Ronnie Drew died on 16 August 2008 in St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin. He was a founder member of the Dubliners from 1962 to 1974. He rejoined in 1979 but then left for good in 1995.Ronnie Drew was born in Dún Laoghaire in 1934. Although he was so intimately associated with being a 'Dubliner', he would sometimes say, "I was born and grew up in Dún Laoghaire, and no true Dubliner would accept that at all!"

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