{"id":173383,"date":"2025-12-03T19:28:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/173383\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T19:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:28:11","slug":"funeral-details-announced-for-tv-star-hugh-wallace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/173383\/","title":{"rendered":"Funeral details announced for TV star Hugh Wallace"},"content":{"rendered":"

RT\u00c9 presenter and celebrity architect Hugh Wallace died ‘suddenly’ at the age of 68 on December 1, leaving his husband ‘heartbroken’<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The beloved Home of the Year judge passed away at his home in Dublin, with his husband of 13 years, Martin Corbett, announcing the news.<\/p>\n

Martin wrote on social media: ‘It is with deep sadness and shock that I share the news that my beloved husband and soulmate, Hugh Wallace, passed away suddenly at home last night. I am heartbroken.<\/p>\n

\"\"Hugh Wallace. Pic: Tom Honan<\/p>\n

‘Please respect my privacy at this deeply painful time,’ he continued.<\/p>\n

Hugh’s funeral service will take place on Friday, December 5 at 11am in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. Those who can’t attend the mass in person are encouraged to stream the service here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"CelebrityCelebrity architect and star of RTE’s Home of the Year and the Great Home Revival, Hugh Wallace.
Pic: Conor Healy\/Picture It Photography<\/p>\n

Tributes have been flooding in from those who knew Hugh, with Lucy Kennedy writing: ‘I loved Hugh, so much fun always. I\u2019m so sorry for your loss, Martin.’<\/p>\n

James Patrice wrote: ‘This is such heartbreaking news. What a wonderful man,’ while Deric \u00d3 h’Artag\u00e1in said: ‘Omg only out with you both on Saturday night at the HIV Ireland Red Ball. We laughed so much with Hugh. Such tragic news, RIP.’<\/p>\n

RT\u00c9 Director General Kevin Bakhurst also paid tribute to Hugh Wallace, who presented two shows on RT\u00c9: Home Of The Year and The Great House Revival, saying he was a ‘hugely popular figure with audiences and across the industry’.<\/p>\n

He said: ‘On RT\u00c9\u2019s hugely popular Home of the Year, Hugh, with his fellow judges, not only opened the door to the most extraordinary homes in Ireland, but he also inspired viewers to engage with the vast possibilities of innovative design.’<\/p>\n

\"Pic:Pic: Hugh Wallace\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Mr Bankhurst continued: ‘Our thoughts are with his husband Martin, his family, his colleagues in Shinawil, Animo and RT\u00c9, and his many close associates for whom Hugh was a beloved colleague, inspiring mind, and the warmest of friends. Ar dheis D\u00e9 go raibh a anam.’<\/p>\n

Hugh is survived by his husband, Martin, whom he was in a relationship with for 39 years, with the pair tying the knot in 2012.<\/p>\n

As well as his work in television, Hugh led a busy architectural firm, Douglas Wallace Architects, of which he was a founding partner, and was a regular commentator on housing and design.<\/p>\n

\"TelevisionTelevision programme: My Bungalow Bliss. Hugh Wallace. Pic: RTE<\/p>\n

The TV architect often spoke about having dyslexia\u00a0and how going undiagnosed in his youth made him feel ‘thick’ but actually ‘benefited’ his career in architecture<\/a>, with Hugh saying; ‘Because you use the other side of your brain with architecture you have the benefit. I see things in forms and shapes, words are a shape, they aren’t letters. So I see things completely differently.’<\/p>\n

In his personal life, Hugh previously opened up publicly about his struggle with alcohol<\/a>, saying it was a ‘relief’ to be told he was an alcoholic at 55, saying that it meant he could turn his life around and be given a ‘second chance’.<\/p>\n

Hugh told RT\u00c9’s Upfront in 2024: ‘I can’t describe how stupid I felt at the age of 55 going to the doctor and he, [was] the first person who said you’re an alcoholic. At that moment, the relief.<\/p>\n

\"HughHugh Wallace on The Great House Revival returns. Pic: Supplied<\/p>\n

‘My family knew what was wrong with me, I know that sounds really stupid and I’m sorry about that, but the relief of knowing that I wasn’t going to die, the relief that I could get treatment and change my life around, and that’s what happened.’<\/p>\n

He continued: ‘I was given a second chance at life, but I was lucky because I had the money to deal with it. Today, there are no resources. If today you decide you’re going to stop drinking, you have to be able to have support at that moment, and there is none.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RT\u00c9 presenter and celebrity architect Hugh Wallace died ‘suddenly’ at the age of 68 on December 1, leaving…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-173383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}