Posted online: Aug 4th, 2010

By Lauren Harte
reporter

Fans of Donegal’s most famous son got more than they bargained for at his recent Castlebar gig.
Daniel O’Donnell shocked audience goers by performing a series of duets with Britain’s Got Talent winner Susan Boyle, who made a surprise guest appearance as part of his concert at The Royal Theatre in Castlebar last weekend.
SuBo gained international recognition last year when she appeared on the hit TV talent show, surprising audiences with her amazing voice and powerful rendition of ‘I Dreamed a Dream’, from Les Miserables. The Scottish singing sensation was on a private visit to Knock Shrine and made her date with Daniel her first live gig in Ireland.
As a result, she received four standing ovations during performances of ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ and a duet of ‘Our Lady Of Knock’ with Daniel. It’s understood SuBo has been a fan of Daniel’s for years and has attended many of his concerts in recent times.
Writing on his website this week, Daniel said his performance with the star was “a night to remember”.
“I had a great surprise last Saturday night at our concert in Castlebar. I had the pleasure of having Susan Boyle of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ fame join me on stage. She was on a visit to Ireland and wanted to attend our show. I had never met her before although she had been to a number of our concerts prior to her rise to fame. I was really delighted to meet her and she is a lovely person. She sang the song she has made her own ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ and she took the house down. We then sang a duet of ‘Lady Of Knock’. It was a night to remember!”
Daniel will be jetting off down under on August 22 to do some promotional work prior to his tour of Australia and New Zealand next month. His wife Majella is due to release an album in the early autumn, which will feature duets with Daniel and Sir Cliff Richard.