The Dubliners

Biography

The Dubliners () were an 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 personnel over their fifty-year career, but the group's success was centred on lead singers Luke Kelly and Ronnie Drew. The band achieved international success with their lively Irish folk songs, traditional street ballads, and instrumentals.
The band were regulars on the folk scenes in both Dublin and London in the early 1960s. They were signed to the Major Minor label in 1965 after backing from Dominic Behan who was paid by the label to work with the group and help them to build a better act fit for larger concert hall venues. The Dubliners worked with Behan regularly between 1965 and 1966; Behan wrote numerous songs for this act, including the song "McAlpine's Fusiliers" created specifically to showcase Ronnie Drew's gravel voice. They went on to receive extensive airplay on Radio Caroline, which was part-owned by Phil Solomon CEO of Major Minor, and eventually appeared on Top of the Pops in 1967 with hits "Seven Drunken Nights×Seven Drunken Nights1978 · Album · CompilationSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 20 tracksA1Seven Drunken NightsA2The Galway RacesA3Poor Old Dicey RileyA4Drink It Up MenA5Instrumental Medley: Paddy's Gone to France / SkylarkA6McCaffertyA7Go to Sea No MoreA8Mormon BraesA9The Irish NavyA10Young Men of TwentyB1Seven Deadly SinsB2Whiskey in the JarB3Poor Paddy on the RailwayB4Maids When You're Young Never Wed an Old ManB5Muirsheen Durkin'16Instrumental Medley: The Pipers Chair / Bill Harts Jig / The Nights of St.PatrickB7Maloney Wants a DrinkB8Black Velvet BandB9A Pub With No BeerB10Weila Waile" (which sold over 250,000 copies in the UK) and "The Black Velvet Band". Often performing political songs considered controversial at the time, they drew criticism from some folk purists. Ireland's national broadcaster RTÉ placed an unofficial ban on their music from 1967 to 1971. During this time the band's popularity began to spread across mainland Europe, and they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in the United States. The group's success remained steady through the 1970s, and a number of collaborations with The Pogues in 1987 saw them enter the UK Singles Chart on another two occasions.
The Dubliners were instrumental in popularising Irish folk music in Europe. They influenced many generations of Irish bands and their legacy can to this day be heard in the music of artists such as The Pogues, Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly. One of the most influential Irish acts of the 20th century, they celebrated 50 years together in 2012, making them Ireland's longest-surviving musical act. Also in 2012, the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards bestowed them with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The Dubliners announced their retirement in the autumn of 2012, after 50 years of performing, following the death of the last living original member Barney McKenna. However, some members of the group continued touring under the name of The Dublin Legends. As of 2026, Sean Cannon is the only remaining member of the Dubliners in that group, following the retirement of Patsy Watchorn in 2014 and the death of Eamonn Campbell in 2017.

Origins

The Dubliners, initially known as "The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group", formed in 1962 and made a name for themselves playing regularly in O'Donoghue's Pub in Dublin. The change of name came about because of Ronnie Drew's unhappiness with it, together with the fact that Luke Kelly was reading Dubliners by James Joyce at the time. Founding members were Drew, Kelly, Ciarán Bourke and Barney McKenna.
Drew, McKenna and Thomas Whelan had originally teamed up for a fundraising concert and then went on to work in a revue with the Irish comedian John Molloy at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. They used to sing songs between acts.
Before joining the Dubliners full-time, Kelly had spent some time playing at English folk clubs such as the Jug o'Punch in Birmingham, run by the folk singer Ian Campbell.
The group played at the Edinburgh Festival in 1963 and that led to them being featured on a BBC programme called Hootenanny. The extra exposure helped them to win a contract with Transatlantic Records, with whom they recorded their first album, called simply The Dubliners. They also recorded their first single featuring "Rocky Road to Dublin" and "The Wild Rover×The Wild Rover1964 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAThe Wild RoverBRocky Road to Dublin".

