On 1 October 2010, he was interviewed on Ireland's The Late Late Show.

By 1963, appearing on major talk-shows in America, Canada, England, Australia and Ireland, as well as their own TV specials, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem were " the most famous four Irishmen in the world " as said by Ireland's Late Late Show host, Gay Byrne, in a retrospective interview in 1984.

Paddy, Tom, Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem were reunited and production on the documentary commenced after a 90 minute debut on Ireland's Late Late Show on 28 April 1984.

Ronnie appeared on Ireland's The Late Late Show on the 15 December 2006 along with Phil Coulter, where he discussed his recent health scares.

On Friday 26 October 2007 for the People in Need Telethon Podge and Rodge finally got to interview their arch-nemesis and ultimate rival, the then host of The Late Late Show and " Ireland's Alan Partridge " Pat Kenny.

The shows were awarded " Best Entertainment Show " at Ireland's Digital Media Awards.

Ulster Bank was the first overall sponsor of The Balmoral Show in 2009, Northern Ireland's largest agricultural show.

Ireland's only medal at the Games, a gold one, was stripped from Cian O ' Connor in the individual Show Jumping event, riding his horse Waterford Crystal.

It is also home to the popular annual Virginia Agricultural Show for over seventy years and more recently Ireland's only Pumpkin Festival.

* The Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show is Ireland's leading Equestrian event of the Summer

He previously hosted The Brendan Courtney Show, a prime time talk show on Ireland's TV3 television channel.

Its first production was The Craig Doyle Show, an Irish travel / celebrity program running on RTÉ, and Doyle produced and presented Ireland's Richest.

In Ireland's County Limerick, near the River Shannon, there is a quiet little suburb by the name of Garryowen, which means `` Garden of Owen ''.

Dublin is situated near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and the centre of the Dublin Region.

It is the headquarters of Ireland's flag carrier Aer Lingus, low-cost carrier Ryanair and regional airlines Aer Arann and CityJet.

Dublin Business School ( DBS ) is Ireland's largest private third level institution with over 9, 000 students.

RTÉ is Ireland's national state broadcaster, and is based in Donnybrook.

The National Aquatic Centre in Blanchardstown is Ireland's largest indoor water leisure facility.

She is Ireland's best-selling solo musician and is officially the country's second-largest musical export after the band U2.

The Garden is " dedicated to all those who gave their lives in the fight for Ireland's freedom "

Although Ireland's political spectrum was traditionally divided along Civil War lines, rather than the traditional European left-right spectrum, Fine Gael is described generally as a centre-right, Christian democratic party, with a focus on law and order, enterprise and reward, and fiscal rectitude.

In Celtic mythology there is a legend of a cave called " Cruachan ," also known as " Ireland's gate to Hell ," a legendary and ancient cave from which according to legend strange creatures would emerge in ancient times and be seen on the surface of the earth.

The famine was by far the most significant turning point in the demographics of the country, as not only did Ireland's population not grow for the next century, it continued a slow decline, the result of which is that the Republic of Ireland has a significantly smaller population today than would be expected for a European country of its size.

All of Ireland's communications infrastructure is now digital but progress in broadband technology has been stagnant since 2006.

An extreme case is the splitting of Ireland's least populated county of Leitrim between the constituencies of Sligo-North Leitrim and Roscommon-South Leitrim.

If the Mythological Cycle represents a Golden Age, the Ulster Cycle is Ireland's Heroic Age.

Donations to Lesotho is Ireland's longest running aid programme.

In Ireland's other great " sequestered maiden " story, the tragedy of Deirdre, the king's intended is carried off by three brothers, who are hunters with hounds.

Due to its significance on Irish history it is seen even on the Guinness label, and is Ireland's national symbol even to this day.

Although Ireland has access to international soaps, such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale, EastEnders, Home and Away, Hollyoaks, Neighbours etc., Fair City continues to outperform them all, and is Ireland's most popular soap-opera, with the show peaking at over 700, 000 viewers.

Heathrow Airport is the world's second busiest international airport, Northern Ireland's roads are overseen by the Roads Service Northern Ireland, a section of the Department for Regional Development.

** The Anglo-Irish Treaty establishing the Irish Free State, an independent nation incorporating 26 of Ireland's 32 counties, is signed in London.

* Ireland's last grey wolf is killed.

* Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland's oldest university, is founded.

It is closed to the public, and holds Ireland's largest and the world's second-largest Northern Gannet colony, with almost 30, 000 pairs.

Edexcel, a UK company, is one of England, Wales and Northern Ireland's five main examination boards, and is wholly owned by Pearson, the world's largest education publishing and technology company which is part of Pearson PLC, the global publisher and owner of Penguin and Financial Times.

The UK nations also produce a number of programmes that are shown across the UK, such as BBC Scotland's comedy series Chewin ' the Fat, and BBC Northern Ireland's talk show Patrick Kielty Almost Live.

Set on the remote fictional Craggy Island off Ireland's west coast, the show starred Dermot Morgan as the eponymous Father Ted Crilly, alongside fellow priests Father Dougal McGuire ( Ardal O ' Hanlon ) and Father Jack Hackett ( Frank Kelly ).

She opened the Bloom Festival, Ireland's largest gardening show, on 3 June 2010, acknowledging an improved interest in gardening in Ireland, particularly among younger people.

Philomena Lynott, her partner Dennis Keeley, and Smiley Bolger ( Ireland's Vibe For Philo promoter ) were flown to Los Angeles by Ryder to make a personal appearance at the show.

It is regarded as an Irish television institution, even outside the country, and is considered " Ireland's chat show ".

This was Ireland's 3rd year in succession to host the contest-and to mark the 40th show, it was opened with a 4-minute retrospective showing images from the contest's history.

In 1962, the show became the first imported programme to win a Jacob's Award following its transmission on Telefís Éireann, the Republic of Ireland's national TV station.

Morgan's biggest Irish broadcasting success occurred in the late 1980s in the Saturday morning radio comedy show, Scrap Saturday, in which Morgan, co-scriptwriter Gerard Stembridge, Owen Roe and Pauline McLynn mocked Ireland's political, business and media establishment.

Performers of popular music began appearing as early as the late 1940s ; Delia Murphy popularised Irish folk songs that she recorded for HMV in 1949 ; Margaret Barry is also credited with bringing traditional songs to the fore ; Donegal's Bridie Gallagher shot to fame in 1956 and is considered ' Ireland's first international pop star '; Belfast-born singer Ruby Murray achieved unprecedented chart success in the UK in the mid-1950s ; The Bachelors were an all-male harmony group from Dublin who had hits in the UK, Europe, US, Australia and Russia ; Mary O ' Hara was a soprano and harpist who was successful on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1950s and early 1960s ; Waterford crooner Val Doonican had a string of UK hits and presented his own TV show on the BBC from 1965 to 1986.

Popcorn, which regularly billed itself as " Ireland's favourite movie show " ran for 5 years and over 200 episodes before the axe fell-giving an irreverent look at the movie releases, both at the cinema and on DVD.

The producers of the show are actively promoting the series as Ireland's answer to The Wire.

However, some unionists accepted and were content to go along with the system since it seemed to show the province as an integral part of the UK ; while some nationalists accepted direct rule if only because they believed that politicians in London are less hostile to Northern Ireland's Catholic community than a government elected by the local Protestant majority.

Ken Maginnis has courted controversy by equating homosexuality with bestiality in an interview on BBC Northern Ireland's Stephen Nolan show in June 2012.

" On January 24, 2009, Burck also appeared on the Tubridy Tonight show on Ireland's RTÉ television network, performing his theme song accompanied by the Camembert Quartet.

The Irish Undaground has evolved through various forms, including an eColumn authored by Kounter Kulture that first appeared in 2003, and an extensive album collection of Kounter Kulture's personal songs, collaborations, radio interviews, music videos, a documentary and Ireland's first Top 10 chart show for Irish hip hop, which began on 1 April 2006.

On that show they came under fire from Christian groups who alleged they were spreading a dangerous message to Northern Ireland's youth.

* Battle lives in Dublin, Ireland and hosts a Sunday night radio show on Ireland's national 2FM.

YUMee is a cookery show for children on Ireland's Den TV, presented by chef Aoileann Garavaglia.

Jap-Fest, Ireland's only Japanese car show, is held at Mondello Park annually in September since 2007.

A more recent TV show, named Joy in the Hood, featured him travelling to impoverished areas of Ireland's major cities and mentoring local people in stand-up comedy.