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The pair, who live in Cookstown, chose to hold their wedding at St Brigid's in Oldcastle, Co Meath, to be closer to their reception venue, the Crover House Hotel in Mountnugent, Co Cavan. Her mother Sinead P i t t s - O ' C o n n o r (43) said: "Lucy was very chuffed that he was singing her song and keeping it going because it meant a lot to Mary and John on their wedding day."įr Kelly became a youTube sensation after singing at the wedding of Chris O'Kane (28) and Leah Crowe (23) on Saturday april 5.Ĭhris is a printer from Cookstown and Leah, originally from Dublin, works at a legal firm in Belfast. PHVideo has gained tens of thousands of hits since it was uploaded online last week.
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Footage of Lucy's original performance by School in Enniskillen, performed the rendition during the wedding of Mary and John Pakenham at Cradien Church, Garvary.įr Kelly was asked to be the celebrant at the wedding because John is originally from his parish of Oldcastle in Co Meath. "To be a songwriter at 10-years-old and for other people to be enjoying it feels quite good - I didn't realise how big it would become." Lucy, a pupil at Mount Lourdes Grammar "I feel really happy that other people are enjoying it and it wasn't just used at one wedding. "I'm happy that they enjoyed the song and I'm happy that Fr Ray has been able to make it his own and do it at other weddings," she said. Lucy, now aged 14, said she was amazed by the reaction to Fr Kelly's surprise performance and the praise for her personalised lyrics. The reworded song begins: "We join together here today, to help two people on their way."įr Kelly was so impressed with the new lyrics that he requested a copy - and has been performing the new version at weddings ever since. aged just 10, Lucy Pitts-O'Connor from Enniskillen rewrote the lyrics to Hallelujah and performed the new version at her godmother's wedding in July 2010. His stunning performance of the Leonard Cohen classic with new words has notched up more than 22 million hits on video website youTube.īut it seems the singing priest has a schoolgirl from Co Fermanagh to thank as the inspiration for the reworked version of the song. Brendan Hughes reportsįR Ray Kelly has become a global internet sensation after surprising a Co Tyrone couple by singing a reworked rendition of Hallelujah. Fr Ray Kelly stunned the world with his pitch-perfect wedding performance - but he owes some of his success to this Co Fermanagh schoolgirl.