''The Dubliner's Dublin'' is the last of
The Dubliners
The Dubliners were an Folk music of Ireland, 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. The line-up saw many changes in personn ...
' albums to be released on vinyl, ''The Dubliner's Dublin'' coincided with
Dublin
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City's
millennium celebrations
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. The lineup was
Ronnie Drew
Joseph Ronald Drew (16 September 1934 – 16 August 2008) was an Irish people, Irish singer, folk musician and actor who achieved international fame during a fifty-year career recording with The Dubliners.
He is most recognised for his lead voc ...
,
Barney McKenna
Bernard Noël "Banjo Barney" McKenna (16 December 1939 – 5 April 2012) was an Irish musician and a founding member of The Dubliners. He played the tenor banjo, violin, mandolin, and melodeon. He was most renowned as a banjo player.
Biography ...
,
John Sheahan
John Sheahan (born 19 May 1939) is an Irish musician and composer. He joined The Dubliners in 1964 and played with them until 2012 when The Dubliners' name was retired following the death of founding member Barney McKenna.
Early years and m ...
,
Seán Cannon
Seán Cannon (born 29 November 1940 in Galway) is an Irish musician. Since 1982 he has been a guitarist for The Dubliners and their follow-up-band The Dublin Legends.
Early life
Seán Cannon was born in Galway, Ireland. He travelled around Europ ...
and
Eamonn Campbell
Eamonn Campbell (29 November 1946 – 18 October 2017) was an Irish musician who was a member of The Dubliners from 1987 until his death. He was also in the Dubliners when they recorded their 25th anniversary show on '' The Late Late Show'' hos ...
and there were also a number of guest musicians. Campbell again took on the role of
producer
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. A video containing some of the music from the album was also released, combining with a tour of
Dublin
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narrated by
Ronnie Drew
Joseph Ronald Drew (16 September 1934 – 16 August 2008) was an Irish people, Irish singer, folk musician and actor who achieved international fame during a fifty-year career recording with The Dubliners.
He is most recognised for his lead voc ...
.
Track listing
Side One
# "
Finnegan's Wake
"Finnegan's Wake" is an Irish-American comic ballad, first published in New York in 1864. Various 19th-century variety theatre performers, including Dan Bryant of Bryant's Minstrels, claimed authorship but a definitive account of the song's origi ...
"
# "
Raglan Road"
# "The Zoological Gardens"
# "Hornpipes - The Honeysuckle/The Golden Eagle"
# "Sez She"
# "Three Lovely Lassies from Kimmage"
# "Johnny Doyle"
# "
Weile Waile"
# "Bombo Lane"
# "The Monto"
Side Two
# "
The Auld Triangle
"The Auld Triangle" is a song by Dick Shannon, often attributed to Brendan Behan, who made it famous when he included it in his 1954 play ''The Quare Fellow''. He first performed it publicly in 1952 on the RTE radio programme 'The Ballad Maker's ...
"
# "The Dublin Jack of All Trades"
# "Dicey Reilly"
# "Reels - Ríl Gan Ainm/Sheahan's Reel/Jenny's Wedding"
# "The Ragman's Ball"
# "
Seven Drunken Nights
"Seven Drunken Nights" is a humorous Irish Folk music, folk song most famously performed by The Dubliners. It is a variation of the Scottish folk song "Our Goodman" (Francis James Child, Child 274, Roud Folk Song Index, Roud 114). It tells the ...
"
# "
Christ Church"
# "
The Spanish Lady
"Spanish Lady" is a traditional Irish folk song, also found in England. The Bodleian Library has several broadsides of an English ballad with this name, one dating from the 17th century. Fragmentary or related versions from the US date from 188 ...
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# "The Rare Oul' Times"
References
1988 albums
The Dubliners albums
Albums produced by Eamonn Campbell
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