Very Sad News/ Val Doonigan has died

He was 88 a great entertainer rather dated by today's tastes but very funny.

Wasn't it him who used to get soundly teased by Morecambe and Wise?

Gone to the Great Rocking Chair in the sky...

That was Des O'Connor Nellie
Val was very easy listening, I remember watching him with mum in 60's

He always wore the sort of knitted jumpers that mums and a grannies made.

Des O'Connor Nelliemoser. Val seemed to belong to a gentler age...as did Des but I never found him as 'genuine' as Val. Irish singers have more 'edge' these days....Van Morrison and The Poges for example . Not that I dislike them, and many would say Val Doonican represented an Ireland that has gone and thank God for it, but I regret the fact that we don't see his like today.

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Thanks absentgrandma Well it was another irishman. I wasn't sure.

Ninathenana Thanks to you as well.

Paddy McGinty's Goat, ah to be sure, we won't be seeing songs like that again!

My Mother was a great Val Doonican fan.

Val Doonican brings back happy memories of watching Christmas specials with my mum . She loved Val' s jumpers.

Very sad. He seemed a lovely man.

They were happy family times. RIP Val.

Dear Val Doonican. He brought a lot of joy into our household, my mother and father loved his shows. Fondly remembered by mybsisters and I. RIP.

My mother was a great fan but he wasn't to my taste.

He used to half sit on a stool whilst singing I seem to remember,

No, it was definitely a rocking-chair!

(are you thinking of Dean Martin...?)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Ofhh30lwQ

No Ana probably notnot, he liked to have a fag and a glass in his hand.

Dave Allen liked the fag and glass too - sitting on a high stool.

I see his daughter said he was exactly the same in real life as he appeared on stage and had no nasty streak. They will miss Val dearly.

Bez

Do you know I didn't remember that. How times have changed hey.

Oops, just noticed you said Dave Allen, not Val.

I liked Dave Allen.

Val would never have been seen with a fag or a glass in his hand!
(at least not on the telly!)

Life won't be the same without Paddy McGinty's Goat