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}} Declan Joseph Oliver 'Dec' Donnelly (born 25 September 1975)' is an English television presenter and actor, best known as one half of the English acting and TV presenting duo Ant & Dec, with the other being Anthony McPartlin. Donnelly came to prominence in the children's drama series ''Byker Grove'' and as one half of the pop music duo PJ & Duncan. Since then, Donnelly and McPartlin have had a very successful career as television presenters, currently presenting ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' since 2002, ''Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'' since 2002, ''Britain's Got Talent'' since 2007 and ''Text Santa'' since 2011. Before then, the duo presented other ITV entertainment series such as ''PokerFace'', ''Push the Button'', ''Pop Idol'' and ''Red or Black?''. ==Early life== Donnelly is the youngest of seven children born to Irish parents Alphonsus (died 2011) and Anne Donnelly. He has three brothers, Martin, Eamonn and Dermott; and three sisters, Patricia, Moyra and Camalia. His parents hailed from Desertmartin, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, but migrated to Newcastle, where they bought a house in 1958.〔(''Darlington and Stockton Times'' archive )〕 The family lived in the council estate of Cruddas Park for many years and all seven children were raised there. Donnelly's future double act partner Anthony McPartlin was raised in a nearby estate but the duo only met in 1989, on the set of ''Byker Grove''. Donnelly attended St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School and the all-boys St Cuthbert's High School, leaving with 8 GCSEs.〔(THE IoS PROFILE: Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly; Likely lad ) Archived from ''The Independent'' (London)〕 He considered becoming a Catholic priest but quipped that he changed his mind after seeing the girls from Sacred Heart, the local Catholic girls' school. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Declan Donnelly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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