# Val Doonican | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/val-doonican
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/val-doonican/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-19 09:04 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/val-doonican
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/val-doonican/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/val-doonican/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Val Doonican
- Visible lyric pages: 6

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `val-doonican`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-19 09:04 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-360e19ae9461caa3
- Visible lyric pages: 6
- Pages with stored lyric text: 6
- Video-backed song pages: 6
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 7844
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 24
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 3
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Delaneys Donkey, Mysterious People, Paddy Mcgintys Goat, The Special Years, Walk Tall, and Yesterday
- Current-month titles with activity: Delaneys Donkey
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Val Doonican was an Irish singer who became a familiar presence on British television in the 1960s and 1970s. He had a gentle, easygoing style that suited the folk and light pop songs he favored. Songs like 'Delaneys Donkey' and 'Paddy Mcgintys Goat' were typical of his approach, warm, narrative-driven tunes that felt like stories set to music. He was born in Waterford in 1927 and got his start in...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Delaneys Donkey — https://lyroverse.com/val-doonican/delaneys-donkey
2. Mysterious People — https://lyroverse.com/val-doonican/mysterious-people
3. Paddy Mcgintys Goat — https://lyroverse.com/val-doonican/paddy-mcgintys-goat
4. The Special Years — https://lyroverse.com/val-doonican/the-special-years
5. Walk Tall — https://lyroverse.com/val-doonican/walk-tall
6. Yesterday — https://lyroverse.com/val-doonican/yesterday