"For the last 10 years, since beginning with the series Home of the Year, television viewers were delighted to welcome Hugh into their living rooms. His endearing and gregarious nature, his good humour and optimism, and the fact that he was always so unassuming meant that we all thought he had been on our screens for far longer than he had," he said."
"He was, as we say, a natural with his characteristic voice, his large spectacles, colourful shirts and jumpers. Hugh, of course, was known to many through his work on television, knowledgeable, forthright, unafraid to speak plainly and never short of conviction, he understood buildings, but more than that, he understood people. A home is where love abides, and everyone who knew Hugh knows that his true home was found in his life with Martin in shared work, shared laughter, shared dreams and shared courage."
Hugh Wallace died suddenly at home aged 68. His funeral took place at a packed St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, where he had been baptised, and mourners included presenters Dermot Bannon and Brendan Courtney. Judy Garland's Somewhere Over the Rainbow, one of his favourite songs, was played at the start of the service. The Very Reverend William Morton described him as honest, direct, passionate, challenging and deeply human, and as a man who shaped the spaces in which others live. Wallace became familiar to viewers through Home of the Year, known for his gregarious nature, optimism, architectural knowledge and deep partnership with husband Martin Corbett. The couple had been planning to move to a new home.
Read at Irish Independent
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