Members of the group

Drew spent some time in Spain in his younger years where he learned to play Flamenco guitar, and he accompanied his songs on a Spanish guitar. Drew left the band in 1974 to spend more time with his family, and was replaced by Jim McCann. He returned to The Dubliners five years later, but left the group again in 1995. Ronnie Drew died at St Vincent's Private Hospital in Dublin on 16 August 2008 after a long illness. Paddy Reilly took Drew's place in 1995. Some of Drew's most significant contributions to the band are the hit single "Seven Drunken Nights×Seven Drunken Nights1978 · Album · CompilationSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 20 tracksA1Seven Drunken NightsA2The Galway RacesA3Poor Old Dicey RileyA4Drink It Up MenA5Instrumental Medley: Paddy's Gone to France / SkylarkA6McCaffertyA7Go to Sea No MoreA8Mormon BraesA9The Irish NavyA10Young Men of TwentyB1Seven Deadly SinsB2Whiskey in the JarB3Poor Paddy on the RailwayB4Maids When You're Young Never Wed an Old ManB5Muirsheen Durkin'16Instrumental Medley: The Pipers Chair / Bill Harts Jig / The Nights of St.PatrickB7Maloney Wants a DrinkB8Black Velvet BandB9A Pub With No BeerB10Weila Waile", his rendition of "Finnegan's Wake×Finnegan's Wake2003 · Album · CompilationSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks1Finnegan's Wake2Drops of Brandy Lady Carbery3Lark in the Morning4Killieburne Brae5High Germany6Johnson's Motor Car7Free the People8The Comical Genius9The Sun Is Burning10Matt Hyland11Dainty Davey12The Town I Loved So Well13Schoolday's Over14All for Me Grog15Three Sea Captains", and "McAlpine's Fusiliers".
Luke Kelly was more of a balladeer than Drew, and he played chords on the five-string banjo. Kelly sang many defining versions of traditional songs like "The Black Velvet Band", "Whiskey in the Jar×Whiskey in the Jar1998 · Album · CompilationSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 42 tracks · 3 discsDisc 11Whiskey in the Jar3:012The Galway Races3:203The Old Alarm Clock1:584The Rising of the Moon2:385Poor Paddy on the Railway2:526Nancy Whiskey2:397Darby O'Leary2:418Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe2:049Quare Bungle Rye2:3510Poor Old Dicey Riley1:4111A Muirsheen Durkin2:3012McCafferty2:2913The Travelling People3:5314Molly Bawn3:11Disc 21Seven Drunken Nights3:432Weila Waila3:263Limerick Rake3:124Net Hauling Song2:115Whiskey on a Sunday2:226Mrs McGrath2:217The Partin' Glass2:258(The Bonny) Shoals of Herring4:549Mormon Braes2:4410The Dundee Weaver1:2611I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool4:0012Go to Sea No More4:0813All for Me Grog3:0114Gentleman Soldier2:07Disc 31I'm a Rover4:512The Fairmore Lasses and Sporting Paddy1:573Black Velvet Band4:294Seven Deadly Sins2:435Many Young Men of Twenty2:256Maloney Wants a Drink2:167Croppy Boy2:388Come and Join the British Army1:219Maids When You're Young Never Wed an Old Man3:3010Tibby Dunbar1:4511The Inniskillen Dragoons3:4312Peggy Gordon3:2713Kelly, the Boy From Killan2:3114A Nation Once Again2:42", "Home Boys Home×Home Boys Home1979 · Album · CompilationSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracksA1Mason's ApronA2The NightingaleA3The Holy GroundA4Home Boys HomeA5Master McGrathA6Love Is PleasingB1Rocky Road to DublinB2Woman From WexfordB3McAlpines FusiliersB4MontoB5The Patriot GameB6The Wild Rover"; but also Phil Coulter's "The Town I Loved So Well", Ewan MacColl's "Dirty Old Town×Dirty Old Town1968 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksADirty Old TownBPeggy Gordon", "The Wild Rover×The Wild Rover1964 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAThe Wild RoverBRocky Road to Dublin", and "Raglan Road×Raglan Road1972 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksARaglan RoadBScorn Not His Simplicity", written by the famous Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh. In 1980, Luke Kelly was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Occasionally Kelly was too ill to sing though he was sometimes able to join the band for a few songs. While on tour in Germany he collapsed on stage. When Kelly was too ill to play, he was replaced by Seán Cannon. He continued to tour with the band until two months before his death. Kelly died on 30 January 1984. One of the last concerts in which he took part was recorded and released: Live in Carré, recorded in Amsterdam, Netherlands, released in 1983. In November 2004, the Dublin city council voted unanimously to erect a bronze statue of Luke Kelly. Kelly is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.
Ciarán Bourke was a singer, but he also played the guitar and tin whistle. He sang many songs in Irish ("Peggy Lettermore", "Preab san Ól"). In 1974, he collapsed on stage after suffering a brain haemorrhage. A second haemorrhage left him paralysed on his left side. Bourke died in 1988. The band did not officially replace him until his death.
John Sheahan and Bobby Lynch joined the band in 1964. They had been playing during the interval at concerts, and usually stayed on for the second half of the show. When Luke Kelly moved to England in 1964, Lynch was taken on as his temporary replacement. When Kelly returned in 1965, Lynch left the band and Sheahan stayed. According to Sheahan, he was never (and still has not been) ever officially asked to join the band. Sheahan is the only member to have had a musical education. Lynch committed suicide in Dublin in 1982.

