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Ronnie Drew Tribute/Statue?

brummytom

http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/mayors-hopes-for-tribute-to-ronnie-1855781.html

Dublin's Lord Mayor hopes to have a memorial to Ronnie Drew in place before she leaves office next summer.

Next Sunday will mark the first anniversary of the folk legend's death, aged 73, after a two-year battle with cancer.

And Lord Mayor Emer Costello said the milestone would give new emphasis to her campaign for a permanent memorial to the singer.

The idea was put on hold while Dublin City Council's Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) on Arts considered what tribute would be most fitting.

The SPC had suggested that a statue should not be erected until the person had been dead for 25 years, but Ms Costello said this "annoyed" her in the case of Ronnie Drew.

Plans are already afoot for a memorial to Drew's fellow band member Luke Kelly, who died 1984.

Ms Costello said: "Maybe they should look at it in the context of the Luke Kelly one, proposed for the Docklands.
"I said at the time that we should have a suitable memorial and it should be a statue or a bust. I really think we should have some sort of physical manifestation."

In light of a motion tabled to the Council last October, the Mayor said: "I got a very positive response from a lot of people that there should be something to recognise his contribution to Dublin.
"It could be done in the Docklands, along with the Luke Kelly one."
The Lord Mayor told the Herald that since a year has now passed, she would love to see her original plan bear fruit.

"It would be nice in light of the fact that I am Lord Mayor if we could do something between now and the end of my year," she said.
One of the proposals was for a tribute similar to the statue of Thin Lizzy rocker Phil Lynott on Grafton Street.

It was also suggested that the new Liffey bridge at Marlborough Street be named after Ronnie.

Stars of stage and screen attended Ronnie's funeral a year ago in Greystones, Co Wicklow, where he was buried beside his wife, Deirdre.

A lot of people here are from Dublin, what do you think about the idea? Deserved by Ronnie or a waste of money?

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ynotdu

Dave! wrote: »

I threw up a little when I saw that originally

Jayzus that's the worst tribute ever

Jayzus You threw up

in mitigation though the sight of Ronnie and Sinead O,Connors baldy head could cause nausea to Dell boys seafaring uncle Albert!:D

brummytom

humanji wrote: »

I have an image of John and Barney unveiling a Dubliners Statue with two empty spaces, for when they die.

I can't decide whether that would be quite nice or horrible

stovelid

I like the idea.

Have a sculpture of himself and Luke Kelly at a pub table, drinking pints, waving smokes about and talking away.

I'd glady divert a bit of tax to this.

OPENROAD

stovelid wrote: »

I like the idea.

Have a sculpture of himself and Luke Kelly at a pub table, drinking pints, waving smokes about and talking away.

I'd glady divert a bit of tax to this.

The way things are going in this country, I'm not sure the funds will be there.

Quint

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

i dont think there should be a statue. Luke kelly, Thin Lizzy even has a statue and he had only 2 or 3 crap songs. Doesn't Pierce Brosnan have a statue somewhere? Richard Harris too? So any musician/artist that is mildly successful gets a statue now?
I wonder will S Mumba and Boyzone get statues when they die (soon hopefully).

You should be banned for comparing Samantha Mumba and Boyzone with The Dubliners

ynotdu

Quint wrote: »

You should be banned for comparing Samantha Mumba and Boyzone with The Dubliners

Aye as Banned as the seven drunken nights was!:D

brummytom

Apologies for bumping a thread; but it's Ronnie's 1st Anniversary today.
Just thought I'd mention it without starting a new thread

galwayrush

brummytom wrote: »

Apologies for bumping a thread; but it's Ronnie's 1st Anniversary today.
Just thought I'd mention it without starting a new thread

Wow what a fast year.:eek:

brummytom

I know! It's amazing it's gone so fast.
Little video I uploaded onto youtube just over a year ago (weirdly, the day before he died) apologies for it being slightly out of sync

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrLHyQLdYrc

Jeanious

As far as i remember they used to have the Dubs in the oul Wax Museum....i reckon they should get Ronnie's model out of storage and stick it on a barshtool in O'Donoghues!! That'd be cool and eh....unnerving at the same time!

Failing that, isnt there some hape of gunk "modern art" garbage at the corner of Stephen Green there? They should do away with that and turn it into "Dubliners' Corner". Jaysus if Rory Gallagher can get a "Corner" named after him, why not the Dubs? Also, its the closest convenient place to Baggot Street and indeed O'Donoghues itself that I can think of.

Who's with me?!!

ynotdu

brummytom wrote: »

Apologies for bumping a thread; but it's Ronnie's 1st Anniversary today.
Just thought I'd mention it without starting a new thread

thanks for the reminder brummytom.

hope THIS video not make Dave throw up:D

Coyle Waxwork Ronnie would not be able to sit in O,Doun,s for long without springing back to life DEMANDING a pint!:D

Barney sings this(All the other Dubs must have been pissed as they normally kept him on a leash wearing a muzzle!:D)

Anyways the song title is as accurate a description of Ronnie i can think of.

