Gerard Tierney

Gearóid Ó Tighearnaigh

Gerry Tierney (Gearóid Ó Tighearnaigh) 1924-1979, was a popular bi-lingual Irish radio broadcaster for RTE. He hosted the radio quiz show Twenty Questions.

Biography[]

Tierney was born in Churchtown near Mallow, Co. Cork on 7, February 1924. His musical radio programme which underwent a few name changes - Musical Cavalcade, then Ceoil do Pháistí, and finally named Planxty Gearóid - spanned nearly 20 years from the late 1950s to the mid 1970s.^[1] He broadcast to the Irish nation every Sunday with his varying choice of music ranging from 'high' to 'middle-brow' across all genres. The low timbre of his voice and his infectious laughter were unmistakable and the RTE radio Quiz show - Twenty Questions- which he hosted also proved to be another firm family favourite. Click http://gerardtierney.makinghaytheatre.ie/radio.html here] to listen to extracts of his programmes (1971/72); Planxty Gearóid, Twenty Questions, and St. Patrick's Day Special 1971.

Tierney died from a heart attack in January 1979 aged 55.

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• Radio Telefís Éireann 'RTE' - Ireland's National Broadcasting Corporation

https://stillslibrary.rte.ie Featured Articles:
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• Irish plays co-written with Martin Dempsey

https://www.irishplayography.com/person.aspx?personid=41630

• Abbey Theatre archives

http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/ie/archives

• Conradh na Gaeilge (Page 112)

www.nli.ie/pdfs/mss%20lists/074_deBurca.pdf

• Churchtown Village Renewal Trust

http://churchtown.net/Webpages/A_main_pages/latestnews.htm