Thomas Patrick "Tom" McGrath (22 April 1930 - 10 April 1985) was a television producer at RTÉ Television, Ireland's national broadcaster. He is known for "pioneering" The Late Late Show in 1962, and selecting Gay Byrne to host the show. He was also credited with introducing Terry Wogan and Mike Murphy's first television series. He chose the song "All Kinds of Everything", and selected Dana to sing it, as Ireland's winning entry to the 1970 Eurovision contest. He later produced and directed Ireland's staging of the 1971 Eurovision contest.
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