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Exclusive: A chat with Majella O’Donnell
A mother, a granny, a businesswoman and a wife to one of the most famous men in the country. Donegal Woman caught up with the inspiring Majella O’Donnell recently to get an insight into her life.
We all remember the courageous image of that night on ‘The Late Late Show’ when she heroically revealed to the nation that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and that she was going to have her head shaved, live on television. For me, before that moment, I literally knew very little about Majella other than she was Daniel O’Donnell’s wife. That night I shed a tear for her bravery and I became very interested in who this woman was. Majella had instantly become much more than the woman who married Daniel for the people of Ireland. She was an outrageously brave and kind woman who wanted to use her situation to raise money for cancer charities in Ireland.
Now we are three years on from that night on the late late show, Majella has thankfully been given the all clear. This year we have watched the famous couple on their ‘B&B Road Trip’ hit TV show which resulted in the duo picking up an IFTA for their on screen antics. We have seen both Daniel and Majella dancing on the television separately on both The Late
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Majella O’Donnell on life after breast cancer
It’s what makes her so compelling to listen to across all mediums, print, radio and TV.
And it’s what the public generously responded to when in September 2013 she bravely had her head shaved for charity on The Late, Late Show at the start of her chemotherapy for breast cancer.
Almost three years later, she is the picture of glowing health when we meet on a sunny afternoon in the restaurant at Airfield Estate in Dundrum, Co Dublin.
She is just back from a cruise with her husband, country singer Daniel O’Donnell, and looks tanned, relaxed and toned — thanks to a strict workout regime on board.
But while she has every reason to be content with her life — including her young granddaughter Olivia, who “is ridiculously important”— she is struggling to get back on track post-treatment.
“As far as being as confident as I used to be, that seems to have all fallen apart for me,” she says, cutting straight to the core of what’s on her mind.
“I would have put a lot of not being able to do things down to recovery. But I feel now I should be back to myself and I’m not. And I don’t think I ever will be.
“I don’t know whether that’s to do with cancer, or my age, or the change, but I cannot seem to deal with stress at all anymore.”
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