Life
1918-2004; b. Belfast; ed. Belfast Royal Acad. Institute and TCD; served in Irish Army during the Emergency [1939-45]; posted to Intelligence as a German speaker and oversaw correspondence of Luftwaffe crews in the Curragh camp; joined the Irish Press in 1945; assistant editor Sunday Press 1949; editor-in-chief Irish News Agency 1951; appt. first editor Evening Press, 1954; joint-managing editor The Irish Times 1959; editor, 1963–74; also 1977–86; succeeded by Conor Brady; accredited with creating the liberal-pluralist style of the modern The Irish Times; d. 24 June; a son Patrick [“Paddy”] Gageby is a barrister.
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- E. D. Doyle, [ a tribute], An Irishman's Diary, Irish Times (17 July 2004).
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)