Daniel Francis Noel O'Donnell, MBE (born 12 December 1961)[2] is an Irish singer, television presenter and philanthropist.

[3] After rising to public attention in 1983, he has since become a household name in Ireland and Britain; he has also had considerable success in Australia.

[6] Known for his close relationship with his fanbase, and his charismatic, personable[7] and engaging stage presence,[7] O'Donnell's music has been described as a mix of country and Irish folk, and he has sold over ten million records to date.

[12][13][14][15] O'Donnell was born in and brought up in the village of Kincasslagh, in The Rosses district in the west of County Donegal, Ireland.

He grew up as the youngest of a Roman Catholic family, with his parents, Julia (née McGonagle born 1919; died 18 May 2014)[16] and Francis O'Donnell, and siblings John (the eldest), Margaret (Margo), Kathleen and James.

During his lengthy career, O'Donnell has made friends with his childhood idols, including Cliff Richard and Loretta Lynn.

He also forged a close professional relationship with the Irish singer Mary Duff, who regularly tours with O'Donnell.

The threat was made in a phone call to Daniel O’Donnell's Viking House Hotel in Kincasslagh, County Donegal.

The caller said O’Donnell would be killed if he went ahead with four sell-out concerts to be held in the Slieve Donard Hotel in Newcastle, County Down.

O'Donnell garnered considerable success in North America, when he starred in seven concert specials on public television stations (PBS) in the United States.

A Daniel O'Donnell Visitors' Centre was opened in Dungloe in May, 2012, which displays all his gold discs, awards and wedding suit.

[26] O'Donnell was married, aged 40, on 4 November 2002, to 41-year-old divorcée Majella McLennan from Thurles,[27] whom he met on holiday in Tenerife three years previously.

O'Donnell is frequently satirised in Irish and British comedy because of a common supposition that his audience consists mainly of older women.