Late Late Show host Gay Byrne in a retrospective interview in 1984. Billboard Magazine reported that...

Radio station was renamed RTÉ Radio 1. In 1973, The Gay Byrne Hour began, becoming The Gay Byrne Show in 1979. This anchored the station's daily morning...

Gay Byrne as presenter of The Late Late Show as early as 2003, when he was about to take over as presenter of the Rose of Tralee, another of Byrne's former...

Fair in the Mansion House, Dublin. It was first televised in 1982, with Gay Byrne hosting and The Fureys and Davey Arthur performing. In 1992 a spin-off...

Allen but he made appearances on The Late Late Show being interviewed by Gay Byrne. Routines included sketches showing the pope (played by Allen) and his...

be considered blasphemous. His autobiography Just Joe was launched by Gay Byrne in Harry's Bar in October 2011. In 2014, Duffy made a cameo in Mrs. Brown's...

Fionnula Flanagan (1965), Gay Byrne (1979), and Brendan Gleeson (1992). The record for the most awards won is held by Gay Byrne, who was honoured six times...

called Freeze Frame. It had a 3-year run. Former RTÉ Radio 1 broadcaster Gay Byrne praised Jennings' pronunciation. Writing in The Irish Times in 2004 he...

television show, The Late Late Show, was coming to an end, when host Gay Byrne read a headline from the next day's Sunday Tribune newspaper: "Girl, 15...

a passion for cats and restaurants, and an abhorrence of broadcaster Gay Byrne. In 1994, Leonard gave a review of Katie Roche' by Irish playwright Teresa...

1976) 2017 – Ned Romero, American actor and opera singer (b. 1926) 2019 – Gay Byrne, Irish broadcaster (b. 1934) 2020 – Ken Hensley, English rock singer-songwriter...

recorded their 25th anniversary show on The Late Late Show hosted by Gay Byrne. He is known as a guitarist and has a rough voice similar to the late...

garrulous", although she actually grew to 6'1", said in an interview with Gay Byrne of The Late Late Show that, growing up in Dalkey, she never felt herself...

by Dáithí Ó Sé since 2010. It was previously presented for 17 years by Gay Byrne. Other previous presenters include Terry Wogan, Brendan O'Reilly, Michael...

reporting on anti-gay political figures who were themselves closeted gays. Byrne founded Raw Story when he was 23. In 2010, Byrne stepped down as editor...

recognize the gay community. Byrne helped to make Chicago more welcoming to the gay community. She ended the police department's practice of raiding gay bars,...