Tributes pour in for gay Cork actor and beloved Bosco presenter Frank Twomey who passed away
Bosco, Nighthawks, Bull Island, Santa Ponsa and The Young Offenders.News of Frank Twomey’s passing broke on Monday, December 11, when it was reported that the Cork theatre legend died following a short illness.
A veteran of both stage and screen, Twomey’s career spanned from the 1980s till the early 2020s.He is perhaps most fondly remembered for his role as the presenter of the beloved Irish children’s programme Bosco in its original run on RTÉ in the 1980s.
In those years, Twomey was a gay man at a time when Irish society wasn’t as open as today, so working on Bosco came with its own considerations.He spoke about that situation in a 2020 interview with RTÉ, saying: “They knew.
I was freaked out about it because it was a different era. We’re talking the ’80s, and it had yet to be legalised, let alone same-sex marriage.”He added, “…but it didn’t stop me from being gay.
