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DANIEL WHO? SINGING TEACHER HADN’T A CLUE WHO SINGING SENSATION WAS

written by Stephen Maguire October 24, 2011
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Ireland’s most famous singing teacher has admitted she didn’t have a clue who Daniel O’Donnell was when he came to her for lessons.

Dr Veronica Dunne has trained many of the world’s greatest singers in a career that has spanned more than four decades.

But she didn’t realise who megastar Daniel was – until she saw him on television.

Daniel, 49, pestered Dr.Dunne for lessons after calling her a number of times at her home in Dublin.

“He arrived with the most beautiful bunch of flowers but I honestly didn’t know who this man was. I couldn’t see him behind the flowers.

“He had a beautiful soft and lilting Donegal accent but I didn’t want to ask him his name.

“He wanted me to listen to his records but I just wanted to hear his voice and some scales,” she said.

It was only when the famous Opera singer saw the Donegal star on a television commercial that she realised who he was.

“I was shocked when I realised it was Daniel. Soon after that I told him that I didn’t think I could do anymore for him.

“I didn’t want to strengthen his voice too much that he would lose that lovely lilting quality it has.

“I think he understood what I was saying because he never came back to me after that,” she revealed.

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DANIEL WHO? SINGING TEACHER HADN’T A CLUE WHO SINGING SENSATION WAS was last modified: October 23rd, 2011 by Stephen Maguire
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Stephen Maguire

Stephen Maguire is the co-founder of Donegal Daily. He has worked as a reporter for almost 30 years starting locally with the Donegal Peoples Press before moving to the Mirror Group. He continues to contribute daily to national media outlets including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish Mirror, Irish Star, the Daily Mail and the Examiner.

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