Ronnie Drew Has Passed Away

HouseHippo

Poor aul Ronnie Drew.

very sad indeed

madds

Watching the tribute on RTE1 at the moment. Great quote a moment ago from the man himself -

"This cancer thing kinda puts a dampner on things"

flanum

chem wrote: »

what annoyies me is there is no replacemnt for him! He was PURE irish.

ye must be mental... go to any seannos festivals in the country.. hundreds of great irish singers ....

PURE irish.... i dont think so .... what did he sing in irish?.... i think your getting IRISH mixed up with DUBLIN!

boneless

Mairt wrote: »

Your forgetting Ronan Keating ffs.

On a more serious note (no pun intended). Has there been any announcements re. funeral arrangements and if there's going to be a large public attendance?.

This is one funeral (apart from my own) I wouldn't miss, and would love to pay my respects.

He should get a State funeral, in my opinion. He was a gent and a good friend to many.

AckwelFoley

Fcuk off troll.
There is a can of AIDS wit ur name written al over it.
Eat it

jazoo

just watched the programme on RTE...... He was Irelands own version of johnny cash (just as much hard livin) R.I.P RONNIE DREW A DUB THROUGH AND THROUGH.

PrivateEye

Few laughs in that documentary, there's something very Dublin about that...looking death right in the face, and just laughing about it. A real character, nice to see everyone from Billy Connolly to Bono (A man I normally can't stand!) speak so highly of such a legend when he was still alive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCYO4PoHPT0
Written by Kavanagh, but when it's sung by Drew there it's amazing.

arybvtcw0eolkf

'The ballad of Ronnie Drew', turns my fvcking stomach..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCYO4PoHPT0

What a voice.

What a man.

Trojan911

All the best to ya fella............

Funeral is tomorrow at 10 am in Greystones from what I read today.

Dudess

This might sound wanky but anyway: I love that romantic notion of Dublin as a misty city of stories, poetry, theatre, song, dockers and obviously whiskey and stout. The Dublin of Joyce, Behan, Plunkett, the Abbey etc...

My mam lived in the city centre from the mid 60s to the early 70s and she says Dublin was still like that back then - impromptu trad sessions in people's living rooms etc.

I think Ronnie was the last remnant of that Dublin before it became all IFSC'd and D4'd. And now he's gone, so is "auld Dublin". Such a sad, sad time.

I've been listening to his take on Fiddler's Green and The Foggy Dew and The Auld Triangle... and they really are beautiful, remarkable songs.

RIP Ronnie.

Hashbrown

flanum wrote: »

ye must be mental... go to any seannos festivals in the country.. hundreds of great irish singers ....

PURE irish.... i dont think so .... what did he sing in irish?.... i think your getting IRISH mixed up with DUBLIN!

What a silly Comment. The last time i checked Dublin was in Ireland. Just because you dont sing as Gaeilge dosent make you less Irish. I take it from some of your previous posts you were not a fan of Ronnie.

Dudess

Not a fan of Dublin to be more specific, and therefore, any thread focusing on Dublin means smart comments from Flanum. Now I understand at times where he's coming from - there are often threads started on this forum like "Did anyone see the guy going nuts in Smithfield?"

However, this is about a Dublin man who died too early in life and who was the lead singer with The Dubliners and pretty much was Dublin. But no, that's not enough for flanum to quit with the snide remarks...

Unshelved

They played the Dubliners' Version of "The Parting Glass" yesterday in Croke Park when the match was over and people were leaving. Lovely gesture.

Steve_o

RIP Ronnie Drew

A true legend of Irish music

You can be sure where ever he is, he's havin a pint and singing a song with Luke Kelly.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

let's keep the baiting of flanum to a minimum people, he's already been warned not to post in this thread again if all he is gonna do is try to piss people off.

Dudess

Sorry Mord, wasn't aware he'd been told not to post on this thread again.

stovelid

|-*SxyDubGrrl93*-| wrote: »

let's keep the baiting of flanum to a minimum people, he's already been warned not to post in this thread again if all he is gonna do is try to piss people off.

.....

:D

Hippo

I had the good fortune to work with Ronnie earlier this year. A wonderful man, and his insistence on continuing to work as much as he could despite his illness was inspiring. He had been determined to play the Jimmy Faulkner gig next month. He's a huge loss to the country. RIP

WindSock

Fair thee well, Dublin.

fitz0

Mr Magnolia

A legend passes.


A truly unique voice.

madds wrote: »

My 4-year-old has just asked me who this "Ronnie Drew man" was so we're sitting here listening to the Youtube tunes everyone has posted. He thinks his beard is class and likes his "sore throat" voice.

Nice, kids are great

Steve_o

This verse has been in my head all day.... kind of apt i think.

Fare thee well sweet Anna Liffey, I can no longer stay
And watch the new glass cages, that spring up along the quay
My mind's too full of memories, too old to hear new chimes
I'm part of what was Dublin, in the rare ould times

Dudess

Aw... perfect.

gogglebok

Steve_o wrote: »

This verse has been in my head all day.... kind of apt i think.

