Liam Devally
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Liam Devally (1933,
radio and television host and singer,[1]
and later a barrister and judge.
Born in Cahir, the son of a Garda, the family moved to Mullingar, Co. Westmeath when Liam was young. Liam won a scholarship and attended St Enda's College, Galway.
Devally was known for hosting various programmes for Ireland, he was a radio host on
Eileen Aroon.[2] Devally sang on the Ed Sullivan Show, in America, in 1959, he also played irish revolutionary Eamon Ceant in the dramatisation Insurrection in 1966.[3]
He married Mairead Connaghton, who he met at RTE, and they lived in Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
Liam was also a Barrister and served as a judge of the Circuit Court from 1991 until his retirement. He died in Dublin on 9 April 2018, at the age of 85,[4] and is buried in Kilmacanogue Cemetery, Co. Wicklow.
References
- ^ "Death of colleague Liam Devally". superannrte.ie. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ Liam Devally IMDB Database.
- ^ "Obituary: Liam Devally". The Irish Independent. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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