Later changes and tours

In 1996, Ronnie Drew quit the band, and Paddy Reilly came on to replace him. Reilly, a long-time friend of the group, toured with them before on several occasions; he was already a successful solo artist in Ireland, scoring hits with "The Fields of Athenry" and "The Town I Loved So Well".
In 2005, Paddy Reilly moved to the United States, and Patsy Watchorn joined the group. Watchorn made a name for himself with The Dublin City Ramblers; like Kelly, he accompanies his songs on the five-string banjo.
The band toured Europe every year. A planned tour of Denmark two weeks after the death of McKenna on 5 April 2012 went ahead as planned. From the first show in Copenhagen on 18 April onwards he was replaced by the Irish banjo player Gerry O'Connor. In the autumn of 2012, the band announced their retirement, effective after their 50th anniversary shows at the end of the year. The Dubliners played their final shows at Vicar Street in Dublin on 28/29/30 December 2012, and made their final TV appearance in the UK on a pre-recorded New Year's Eve edition of Jools Holland Annual Hootenanny on 31 December. Their last public appearance as the Dubliners was on 27 January 2013 in memory of Barney McKenna.

25th anniversary

In 1987, The Dubliners celebrated their 25th anniversary. They recorded a double CD, produced by Eamonn Campbell, a long-time friend and guest musician. He introduced them to The Pogues, and their collaboration resulted in a hit with "The Irish Rover×The Irish RoverMarch 1987 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAThe Irish RoverBThe Rare Ould Mountain Dew". It reached No. 8 in the UK singles chart and No. 1 in Ireland. In 1990, their final hit single was "Jack's Heroes/Whiskey in the Jar", again with The Pogues, which reached No. 63 in the UK and No. 4 in Ireland. Campbell, who plays the guitar on stage, has been touring with the band ever since. Christy Moore, Paddy Reilly and Jim McCann also featured on the CD; Moore sings a tribute to Luke Kelly, and McCann sings the song "I Loved the Ground She Walked Upon", written by Phil Coulter and Ralph McTell. The following year, to coincide with Dublin's millennial celebrations, Raidió Teilifís Éireann produced an hour-long special on the band and the city's influence on their music, titled The Dubliner's Dublin.

40th anniversary

In 2002, they temporarily reunited with Ronnie Drew and Jim McCann, for their 40th anniversary tour. They made a string of appearances on Irish television throughout this time, including a memorable appearance with Phil Coulter and George Murphy on RTÉ 1.
After the tour, Jim McCann was diagnosed with throat cancer and, though he fully recovered, his voice was severely damaged, and he was unable to sing since his illness. Despite this, he regularly acted as MC at folk gigs, notably at The Dubliners reunion shows, and at the 2006 Legends of Irish Folk shows (where he also played guitar in the finale).

50th anniversary

In 2012, the band celebrated their 50th anniversary with an extensive year-long European tour and the release of a live DVD recorded live at Dublin's Vicar Street featuring Chris Kavanagh from the Band "The Legend of Luke Kelly" as a special guest. The tour continued in the wake of the death of the final founding member Barney McKenna, although the band announced that the final shows of the tour, to be held 28–30 December also at Vicar Street would be the band's final shows in which the band were joined by former band member Jim McCann.

