A 2021 documentary examined how the Dubliners' iconic song "Seven Drunken Nights" was once banned by national broadcaster RTÉ because of its sexual nature. Released in 1967, the song "Seven Drunken ...

Anyone walking down Grafton Street in Dublin eight or nine years ago might have been stopped in their tracks by the sight of four long-haired buskers playing traditional-sounding Irish music on ...

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Barney McKenna, the last founding member of the Irish folk band the Dubliners, has died aged 72. It is understood McKenna collapsed at his Dublin home on Thursday morning and was pronounced dead at ...

Like many Irish of my generation, I grew up on the Dubliners and Ronnie Drew, not to mention bandmate Luke Kelly, whose voice was harsh as cut glass but it touched you to the bone. I saw Kelly once, ...

Jim McCann, singer and former member of the folk group The Dubliners, has died at the age of 70. A member of The Dubliners from 1974-1979, Mr McCann also had a long solo career. McCann was born in ...