Bernadette Ní Ghallchóir

Bernadette Ní Ghallchóir is an Irish television presenter and continuity announcer. She was a familiar face of RTÉ between the late sixties and early eighties.

Bernadette Ní Ghallchóir
NationalityIrish
OccupationTelevision presenter, continuity announcer
EmployerRaidió Teilifís Éireann
Known forPresenting the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971

Career

She hosted the Irish language show Buntús Cainte in the 1960s.[1] She is probably best remembered for hosting the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest from the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin,[2] she continued to be involved with Eurovision when in 1973 she hosted National Song Contest.

When RTÉ Two was launched in 1978, Ní Ghallchóir was one of the first presenters who officially opened the channel with Raymond Maxwell and Roisin Harkin.[3]

In the 1980s, she retired from television and began a career as a sculptor. She is married to Seán Ó hUigínn, the former Ambassador of Ireland to the United States.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Buntús Cainte on RTÉ". RTÉ Archives. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  2. "RTÉs First EVSC 40 years ago Remembered..Mick Burke..item". www.superannrte.ie. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  3. "RTÉ 2 Launches". RTÉ Archives. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  4. "Irish on parade and on show". Irish Times. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
Preceded by
Willy Dobbe		 Eurovision Song Contest presenter
1971		 Succeeded by
Moira Shearer
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