Ronnie Drew

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Sep 16, 1934 (90 years old)
Death date
Aug 16, 2008

Ronnie Drew

Known For

Ronnie Drew: September Song
0h 55m
Movie 2008

Ronnie Drew: September Song

The name of the documentary comes from Drew's recording of "September Song", the Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson song made popular through recordings by a number of artists. With the founding of his revolutionary folk band, The Dubliners in 1962, Ronnie Drew has become synonymous with his native Dublin. September Song (2008) is an intimate portrayal of the legendary singer in which he recalls growing up in his granny's house in Dun Laoghaire, the founding of The Dubliners in O'Donoghue's pub on Merrion Row, his days of touring the world, the poignant loss of his wife of forty years, and his own battle with cancer. Featuring interviews with son Phelim, daughter Cliodhna and friends and fans Bono, Billy Connolly and Damien Dempsey.

Luke Kelly - The Performer
1h 38m
Movie 2005

Luke Kelly - The Performer

A documentary about the work of Luke Kelly, legendary folk singer with the Dubliners, who died in 1984. Kelly's influence on balladeers has been wide-reaching. Here, his famous contemporaries - like Donovan and Ralph McTell - discuss his art, and the key moments of his development in music. Includes 19 rarely seen live performances, and further contributions by the Dubliners, Damien Dempsey, Paddy Reilly, Jim McCann, Mary Black, Phil Coulter and George Murphy.

Dubliners Live from the Gaiety
3h 15m
Movie 2002

Dubliners Live from the Gaiety

Legends in concert Legendary concert of the Dubliners 40 years Reunion Includes a series of fascinating candid interviews with these larger than life characters

Puckoon
1h 22m
Movie 2002

Puckoon

Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.

O'Donoghue's Opera
0h 37m
Movie 1998

O'Donoghue's Opera

In this mock opera infused with gallows humour, Ronnie Drew and his band of bohemian merrymakers, The Dubliners, re-enact the execution ballad ‘The Night Before Larry Was Stretched’. Larry finds himself caught in a hangman’s noose as just reward for being ‘the best burglar in all Ireland’. Made in 1965, the film remained uncompleted and unseen until its restoration in 1998.

The Dubliner's Dublin
0h 51m
Movie 1988

The Dubliner's Dublin

Irish Folk Band, The Dubliners, guide us through the history of Dublin.

Biography

Joseph Ronald "Ronnie" Drew was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor who achieved international fame during a fifty-year career recording with The Dubliners.

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