Paddy Murray
| Date of Birth: | 5 August 1953 |
Patrick Thomas Murray (5 August 1953 – 24 February 2022) was an Irish journalist and writer. He wrote for the Evening Herald, Sunday World, and spent time as editor of the Sunday Tribune. Born in Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, he was educated at Blackrock College. Murray spent a year attending University College Dublin (UCD). While there he wrote and performed comedy sketch shows as part of a three-man comedy group, The Machine. His partners in The Machine were Brendan Martin and Billy McGrath. While the trio were writing and rehearsing sketches for a forthcoming show, another student knocked on their door to offer a sketch he had written. The student's name was Dermot Morgan, who later found fame as the titular character in the television series Father Ted. Murray and Martin were instrumental in giving Morgan his break on television when they introduced him to the producer and writing team of RTÉ comedy series The Live Mike. Source: Wikipedia.org