He was born in Dublin. After leaving school at the age of fourteen, Doyle started doing odd jobs, including working as general
factotum in Dublin's
Pike Theatre, where he began to pick up, from the travelling players, songs from the Irish countryside. The song was composed in the 1970s by
Pete St. John for the Dublin City Ramblers and peaked on the
Irish Music Charts for 12 weeks. In 1979 Doyle was the first artist to record St John's song "
The Fields of Athenry". He is probably best known for his 1967 number one hit "Whiskey on a Sunday". His other notable works are "A Daisy a Day" and "The Rare Auld Times". The hit songs "A Daisy A Day", "Streets Of London", "Lizzie Lindsay" and "Whiskey On A Sunday" that were released in the 1960s made him popular. In 1980 he appeared on Thames Television's "Cooper's Half Hour" starring comedian Tommy Cooper. In 1983 he moved from Ireland to the United States. He is survived by his wife Taffy. ==Discography==