"Leah grinned and said 'OK sure' but I don't think she was taking it too seriously." He added: "We had the rehearsal on Thursday evening and at the end I said, 'sure maybe I'll sing an aul song for you myself'. The priest's version started: "We join together here today, to help two people on their way. Some of the lyrics in the classic song - famous for being the track Alexandra Burke performed on the X-Factor in 2008 - were changed by Fr Kelly to be more fitting to the wedding. "They were having their reception at a hotel about 10 miles away and chose our church." He said: "Normally local people know I sing at weddings, funerals or when I'm asked, but they didn't know. The priest told BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme that the couple had no idea what was going to happen. Paul Hughes posted the Video, you can find more of his work here.įr Kelly's emotional rendition of Hallelujah shocked Bride Leah, from Dublin and groom Chris, from Cookstown in County Tyrone. Rather than closing the ceremony as planned, the priest unleashed a big surprise belting out the Secret Garden's - You Raise Me Up.įr Kelly is due on the Late Late Show tonight after his version of the Leonard Cohen song Hallelujah went viral. The parish priest of Oldcastle, County Meath took the microphone at the wedding of Mary and John. The singing priest Father Ray Kelly is up to his old tricks again.
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