'I'm a Daniel O'Donnell superfan - so guess what he did on my birthday!'

Daniel O 'Donnell superfan Jacky Orris, 56, has seen the Irish vocalist implicit a 100 times, travelled to the Bahamas for a conscionable and greet with him and queued up from 2am to spot him execute connected Strictly Come Dancing. Now arsenic the Irish vocalist breaks a phenomenal caller record, she reveals wherefore the antheral cognize for inviting fans successful for a cuppa truly is the kindest popular prima successful the business

We each are fans of idiosyncratic -it could beryllium a movie prima oregon stone vocalist but lone a precise prime fewer of america measurement into existent superfan territory - wherever conscionable watching each their movies oregon buying each their records is simply not enough.

Jacky Orriss is astir decidedly 1 of these peculiar fans.

But she's not a Swiftie, 1 of Gaga's Little Monsters oregon an Harry Styles superfan.

The entity of her fandom is.....Irish crooner Daniel O'Donnell.

And she's not alone. The 62-year-old heartthrob mightiness beryllium an Irish state vocalist still surviving connected a tiny Irish village, but he's got an service of fans who could much than rival the Swifties for their passion. In fact, they're truthful precise dedicated to their beloved Daniel, they've conscionable helped him smash a phenomenal grounds - arsenic contiguous helium became the archetypal creator to person a DIFFERENT medium successful the UK charts EVERY YEAR for 37 YEARS.

So what is it astir the mild-mannered vocalist that encourages specified loyalty?

Jacky has been to much than 1 100 of his concerts, travelled arsenic acold arsenic the Bahamas for a conscionable and greet and adjacent camped extracurricular successful the acold for 2 nights to drawback up the champion seats to spot her idol perform.

Full clip carer Jacky has adjacent queued to get tickets to spot the County Donegal-born vocalist look connected TV shows Loose Women and Strictly when helium was a contestant connected the 2015 series.

Jacky from Morton, Essex, told The Mirror: “I ne'er get bushed of seeing him execute -whatever he's doing. I've mislaid number of the fig of concerts I've been. We adjacent went to America backmost successful 2012 to spot him execute connected a cruise.

"A existent item for maine was being capable to be 2 Strictly shows erstwhile helium was dancing. Me and my person queued from 2am successful the greeting to get entry.

The 56-year-old archetypal fell for the state crooner aft accompanying her mum to a performance when she was 27.

She said: "My mum Christine has ever been a immense instrumentality but I was ne'er bothered. I was much into George Michael. Then 1 clip my mum had tickets to his performance but didn't person anyone to spell with -so I went with her That was it. "

George was out, and Daniel was successful and has been Jacky's main crush ever acknowledgment to his beauteous dependable and beauteous lyrics.

An added positive is the benefits of the idiosyncratic attraction and appreciation Daniel shows each his fans.

Perhaps dissimilar immoderate different artist, helium repays instrumentality loyalty - staying down for hours aft shows to conscionable and chat with concertgoers.

Jacky explained: "He's truthful lovely. He'll springiness you a hug and a speedy chat. I ever utilized to get nervous, and I ne'er knew what to accidental to him. But he’s conscionable truthful down to world and helium puts you astatine ease. He’s conscionable a genuine person, helium cares truthful overmuch for his fans.

“He’s phoned maine up a fewer times connected peculiar occasions and sent a video connection connected my 50th birthday. He phoned my mum connected Easter and sent her a video for her 85th day successful August. It made her day."

Jacky adjacent visited Daniel's County Donegal home successful Ireland and helium came extracurricular to airs for a representation with her - thing we uncertainty galore different large sanction celebrities would do.

The 62-year-old has been married to woman Majella, 64, since 2002 and Jacky has fixed her seal of support -although she admits immoderate fans were not blessed to spot him successful a relationship.

Jackie told us: "I person met Majella a mates of times. The archetypal was Daniel's 40th day enactment successful Birmingham, wherever helium invited each his fans and introduced Majella to us."

She added: "It's existent helium mislaid a fewer of his fans aft that! But I deliberation Majella is lovely. She makes him happy, truthful I americium pleased for him."

So overmuch truthful that Jacky acceptable up the Daniel and Majella O’Donnell’ facebook radical which has implicit 34k followers.

Jacky's memorabilia postulation is besides rather thing to behold - it includes plates., brackish and capsicum shakers - with Daniel's look adorned connected them, but her astir prized possession is simply a scarf with his look emblazoned connected it - but present besides is adorned with badges she's collected from assorted concerts implicit the years.

Her favourite Daniel opus changes each the time, but astatine the moment, Jacky peculiarly loves listening to God Has Angels, released past year, and 1 of her all-time favourites is the 2002 deed Walk Through This World With Me.

"I conscionable downloaded his caller Greatest Hits album, and I was listening to it this morning. "

And arsenic acold much concerts and hugs and chats?

Jacky told us: "I past saw him execute astatine the Gleneagle Hotel successful Ireland this summertime and volition adjacent spot him astatine a peculiar Dinner and Dance lawsuit adjacent Colchester successful January. It's precise intimate. There'll beryllium astir 250 fans there, and helium volition sing a fewer songs for us, past he'll articulation america for immoderate dancing. I've had a dilatory creation with him before!"

Jacky is sharing her communicative of being a superfan aft the Irish crooner, who celebrates 40 years successful euphony this year, is present celebrating a singular accolade that adjacent the biggest euphony legends couldn’t negociate - having a antithetic medium successful UK charts each year.... for the past 37 years.

The people state singer, Ireland’s biggest-selling artist, archetypal broke the grounds of 25 consecutive years successful 1988, and past kept breaking his ain grounds twelvemonth aft year. Today - aft the merchandise of his caller album, the 62-year-old - known for inviting fans into his location - has gone and done it yet again.

In an exclusive interrogation with the Mirror helium said: “It’s gratifying, it means there’s a batch of radical who privation to perceive what you do,” helium says. “I mean, it’s beauteous to beryllium capable to accidental that, you know, there’s thing a small popular. The assemblage has been precise loyal down each these years.

“Hopefully that grounds won’t beryllium breached now, but if it is I won’t beryllium present to spot it!

"But I don’t caput if it continues for galore much years oregon not. You can’t beryllium greedy, you know.”

Wee Daniel successful his location country, can’t rather judge himself however helium has managed to support selling records and packing venues astir the world. He is astir to commencement a 28-show circuit of Canada and the US. But possibly dissimilar immoderate different creator helium repays the loyalty of his fans, often staying down for hours aft shows to conscionable and chat.

“I bask gathering people. I deliberation it’s to bash with wherever I travel from, a precise tiny assemblage wherever everybody knows everybody and you’re ever interacting with people. It’s benignant of an hold of that really.”

It was successful the tiny sportfishing assemblage of Kincasslagh, successful the westbound of County Donegal, wherever Daniel archetypal sang successful the religion choir, and wherever helium inactive lives.

“Some radical person been coming for arsenic agelong arsenic I’ve been singing, truthful I already cognize a spot abut them erstwhile they travel up. You get to marque an acquaintance with radical and I’ve made immoderate friends too," helium says.

Seems similar Jacky is decidedly 1 of those.

Daniel’s top hits medium ‘Through the Years’ is retired October 4 connected Demon Music and disposable on Amazon and each bully euphony stores. Tickets for his 2025 UK circuit are connected merchantability November 1 astatine danielodonnell.org

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