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Val Doonican

Val Doonican is a person from Ireland, active from 1927.

Person IE 1927–2015 ballad easy listening traditional pop
TOTAL PLAYS
119
SONGS PLAYED
16
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2007-06-30 22:41 · 6 Music — "Padd Mcginty's Goat"
LAST PLAYED
2 months ago · Radio 2 — "Walk Tall"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2007 — 2026
30 23 15 8 0
'07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 116 97%
6 Music 3 3%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 06:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Walk Tall 41 2026-03-21
2 Elusive Butterfly 16 2025-09-13
3 The Special Years 12 2024-12-24
4 What Would I Be 11 2025-10-11
5 Paddy McGinty's Goat 8 2021-06-27
6 If The Whole World Stopped Loving 8 2020-11-28
7 Memories Are Made of This 5 2022-09-17
8 Delaney's Donkey 5 2017-04-11
9 Morning 4 2017-07-18
10 O'rafferty's Motor Car 3 2016-01-08
11 Marvellous Toy 1 2020-11-29
12 Try to Remember 1 2020-02-16
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-03-21 06:34 Walk Tall Radio 2
2025-12-06 06:25 Walk Tall Radio 2
2025-10-11 05:14 What Would I Be Radio 2
2025-09-13 05:52 Elusive Butterfly Radio 2
2025-07-19 06:53 Elusive Butterfly Radio 2
2025-05-24 06:12 Walk Tall Radio 2
2024-12-24 12:47 The Special Years Radio 2
2024-12-01 03:47 The Special Years Radio 2
2024-11-30 07:36 The Special Years Radio 2
2024-09-28 06:13 What Would I Be Radio 2
2024-08-17 06:40 Elusive Butterfly Radio 2
2024-07-06 06:32 Walk Tall Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

16 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Delaney's Donkey — 5 ▶
Elusive Butterfly — 16 ▶
I'm Gonna Get There Somehow — 1 ▶
If The Whole World Stopped Loving — 8 ▶
Marvellous Toy — 1 ▶
Memories Are Made of This — 5 ▶
Morning — 4 ▶
O'rafferty's Motor Car — 3 ▶
Padd Mcginty's Goat — 1 ▶
Paddy McGinty's Goat — 8 ▶
Ring of Bright Water — 1 ▶
The Special Years — 12 ▶
Try to Remember — 1 ▶
Walk Tall — 41 ▶
What A Wonderful World — 1 ▶
What Would I Be — 11 ▶