To date, Fr. Ray Kelly’s surprise Hallelujah wedding performance has been viewed almost 55 million times. That’s just 5 million fewer times than Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah.

FR Ray Kelly has opened up about how his rendition of Hallelujah "saved a life". The priest shot to fame after being discovered on YouTube singing the well-known Leonard Cohen tune at Mass.

Father Ray Kelly, an Irish priest famous for singing at weddings and on “Britain’s Got Talent,” will perform Saturday, Oct. 12, in Hyannis to benefit Homeless Not Hopeless.

Back in April 2014, Father Ray Kelly, the parish priest of Oldcastle and Moylagh in County Meath, decided to make a couple’s wedding extra special by singing a personalized version of Leonard ...

The video of Fr Ray Kelly's unique version of the often-covered song was taken at the weekend and has received more than 140,000 hits on YouTube in less than two days.

Father Ray Kelly talks about his sudden musical YouTube stardom. By Harley Brown Last April, a video surfaced on YouTube of an unassuming Catholic priest singing Leonard Cohen‘s tragic classic ...

Dreams do come true.” International media outlets have taken notice too. Since Fr Kelly sang Hallelujah at the wedding, German television appeared at a recent first communion ceremony.

Father Ray Kelly, based in Oldcastle, County Meath who has become a viral sensation by surprising a wedding couple with his rendition of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. Photo: Barry Cronin ...

But that’s what happened to couple Chris and Leah O’Kane when they were recently married at the Oldcastle church in Meath, Ireland, by Father Ray Kelly who broke into an incredible custom-made ...

Last April, in the special way that only some older men are lucky enough to possess, the childish imp came out in Father Ray Kelly. A parish priest in Oldcastle, Ireland, he was conducting wedding ...

Father Ray Kelly from Oldcastle, County Meath. Photo: Barry Cronin Nick Bramhill Thu 14 Aug 2014 at 10:11 ...