Music superstar Daniel O’Donnell performed over the phone at a lifelong fan’s graveside earlier this week.
Margaret McCarthy’s family had planned to play his song, ‘Beyond The Rainbows End’, over speakers at their mother’s grave, after her funeral in Innishannon, Co Cork.
But the undertaker announced Daniel O’Donnell was on the phone and was going to sing the song himself, after he’d been watching the funeral online.
Daniel says it was a privilege to do it.
Margaret’s daughter Ann, and Daniel, have been recounting what happened.
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The late Margaret McCarthy with Daniel O’Donnell (Image: Courtesy Ann Phayer)
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Mourners at a lockdown funeral in West Cork have spoken of receiving a massive lift in their spirits after Daniel O’Donnell surprised them by singing over the phone at their mother’s graveside.
Ann Phayer said that her mother Margaret McCarthy of Innishannon, who died in Marymount Hospice in Cork last Sunday, was a huge fan of the Donegal singer.
Her husband Jimmy and the family used to joke that there was “three in the marriage” with mother of four Margaret attending as many of his concerts as she could in addition to buying his calendars and music.
Daniel O Donnell surprises mourners at lockdown funeral by singing over phone at mother s graveside
Margaret McCarthy was said to be a huge fan of the singer
The late Margaret McCarthy and her daughter Catherine Mullaney with Daniel O’Donnell (Image: Courtesy Ann Phayer)
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