{"id":10774,"date":"2019-11-08T07:18:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T11:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=10774"},"modified":"2019-11-11T11:20:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T15:20:44","slug":"mourners-gather-in-dublin-to-say-farewell-to-gay-byrne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=10774","title":{"rendered":"Mourners Gather in Dublin to Say Farewell to Gay Byrne"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Footage from RTE of the funeral service<\/figcaption><\/figure>Family and friends of broadcasting giant Gay Byrne will gather in Dublin later to say a final farewell at his funeral.<\/p>\n

He died earlier in the week at the age of 85 after a long illness.<\/p>\n

The funeral will be broadcast live on RT\u00c9 television and online. Bryan Dobson will present a special program on RT\u00c9 One and RT\u00c9 News Now, while Mary Kennedy and John Bowman will provide commentary for the ceremony.<\/p>\n

The coverage will be streamed live on RT\u00c9 Player and on RT\u00c9.ie<\/a>, and will be available to audiences worldwide.<\/p>\n

The former Late Late Show host had been undergoing treatment for cancer. He is survived by his wife Kathleen and the couple’s two adult daughters.<\/p>\n

A host of well-known names are expected to attend his funeral Mass in St Mary\u2019s Pro Cathedral in Dublin city center.<\/p>\n

The funeral cortege will leave Howth – travelling through the village heading towards the Clontarf Road, along Amiens Street and over the quays.<\/p>\n

It will then take in O’Connell Street – making its way St Mary’s Pro Cathedral for funeral mass.<\/p>\n

Members of the public have been told that access to the church will be extremely limited with seating reserved for family and friends.<\/p>\n

The former Late Late show host will be laid to rest at St Fintan’s cemetery in Sutton this afternoon.<\/p>\n

The Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin will be among the clergy presiding at the funeral service.<\/p>\n

Byrne started his career as a newsreader and continuity announcer on Radio \u00c9ireann in the late 1950s before moving to Granada Television in Manchester, where he worked on a variety of shows, interviewing acts including The Beatles.<\/p>\n

For a time he commuted between Dublin and UK, working for both the BBC and RTE, but came back to Ireland full-time in the late 1960s as presenter and producer of The Late Late Show.<\/p>\n

The program went on to become the world\u2019s longest-running chat show.<\/p>\n

The much-loved host had also presented a long-running radio show on Radio 1, first known as The Gay Byrne Hour and then The Gay Byrne Show.<\/p>\n

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