Success

The Dubliners became well known, not just in Ireland but also as pioneers for Irish folk in Europe and also (though less successful) in the United States. Their 1967 recordings of "Seven Drunken Nights×Seven Drunken Nights1978 · Album · CompilationSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 20 tracksA1Seven Drunken NightsA2The Galway RacesA3Poor Old Dicey RileyA4Drink It Up MenA5Instrumental Medley: Paddy's Gone to France / SkylarkA6McCaffertyA7Go to Sea No MoreA8Mormon BraesA9The Irish NavyA10Young Men of TwentyB1Seven Deadly SinsB2Whiskey in the JarB3Poor Paddy on the RailwayB4Maids When You're Young Never Wed an Old ManB5Muirsheen Durkin'16Instrumental Medley: The Pipers Chair / Bill Harts Jig / The Nights of St.PatrickB7Maloney Wants a DrinkB8Black Velvet BandB9A Pub With No BeerB10Weila Waile" and "The Black Velvet Band" were released on the fledgling Major Minor label, and were heavily promoted on pirate radio station Radio Caroline. The result was that both records reached the top 20 in the UK singles chart. A third single, "Maids When You're Young Never Wed an Old Man" reached No. 43 in December 1967. It was their last UK hit single till they recorded with The Pogues in 1987.
In 1974, Ronnie Drew decided to quit the band, to spend more time with his family. He was replaced with Jim McCann. Before joining the band McCann had a TV show in the early seventies called The McCann man. He is best known for his incarnations of "Carrickfergus", Makem's "Four Green Fields×Four Green Fields1976 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksA1Four Green Fields4:53B1The Lark in the Morning3:09", and "Lord of the Dance×Lord of the Dance1976 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksALord of the DanceBThe Unquiet Grave". He stayed with the band until 1979 when he left to start a solo career; then Ronnie Drew rejoined the band. First Ronnie went to Norway to record two songs in the Norwegian language with the Norwegian band Bergeners.
The Dubliners also gained popularity amongst famous musicians such as Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd's drummer Nick Mason, who were all self-proclaimed Dubliners fans.
In the 1960s, The Dubliners sang rebel songs such as "The Old Alarm Clock", "The Foggy Dew" and "Off to Dublin in the Green×Off to Dublin in the Green1967 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAOff to Dublin in the GreenBSurrounded by Water". However, the conflict in Northern Ireland from 1969 onwards led them to drop most of these from their repertoire. They resumed performing such songs occasionally towards the end of their career. They have also recorded satirical protest songs against nuclear weapons such as "The Button Pusher" and "Protect and Survive", feminist songs such as "Don't Get Married×Don't Get Married1987 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksADon't Get MarriedBJigs (Humours of Glendart / Saddle the Pony / Brian O'Lynn)", and socialist songs such as "Joe Hill×Joe HillOctober 1970 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAJoe HillBThe Louse House of Kilkenny".
On 8 February 2012, The Dubliners received a "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the 2012 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

Members

Ciarán Bourke – vocals, guitar, tin whistle (1962–73, 1973–74; guest – 1987; died 1988)
Ronnie Drew – vocals, guitar (1962–74, 1979–95, 2002; guest – 1978, 2005; died 2008)
Luke Kelly – vocals, banjo (1962–65, 1965–83; died 1984)
Barney McKenna – Irish tenor banjo, mandolin, melodeon, fiddle, vocals (1962–2012; died 2012)
Bobby Lynch – vocals, guitar (1964–65; died 1982)
John Sheahan – fiddle, mandolin, tin whistle, concertina, guitar (1964–2012)
Jim McCann – vocals, guitar (1973, 1974–79, 1984, 1987, 2002; guest – 2009, 2011, 2012; died 2015)
Seán Cannon – vocals, guitar (1982–2012)
Eamonn Campbell – guitar, mandolin (1984, 1988–2012; died 2017)
Paddy Reilly – vocals, guitar (1984, 1995–2005; guest – 2011)
Patsy Watchorn – vocals, banjo, bodhrán, spoons (2005–2012)
Gerry O'Connor – Irish tenor banjo (2005, 2012)

