Tubridy Tonight (season 5) May 2009 due to the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) and the Eurovision Song Contest respectively. Tubridy Tonight (season 5) The fifth and final season of "Tubridy Tonight" commenced airing on 27 September 2008 and completed broadcasting on 30 May 2009. The series, hosted by Ryan Tubridy, aired on RTÉ One on Saturdays nights following the . At the end of this series, Tubridy took over from Pat Kenny as host of "The Late Late Show" on Friday nights on the same channel. Musical guests throughout the series included Fall Out Boy, The Saturdays, Sugababes, Gabriella Cilmi, Take That,
Michael G. Tubridy writer and a radio and TV commentator, and was a well-known celebrity in 1960s Ireland. Some sources have described Dot as an aunt of broadcaster Ryan Tubridy while Ryan Tubridy himself, in his biography of John F. Kennedy, referred to Dot as his cousin. In fact there is no apparent immediate family connection between Ryan Tubridy and either Dorothy (née Lawlor) or her late husband Capt. Mick Tubridy. Michael G. Tubridy Capt. Michael Gerard 'Mick' Tubridy (1923 – 16 April 1954) was an all-Ireland winning Gaelic footballer and an international showjumper. He was born in Kilrush, County Clare, one of