Bernadette Nà Ghallchóir (; born 1947 or 1948) is an Irish television presenter and continuity announcer. She was a familiar face of
RTÉ
(; ; RTÉThe É in RTÉ is pronounced as an English E () and not an Irish É ()) is an Irish public service broadcaster. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, ...
between the late sixties and early eighties. She is probably best remembered for hosting the
1971 Eurovision Song Contest from the
Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, she continued to be involved with
Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster submits an origina ...
when in 1973 she hosted National Song Contest.
Career
In the late 1960s, Nà Ghallchóir (using the name Bernadette Gallagher) worked briefly as a primary school teacher in London, teaching at the George Tomlinson School in Leytonstone.
Nà Ghallchóir hosted the Irish language show
Buntús Cainte
(, ) was a book series and an Irish-language learning TV programme, written by Tomás Ó Domhnalláin in the mid-1960s, illustrated by William Bolger, and first published in a three volume series by the Stationery Office, Dublin, Ireland, in 1 ...
in the 1960s. She is probably best remembered for hosting the
1971 Eurovision Song Contest from the
Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, she continued to be involved with
Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster submits an origina ...
when in 1973 she hosted National Song Contest.
When
RTÉ Two
(; ; RTÉThe É in RTÉ is pronounced as an English E () and not an Irish É ()) is an Republic of Ireland, Irish Public broadcasting, public service broadcaster. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on RTÉ Television, television, RTà ...
was launched in 1978, Nà Ghallchóir was one of the first presenters who officially opened the channel with
Raymond Maxwell and
Roisin Harkin. She presented ''Trachtaireacht'' ("commentary") on RTÉ at that time.
In the 1980s, she retired from television and began a career as a sculptor. She is married to Seán Ó hUigÃnn, the former Ambassador of Ireland to the United States.
See also
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List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international song competition, held every year by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1956. This page is a list of people who have acted as presenters of the contest.
Since 1988, it has been the n ...
References
External links
Bio at National Irish Visual Arts Library
20th-century Irish people
21st-century Irish people
Living people
RTÉ television presenters
Radio and television announcers
Spouses of Irish politicians
Alumni of the University of Galway
Alumni of the University of London
1947 births
Broadcasters from County Monaghan
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