Late Late Show host Patrick Kielty is mourning the death of his mum Mary.
Mrs Kielty, who was aged in her 80s, died peacefully at her home in Dundrum, Co Down on Saturday. Her funeral will take place on Monday.
Wife of the late Jack, who was shot dead back in 1988, she is survived by her sons John, Patrick and Cahal, daughters-in-law Moya, Cat Deeley and Nichola; grandchildren Catherine, Sarah, Ciara, Milo, James, Shauna and Fionn and brother John.
Mrs Kielty's remains will leave her late residence on Monday, March 10 at 12.45pm for 1pm Requiem Mass in the Church of the Sacred Heart, Dundrum. Burial to follow in the cemetery of the Immaculate Conception, Aughlisnafin.
The news emerged hours after Patrick Kielty hosted the latest episode of The Late Late Show on RTE One on Friday night.
Speaking previously during an appearance at the Irish Open in Co Down, Patrick revealed how his mother still offered to do his laundry.
"I think Irish mummies never really understand what age their youngsters actually are. So you do get a lot of offers like 'Do you have any washing' and I would be like 'Well no, no that's done, I'm 53 mum," he told Evoke.ie.
He joked that his wife Cat Deeley gives him a bit of a slagging about potentially taking her up on her offer.
He said: "If you're back with Cat, then clearly, you have another grown adult looking at you going 'You weren't remotely considering that offer, were you?'"
Touching on how proud his mum is of all her children, he said: "What's funny is if she'd [Mary] be out at mass, people would go, 'Your son's doing very well, you must be very proud of him.' And she goes, 'well I've three sons now, which one are you talking about?'"
The TV star previously shared that it is unlikely that his wife or his mum will make it to the audience of The Late Late Show.
His father Jack, who worked as a building contractor, was shot by members of the UFF in 1988 aged 44 after refusing to pay protection money.
Patrick recalled it in a 2023 BBC documentary series, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: “I remember going to school and like lots of other kids who were 16, putting up your posters for Comic Relief. And being called to the headmaster’s office and thinking ‘I didn’t ask permission to put these posters up, here we go’.
“The headmaster said, ‘I think you need to sit down’. There was a slow motion but very quick exchange. He said ‘your father’s been shot’. I said ‘is he dead?’ and he said ‘yes’.”
Patrick, 54, and his family only found out later why Jack, a prominent Catholic and chair of the Gaelic football club, had been targeted.
“Rather than pay protection money to loyalist paramilitaries he decided to go to the police,” he said.
Patrick and his older brother John, who was 18, were pallbearers at the funeral. Now married to fellow TV star Cat Deeley and dad to Milo and James., Patrick said he wanted to become a successful comedian to make his late father proud.
He said: “I wanted to live my life in a way that he would be happy with how things have turned out.”
His early material was often about the Troubles and he wore a balaclava on stage. As he forged his career, he performed for both Catholic and Protestant audiences.
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