Gerard Tierney

Tierney was born in Churchtown near Mallow, County Cork, on 7 February 1923.[http://churchtown.net/Gerry%20Tierney%20Biography.pdf GERARD TIERNEY BIOGRAPHY]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Churchtown.net. Retrieved 2012-01-06. His musical radio programme which underwent a few name changes—Musical Cavalcade, then Ceol do Pháistí, and finally Planxty Gearóid—spanned nearly 20 years from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s.[http://gerardtierney.makinghaytheatre.ie/ Planxty Gearoid], RTÉ Guide (archived on Gearóid Ó Tighearnaigh website), 27 April 1973. Retrieved 2012-01-06. 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 RTÉ radio Quiz show, Twenty Questions, which he hosted, also proved to be another firm family favourite.

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

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• Radio Telefís Éireann 'RTÉ' - Ireland's National Broadcasting Corporation
• https://stillslibrary.rte.ie
• http://gerardtierney.makinghaytheatre.ie/articles.html
• [http://gerardtierney.freshthinkdesign.com/rte-guide-nov-1-1968.html RTE Guide, November 1, 1968]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• [http://gerardtierney.freshthinkdesign.com/rte-guide-may-2-1969.html RTE Guide, May 2, 1969]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• [http://gerardtierney.freshthinkdesign.com/rte-guide-oct-2-1970.html RTE Guide, October 2, 1970]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• [http://gerardtierney.freshthinkdesign.com/rte-guide-apr-30-1971.html RTE Guide, April 30, 1971]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• [http://gerardtierney.freshthinkdesign.com/rte-guide-mar-10-1972.html RTE Guide, March 10, 1972]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• [https://archive.today/20130410200814/http://gerardtierney.freshthinkdesign.com/rte-guide-apr-27-1973.html RTE Guide, April 27, 1973]
• [http://www.irishplayography.com/person.aspx?personid=2055 Irish plays co-written with Martin Dempsey]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120603183824/http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/ie/archives/ Abbey Theatre archives]
• [http://www.nli.ie/pdfs/mss%20lists/074_deBurca.pdf www.nli.ie/pdfs/mss%20lists/074_deBurca.pdf Conradh na Gaeilge (page 112)]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20111129114408/http://www.churchtown.net/Webpages/A_main_pages/latestnews.htm Churchtown Village Renewal Trust]

• [http://gerardtierney.makinghaytheatre.ie/radio.html Extracts of his programmes (1971-1972), Planxty Gearóid, Twenty Questions, and St. Patrick's Day Special 1971]

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Category:1923 births

Category:1979 deaths

Category:People from Churchtown, County Cork

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