Jeanious

Id say there'd be more pints bought for the fcukin dummy than real people!

ynotdu

coyle wrote: »

Id say there'd be more pints bought for the fcukin dummy than real people!

LOL coyle

Zebra3

Ronnie was a bogger.

brummytom

That's a great song ydotnu.

I know this was Luke's song, but I think Ronnie did it justice too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2hqQ-fxWqk

McArmalite

Totally agree with it, Ronnie was a great character.

Jeanious

Zebra3 wrote: »

Ronnie was a bogger.

Take that back, you heretic! He was born in bleedin Dun Laoghaire and if that's the bog ill ate me socks!

DoireNod

Can't see the harm in it. Ronnie Drew was a character and has his place in modern Irish history, contributing to Irish music. It's a nice gesture.

Zebra3

coyle wrote: »

Take that back, you heretic! He was born in bleedin Dun Laoghaire and if that's the bog ill ate me socks!

It was back then, and sure didn't he grow up in Greystones anyway.

rubadub

Zebra3 wrote: »

sure didn't he grow up in Greystones anyway.

No, he lived there much later on in life, and is buried there.

brummytom

rubadub wrote: »

No, he lived there much later on in life, and is buried there.

Yep, was born in Dun Laoghaire and lived there with his grandparents during his childhood as far as I know

ynotdu

Brummy,enjoyed that video,Ronnie does indeed do the song justice!
John Shean aint half bad on the thin whistle on it either is he?
Have them playing on a CD at the moment along with a few cans.
Bliss!:)

Ronnie and Luke had a much deeper side to them than a casual observor would know.

They actually made a pact that they would not sing songs to inspire or encourage violence during the *troubles*.

it cost them dearly in terms of earnings as the Wolfe Tones were cleaning up on the back of *lets kill the fcukers*type ballads.

So Yayyyyyyyyy to ya Ronnie one year on,the twinkle in your eye is now a twinkle in the Heavens:)

brummytom

Yep John Sheahan's a great tin-whistler (and fiddler/mandolin player - man of many talents), my favourite of his whistle tunes is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2iHNSlJMfc

I heard some interview with Ronnie where he said something like "When children are getting killed, that's when I stopped supporting it. From that day I vowed never to sing another rebel song".
Too bloody right aswell; always seemed to me a man of great substance - you read his biography at all?

I realise I'm rambling, but once I'm started on the Dubs there's no shutting me up :P

I'm sure Ronnie Luke and Ciaran are up there tonight having a good old session

ynotdu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7quXT5K9zg

ynotdu

brummytom wrote: »

Yep John Sheahan's a great tin-whistler (and fiddler/mandolin player - man of many talents), my favourite of his whistle tunes is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2iHNSlJMfc

I heard some interview with Ronnie where he said something like "When children are getting killed, that's when I stopped supporting it. From that day I vowed never to sing another rebel song".
Too bloody right aswell; always seemed to me a man of great substance - you read his biography at all?

I realise I'm rambling, but once I'm started on the Dubs there's no shutting me up :P

I'm sure Ronnie Luke and Ciaran are up there tonight having a good old session

No did not read his biography.but i drank with him twice,once it was just me and him for an hour before he was due to play,he had stage fright and he had a piece of paper with the first line of each verse of each song he intended to sing,he told me he had stagefright all his career!

He seemed so relaxed on TV it is hard to believe aint it?but i swear its true!

Oh btw You are not rambling its just called enthusism:)

brummytom

ynotdu wrote: »

No did not read his biography.but i drank with him twice,once it was just me and him for an hour before he was due to play,he had stage fright and he had a piece of paper with the first line of each verse of each song he intended to sing,he told me he had stagefright all his career!

He seemed so relaxed on TV it is hard to believe aint it?but i swear its true!

Oh btw You are not rambling its just called enthusism:)

Oh wow - I'm very jealous! It's weird to think of Ronnie having nerves, he always seemed so confident and relaxed on stage! Really interesting, thanks

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brummytom wrote: »

****in hell, I spent ages looking to find the 'add poll' option! Google's ****.
Anyway, Poll added.. considering there's so many Dubs on here, I'd be interested hearing what they think.

You don't have to be from Dublin to like Ronnie Drew or The Dubliners, you should know that better than anyone.

brummytom

Alani Massive Mourner wrote: »

You don't have to be from Dublin to like Ronnie Drew or The Dubliners, you should know that better than anyone.

Fair point, I just meant because the proposed statue would be in Dublin, so it'd be Dublin residents ultimately paying for it.

Four-Percent

Jaysus, I had my first pint in a pub in O'Donoghue's, didn't know that it was the Dubliner's old haunt:eek:

AnonoBoy

Four-Percent wrote: »

Jaysus, I had my first pint in a pub in O'Donoghue's, didn't know that it was the Dubliner's old haunt:eek:

There's another pub inside O'Donoghue's? Jaysus - did O'Donoghue's go on a mad pub eating rampage or something and devour a load of other watering holes? :eek: