IT is a search that has caught the attention and imagination of the Nation.
Donegal native Daniel O’Donnell has praised the work of local Gardaí
as the famous singer’s testicles have been returned to him alive and
well, a number of years after they were first reported missing.
Famed for his soft spoken demeanour and angelic voice O’Donnell has
for years been searching for his beloved right and left bollock after
they were stolen by thieves while he was still in secondary school.
“In a way I owe them everything as my singing voice has brought me
financial security, but at the same time I always missed my balls,”
O’Donnell confirmed at a press conference announcing the safe return of
his testicles.
In a complex operation requiring thousands of man hours, Donegal
gardaí combed the country for the testicles, which were stolen while
O’Donnell played football with some friends, leaving them unattended for
just 4 minutes.
“Well, obviously there’s the usual barrage of missing posters and
pictures put up in the community, and then we had a sketch artist do up a
sketch of what they would look like now, bit of hair on them and
everything – it was very realistic,” Sergeant Pól Murray told WWN.
After intensive canvassing of the wider Donegal area, a 79-year-old
woman came forward with what she believed to be O’Donnell’s missing
testicles.
“She said she remembers one day when her sons, pupils at the same
school as O’Donnell, were out on the road throwing what she thought were
little stones at one another but after the appeal she had a look in the
shed and low and behold there they were in an old shoe box one of her
sons had,” confirmed Sergeant Murray.
O’Donnell has thanked everyone involved in the search and has confirmed that after a quick wash, the testicles fit like a glove.