Fare thee well sweet Anna Liffey, I can no longer stay
And watch the new glass cages, that spring up along the quay
My mind's too full of memories, too old to hear new chimes
I'm part of what was Dublin, in the rare ould times

I was at a gig of his when someone requested that song, and the look he gave them would have put frost on the sun. I get the impression he wasn't a big Dublin City Ramblers fan.

But I completely understand what you mean.

JimiTime

On the nitelink to Clondalkin on saturday night, group of muso's got on, went upstairs, said 'this is for ronnie' and had a big session all the way home. Absolutely class. Everyone clapping and stamping. Best nitelink journey ever.

gogglebok

Hashbrown wrote: »

Just because you dont sing as Gaeilge dosent make you less Irish.

Indeed. The Dubliners never got their due from the folk music establishment, because they were too "street" and not academic enough. They were seriously under-represented in the Irish traditional music exhibition that used to be in Smithfield. I'm not sure they were even mentioned.

I doubt it cost them much sleep.

As far as sean-nós goes, I can't recall that Ronnie ever did sing in Irish. Anybody? I have a nagging feeling I'm forgetting something.

He certainly was hugely supportive of the older traditional singers, going so far as to berate the Dubliners' own audience (when they were first making it big) for not paying proper respect to the old guy they had brought as a support act.

He really was a good man, proud of the tradition and rightly proud of his own part in it. The more I read the tributes here the sadder I get.

bill_ashmount

RIP

Dyr

gogglebok wrote: »

Indeed. The Dubliners never got their due from the folk music establishment, because they were too "street" and not academic enough.

I can't recall that Ronnie ever did sing in Irish. Anybody? I have a nagging feeling I'm forgetting something.

I was listening to Ronnie singing the dubliners version of "oró sé do bheath abhaile" at the weekend, and Ciaran Bourke sang as gaelige as well.

As for the trad snobs, most have 'em wouldnt have a pot to p**s in if it wasnt for what the dubliners et al did for the folk scene in the 60s.

gogglebok

Bambi wrote: »

I was listening to Ronnie singing the dubliners version of "oró sé do bheath abhaile" at the weekend, and Ciaran Bourke sang as gaelige as well.

Nice one. Thanks.

Rowley Birkin QC

I think it must have been an ease to the man in the finish, twas sad at first to see him so shook on the late late a while back but as the programme progressed it was heartening to see the same spark in his eye.

Driving home from work this evening listening to some of The Dubliners finest it genuinely felt as though a distant family member of whom great stories are told had died.

RIP Ronnie

admiralofthefleet

played a shed load of dubliners in work yesterday, RIP

Sponge Bob

gogglebok wrote: »

Indeed. The Dubliners never got their due from the folk music establishment, because they were too "street" and not academic enough. They were seriously under-represented in the Irish traditional music exhibition that used to be in Smithfield. I'm not sure they were even mentioned.

Thats bollox . The gigs were always jammers anywhere they went in Ireland because the Dubliners were ( by a mile) the greatest of all the ballad groups .

The problem was that the Dubliners split in the mid 1990s before the Celtic Tiger came along so they could do 10 gigs in Germany which paid as much as 20 gigs here because they played 1000-2000 seater venues over there.

Marcus.Aurelius

Ah well Ronnie, sad to see you go in such unfair way.

I always felt he had somehow let go a bit when his wife died a year or so back, he just lost something, that spark. At least they are reunited in some way now. I'll miss that voice, something very unique to him.

Sherifu

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

played a shed load of dubliners in work yesterday, RIP

Think i'll do that tomorrow.

shox06

I've had The Parting Glass in my head ever since I heard the sad news...

"Oh, all the comrades e'er I had, they're sorry for my going away.And
all the sweethearts e'er I had, they'd wished me one more day to stay.
But since it falls unto my lot, that I should rise and you should not, I
gently rise and softly call, Goodnight and joy be with you all."

A great Irishman indeed, RIP.

Rowley Birkin QC

shox06 wrote: »

I've had The Parting Glass in my head ever since I heard the sad news...

"Oh, all the comrades e'er I had, they're sorry for my going away.And
all the sweethearts e'er I had, they'd wished me one more day to stay.
But since it falls unto my lot, that I should rise and you should not, I
gently rise and softly call, Goodnight and joy be with you all."

A great Irishman indeed, RIP.

Great song, anone know where the live version with him and Eleanor Shanley is to be got? They played it on Radio One there on Monday I think.

gogglebok

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Thats bollox . The gigs were always jammers anywhere they went in Ireland because the Dubliners were ( by a mile) the greatest of all the ballad groups .

The problem was that the Dubliners split in the mid 1990s before the Celtic Tiger came along so they could do 10 gigs in Germany which paid as much as 20 gigs here because they played 1000-2000 seater venues over there.

Ithink you've misunderstood my post, SpongeBob. I'm a huge fan of the group, but I don't think they got enough praise from the folk music establishment. By that I mean the official organisations, not concert-goers.

It's not worth arguing about, but I think your reaction here is off-target.