Who's in the Dubliners?

The Dubliners were an Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962 as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group, named after its founding member; they subsequently renamed themselves The Dubliners.

Who are the current Dubliners?

Ronnie Drew leaves and Jim McCann takes over

Eamonn Campbell joined in 1988 to make the Dubliners a five-piece again. There were to be more comings and comings over the next 10 years until we arrived at the current line-up of Barney McKenna, John Sheahan, Sean Cannon, Eamonn Campbell and Patsy Watchorn.

How many members are in The Dubliners?

As the last surviving member of the definitive five-member line-up of The Dubliners, Sheahan feels that the show is a perfect tribute to his friend because not only do we get to see McKenna sing twice, but the performance also captures all the one-liners, storytelling, and general sense of fun that defined The ...

Alexander Ross

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