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Cathal O'Shannon (TV presenter) November 2011. It had originally aired in 2008 to mark his 80th birthday. Cathal O'Shannon (TV presenter) Cathal O'Shannon (23 August 1928 – 22 October 2011) was an Irish journalist and television presenter. He was a former journalist with "The Irish Times" newspaper and a former TV reporter and presenter for RTÉ. He was probably best known for presenting documentaries on Irish history, produced mainly for Irish television viewers and broadcast by RTÉ. On 12 January 2007, after producing his most recent documentary, he stated that he had fully retired. In a 2008 television documentary he "outed himself as a