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Majella O'Donnell
Irish singer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Majella O'Donnell (born Majella Roche, 14 April 1960)[1] is an Irish singer, businesswoman and charity campaigner from Thurles, County Tipperary.[2][3] She came to public attention upon her engagement to singer Daniel O'Donnell. A survivor of cancer, she has raised money for the Irish Cancer Society.[4]
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Early life
O'Donnell is the daughter of Tom and Marion Roche,[5] and was raised in Thurles, County Tipperary.[6] Her parents owned a bar in Tenerife.[5][6]
Her marriage to her first husband, Raymond McLennan, was annulled.[7][8] They had two children together.[7] She went by her married name, Majella McLennan, until her second marriage.[9]
She met singer Daniel O'Donnell in September 1999 in Tenerife.[10] They married on 4 November 2002.[11]
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Career
In 2015, O'Donnell and her husband produced Daniel and Majella's B&B Road Trip, a travel series for RTÉ.[12] She has appeared as a guest on The Late Late Show, on RTÉ One, Loose Women on ITV1,[13] and Angela Scanlon's Ask Me Anything on RTÉ 2.[14] O'Donnell has release two albums, At Last in 2006 and ...By Request in 2010. She performed a duet with Daniel on his PBS special "Can You Feel The Love".[15] According to her husband, O'Donnell has been approached to compete in Dancing with the Stars.[16]
Active on Twitter, O'Donnell spoke against the actions of Eamonn Holmes following the resignation of[broken anchor] Phillip Schofield from ITV,[17] and the publicity around the unfounded investigation into family friend Cliff Richard.[18]
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Cancer diagnosis
In 2013 O'Donnell announced that she was battling breast cancer.[2][1] In the week she commenced chemotherapy, she had her head shaved live on The Late Late Show as a fundraiser for the Irish Cancer Society, raising over €350,000.[19][20] She underwent a double mastectomy.[16]
Personal life
O'Donnell and her husband live in Meenbannad, County Donegal, and spend time at their second home in Tenerife.[21]
She has three grandchildren.[22]
O'Donnell has spoken of her issues with depression, and of art as a way of coping when overwhelmed.[20][23]
Discography
Bibliography
- O'Donnell, Majella (2015). It's All in the Head, 2015. Simon & Schuster UK. ISBN 978-1471138959.
References
External links
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