FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2009 file photo, Barney McKenna from Irish folk group The Dubliners performs on the main stage during the 15th Guinness Irish Festival, in Sion, Switzerland. Friends and ...

Barney McKenna, one of the founding members of The Dubliners, has passed away at the age of 72 in his home in Howth this morning, Thursday April 5th. The tenor banjo player, who also played mandolin ...

DUBLIN -- It was only a year ago when the Temple Bar Trad Festival helped launch the 50th anniversary year of the Dubliners, the iconic music group that not only helped define Ireland’s capital city ...

The secret love child of The Dubliners legend Barney McKenna has claimed his entire fortune, after DNA tests proved he was the banjo legend’s son. The Sunday World reports that Dara Aherne Clarke, 32, ...

“Banjo” Barney McKenna, the last original member of Irish folk band the Dubliners, died Thursday, April 5, while having a morning cup of tea with a friend. He was 72 and had just marked his 50th year ...

Barney McKenna, banjo player with veteran folk group the Dubliners, has died at the age of 72. McKenna, known affectionately as Banjo Barney, was the last remaining member of the original line-up of ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. IN THIS AUG. 6, 2009, file photo, Barney McKenna from Irish folk group The ...

DUBLINDUBLIN — “Banjo” Barney McKenna, the last original member of the Irish folk band The Dubliners, died Thursday while having a morning cup of tea with a friend. He was 72 and had just marked his ...

"Banjo" Barney McKenna, the last original member of the Irish folk band The Dubliners, died Thursday while having a morning cup of tea with a friend. He was 72 and had just marked his 50th year with… ...