Área de identidad
Código de referencia
IE LMOD 333
Título
1999 Gay Byrne's Freedom of the City
Fecha(s)
- Twentieth Century (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Unidad documental simple
Volumen y soporte
Paper, ink, paint. 55 x 39 cm
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
Historia archivística
13/07/2011
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Gay Byrne's Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin awarded on 11 May 1999. It has a picture of the Late Late Show owl on the bottom.
Gay Byrne hosted RTÉ’s flagship talk show, the Late Late Show, for 37 years from its first broadcast in 1962. Byrne was a major catalyst in the transformation of Irish society, riffing on abortion, contraception and homosexuality. The Late Late Show featured an owl on its opening credits, hence the owl’s appearance on Byrne’s freedom of the city award. Byrne retired in 1999, but still pops up on Irish television.
