The Meaning of Life with Gay Byrne: 5x6

Mary Byrne

Mary Byrne doesn’t really do secrets. In a compelling interview with her hero, Gay Byrne, she tells him her way of handling what has been an eventful and colourful life, is to talk openly about everything.

With Gay, she discusses with astonishing openness the way her life’s experiences have shaped her beliefs and values… and vice versa.

She reveals how her parents were, in very different ways, her role models: her father, because he was a hard-working “saint” and her mother, because Mary was determined to learn from all her many mistakes. Mary saw how her Mum wasted her singing talent and became determined not to do the same.