What priest sang Hallelujah wedding?

What priest sang Hallelujah wedding?

Fr Ray Kelly’s
A priest has stunned wedding guests at the end of a ceremony with a pitch-perfect version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah. The video of Fr Ray Kelly’s unique version of the often-covered song was filmed at the weekend and has been watched on YouTube more than 2.7 million times in the space of four days.

Who is the priest that sings hallelujah?

Ray Kelly
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What does the priest say at a wedding?

In the United States, Catholic wedding vows may also take the following form: I, ____, take you, ____, to be my lawfully wedded (husband/wife), to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.

Is Fr Ray Kelly a Catholic priest?

Raymond Kelly, S.P.S. (born 25 April 1953) is an Irish Catholic priest best known for his interpretation of popular songs. He is the priest of St. Brigid′s & St….Ray Kelly (singer)

Who are the singing priests?

After 30 years of singing together, brothers, Fr Eugene and Fr Martin O’Hagan, along with their friend and colleague Fr David Delargy, came together and recorded their debut album — ‘The Priests’ — with Sony Music.

Is Hallelujah a wedding song?

Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah is a gorgeous song, one of the best ever written. But it is not a nice song about God or Heaven, it is a dark indictment of affairs of the heart, and is not appropriate for weddings, or funerals, or for the Republican National Convention.

Where is Father Kelly now?

The Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath, native spends the majority of his time working in his parish in Oldcastle, Co. Westmeath. But when he is not at the altar, 62-year-old Fr Ray is on stage across the world performing to his fans – and he has just released his second studio album.

What happened to the singing priest?

Singing priest Father Ray Kelly has said he’s ditching his career in reality TV – saying he no longer “craves” being in the spotlight. Father Kelly then went on to audition for Britain’s Got Talent in 2018, making it as far as the semi-finals after he impressed the judges with his version of REM’s Everybody Hurts.

Is Hallelujah played at weddings?

Who sang Hallelujah at the priest’s wedding?

A priest has stunned wedding guests at the end of a ceremony with a pitch-perfect version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah. The video of Fr Ray Kelly’s unique version of the often-covered song was filmed at the weekend and has been watched on YouTube more than 2.7 million times in the space of four days.

Who wrote the song Hallelujah for Chris and Leah’s wedding?

Father Ray Kelly adapted the lyrics to the classic “Hallelujah” for two very lucky newlyweds in Co Meath. Irish priest Father Ray Kelly at Chris and Leah O’Kane’s wedding in 2014.

Did the bride and groom of Oldcastle wedding know they were singing?

The parish priest of Oldcastle, County Meath, told BBC Radio Ulster’s Talkback programme that the couple had no idea what was going to happen. “Normally local people know I sing at weddings, funerals or when I’m asked, but they didn’t know – the bride Leah is from Dublin and the groom Chris is from Cookstown in County Tyrone,” he said.