The Mayor of the City and County of Limerick Cllr Kieran O’Hanlon will attend a Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate the life and work of Terry Wogan.
The service, which is organised by the Wogan family and the BBC is taking place this Tuesday in Westminster Abbey in London.
The memorial service will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 2, and will mark the 50th anniversary of Terry’s first radio broadcast for the BBC.
Limerick born Sir Terry Wogan, who died in January of this year, was the most listened to broadcaster in Europe before he retired in 2009.
Mayor O’Hanlon said: “I’m honoured that I was invited by Terry’s family to be present at the service. I will be representing the people of Limerick at the special event.”
“Terry was a Limerick man through and through, and never forgot where he came from. Everyone was saddened to hear of his passing when news filtered out in February that he had died.”
“There was also a sense of pride among Limerick people when they saw Terry on television or heard him in the radio. That he was one of us, who went on to be one of the most successful and much loved broadcasters ever in Britain. Terry will never be forgotten by the people of Limerick.”