Guest musicians

Mary Jordan (1960s)
Ann Mulqueen (1962–63)
John Reavey (1964–66)
Danny Doyle (1970s)
Michael Howard – guitar (1980s, 2006)
Nigel Warren-Green – cello (1983–84)
Bobby Kelly (1986)
Gerry O'Connor – Irish tenor banjo (2005, 2012)
Chris Kavanagh – vocals, banjo (2011–12)
Al O'Donnell – vocals, guitar (2011)
Neill Martin – Cello (2012)
Christy Sheridan – Irish tenor banjo (2012)

Original albums

1964 The Dubliners (Live)
1965 In Concert (Live)
1966 Finnegan Wakes (Live)
1967 A Drop of the Hard Stuff (a.k.a. Seven Drunken Nights)
1967 More of the Hard Stuff
1968 Drinkin' and Courtin' (a.k.a. I Know My Love)
1968 At It Again (a.k.a. Seven Deadly Sins)
1969 Live at the Albert Hall (Live)
1969 At Home with The Dubliners
1970 Revolution
1972 Hometown (Live)
1972 Double Dubliners (a.k.a. Alive And Well)
1973 Plain and Simple
1974 Live (Live)
1975 Now
1976 A Parcel of Rogues
1977 Live at Montreux (Live)
1977 15 Years On
1979 Together Again
1983 21 Years On (Live)
1983 Prodigal Sons
1985 Live In Carré (Live)
1987 25 Years Celebration
1988 Dubliner's Dublin
1992 30 Years A-Greying
1996 Further Along
1997 Alive Alive-O (Live)
2002 40 Years (features old and new songs)
2002 Live From The Gaiety (Live)
2006 Live At Vicar Street (Live)
2008 The Late Late Show Tribute to The Dubliners (Recorded Live, with special guests, 1987)
2009 A Time to Remember (Live)

Compilation albums

1967 The Best of The Dubliners (Transatlantic TRA 158)
1969 It's The Dubliners
1969 A Drop of The Dubliners
1976 Drinking and Wenching [1967–1969]
1977 Home, Boys, Home
1978 20 Original Greatest Hits
1979 The Dubliners Collection
1981 20 Original Greatest Hits Volume 2
1981 18 Original Greatest Hits Volume 3
1986 Luke's Legacy
1992 Off to Dublin Green
1993 Original Dubliners
1995 Milestones
1997 The Definitive Transatlantic Collection
1998 At Their Best
1998 Ageless Classics – The Transatlantic Years Revisited
2000 Collection (reassembling)
2000 Definitive Dubliners
2002 The Best of The Dubliners
2002 The Transatlantic Anthology
2003 Spirit of the Irish
2005 Wild Irish Rovers
2006 The Dubliners Collection (reassembling)
2006 Too Late to Stop Now: The Very Best of the Dubliners
2009 The Very Best Of: The Dubliners
2010 The Very Best of the Original Dubliners
2011 Wild Rover
2012 50 Years

Video

1984 The Dubliners – Visions of Ireland (re-released in 1991 as The Dubliners – Recorded Live in Dublin and in 1992 as The Dubliners – Live with Paddy Reilly and Jim McCann)
1989 The Dubliners Dublin
1987 The Late Late Show Tribute to The Dubliners
1998 O'Donoghue's Opera
1999 Luke – The Documentary
2002 40 Years: Live From The Gaiety (re-released in 2004 as The Dubliners – Live: Legends In Concert and as a DVD/CD set The Dubliners – Live)
2005 Five Beards on the Road (re-released in 2007 as On The Road – Live In Germany)
2005 Luke Kelly – The Performer
2005 The Dubliners Tour Sampler
2006 Live At Vicar Street
2008 The Dubliners – World Icons (2 DVD/CD Compilation)
2012 50 Years – Celebration Concert in Dublin

