Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘dubliners’

Barney McKenna and John Sheahan bring memories of Dubliners to Germany

Barney McKenna and John Sheahan bring memories of Dubliners to Germany

Aided by screen photos, videos and recordings, Barney McKenna and John Sheahan were joined on the road in Germany by Dubliners past and present for a series of memorial concerts.

Young Dubliners: From ballads to barn burners

Young Dubliners: From ballads to barn burners

The Young Dubliners is a band playing between borders of both emotion and geography.

Ronnie Drew

Ronnie Drew

Blessed with a voice like a bullfrog with a hangover, Ronnie Drew has been at the heart of Irish ballad singing for nearly half a century. Born in Dun Laoghaire in south Dublin  on September 16, 1934, his father was a carpenter and at first the family lived in a tenement but then moved to [...]

Luke Kelly

Luke Kelly

Luke Kelly was born on November 17, 1940, into a working class family in Sheriff Street, a quarter of a mile from Dublin’s O’Connell Street. His grandmother, who was a McDonald from Scotland, lived with the family until her death in 1953. His father worked all his life in Jacobs biscuit factory and enjoyed playing [...]

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