Ronnie Drew

A time to remember and celebrate the founders of this great group of troubadours, who started it all back in 1962: Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Ciarán Bourke and Barney McKenna. These were the originals who lit the flame 50 years ago, and set fire to the world of folk music. For the filming of this DVD, hundreds of old photographs were assembled; audio and video clips were retrieved from the archives to capture the spirit of the group down through the decades. Projected performances from the past played an integral role in this celebration concert. The atmosphere was electric, with music, stories and poetry flowing from reservoirs of memory — a unique collaboration between the original group and the current line-up, a perfect party to celebrate 50 years.

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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.

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Thirteen examples of The Pogues unique brand of hellraising folk, ranging from punky takes on traditional Irish songs like 'Dirty Old Town' to the Shane MacGowan penned originals which offered romanticised visions of life viewed through the bottom of a bottle.

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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.

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

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

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Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old IRA foot soldier, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England.

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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.

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

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Every Irish rebellion has generated its own collection of songs. At Noon on the 24th of April 1916 the Easter Rising began - a defining moment in Irish history. This commemorative DVD pays special tribute to all Patriots who put their nation's freedom first.

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