Irish Chart singles

1966 – "Nelson's Farewell×Nelson's Farewell1966 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksANelson's FarewellBThe Foggy Dew" (No. 6)
1967 – "The Black Velvet Band" (No. 4)
1967 – All For Me Grog (No. 10)
1967 – "Seven Drunken Nights×Seven Drunken Nights1978 · Album · CompilationSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 20 tracksA1Seven Drunken NightsA2The Galway RacesA3Poor Old Dicey RileyA4Drink It Up MenA5Instrumental Medley: Paddy's Gone to France / SkylarkA6McCaffertyA7Go to Sea No MoreA8Mormon BraesA9The Irish NavyA10Young Men of TwentyB1Seven Deadly SinsB2Whiskey in the JarB3Poor Paddy on the RailwayB4Maids When You're Young Never Wed an Old ManB5Muirsheen Durkin'16Instrumental Medley: The Pipers Chair / Bill Harts Jig / The Nights of St.PatrickB7Maloney Wants a DrinkB8Black Velvet BandB9A Pub With No BeerB10Weila Waile" (No. 1)
1968 – "Maids When You're Young Never Wed an Old Man" (No. 11)
1968 – "Dirty Old Town×Dirty Old Town1968 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksADirty Old TownBPeggy Gordon" (No. 10)
1971 – "Hand Me Down My Bible×Hand Me Down My Bible1971 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAHand Me Down My BibleBHumpty Dumpty" (No. 7)
1971 – "Free the People×Free the People1971 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAFree the PeopleBThe Beggarman" (No. 7)
1986 – "Raglan Road×Raglan Road1972 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksARaglan RoadBScorn Not His Simplicity" (No. 30)
1987 – "Don't Get Married×Don't Get Married1987 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksADon't Get MarriedBJigs (Humours of Glendart / Saddle the Pony / Brian O'Lynn)" (No. 24)
1987 – "The Irish Rover×The Irish RoverMarch 1987 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAThe Irish RoverBThe Rare Ould Mountain Dew" (No. 1)
1990 – "Jack's Heroes" (No. 4) (with The Pogues)
1991 – "The Rose×The Rose1991 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1The Rose2Red Roses for Me3The Rose (Extended Version)" (No. 2) (with Hothouse Flowers)
1994 – "Red Roses for Me×Red Roses for Me1994 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Red Roses for Me2The Rose of Allendale3Red Roses for Me (Instrumental)" (No. 13)
2008 – "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" (No. 1) (With U2)
2012 – "The Rocky Road to Poland×The Rocky Road to Poland2012 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1The Rocky Road to Poland2:532The Rocky Road to Poland (Instrumental)2:52" (No. 1 Ireland)(with Bressie and Damien Dempsey)
2013 – "The Auld Triangle (No. 80) (with Luke Kelly)

UK Chart singles

1967 – "Seven Drunken Nights×Seven Drunken Nights1978 · Album · CompilationSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 20 tracksA1Seven Drunken NightsA2The Galway RacesA3Poor Old Dicey RileyA4Drink It Up MenA5Instrumental Medley: Paddy's Gone to France / SkylarkA6McCaffertyA7Go to Sea No MoreA8Mormon BraesA9The Irish NavyA10Young Men of TwentyB1Seven Deadly SinsB2Whiskey in the JarB3Poor Paddy on the RailwayB4Maids When You're Young Never Wed an Old ManB5Muirsheen Durkin'16Instrumental Medley: The Pipers Chair / Bill Harts Jig / The Nights of St.PatrickB7Maloney Wants a DrinkB8Black Velvet BandB9A Pub With No BeerB10Weila Waile" (No. 7)
1967 – "The Black Velvet Band" (No. 15)
1967 – "Maids When You're Young Never Wed an Old Man" (No. 43)
1987 – "Irish Rover×Irish Rover2001 · Album · CompilationSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Irish Rover4:092Easy and Slow2:533Home Boys Home3:094Chief O'Neill's Favourite2:135Jar of the Porter1:416Off to Dublin in the Green2:247The Old Orange Flute2:458The Rocky Route to Dublin2:299Air Fa La La La Lo3:3510Molly Mallone2:5811Will You Come to the Bower3:5712The Nightingale3:3413Hot Asphalt3:2614Swallows Tail Reel2:4615Liverpool Lou3:1616Nelson's Farewell4:07" (Feat The Pogues) (No. 8)
1990 – "Jacks Heroes" (Feat The Pogues) (No. 63)