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Ronnie Drew

Irish musician (1934-2008)
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Ronnie Drew
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Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
September 16, 1934
Date of death
August 16, 2008
Place of birth
Dún Laoghaire
Place of death
Dublin
Country of citizenship
Ireland[11]
Occupation
actor, singer, guitarist, stage actor, film actor, composer, musician[12][13]
Educated at
C.B.C. Monkstown[14]
Child
Phelim Drew[10]
Genre
music of Ireland[17]
Cause of death
esophageal cancer[20]
Described by source
The Companion to Irish Traditional Music[28]
Discography
Ronnie Drew discography[19]
Family name
Drew[21]
Given name
Ronald, Ronnie[22][23]
Instrument
guitar, voice[26][27]
Location of formation
Dún Laoghaire[24]
Manner of death
natural causes[25]
Member of
The Dubliners[15]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Irish Traditional Music[29]
P14750
6E82-DBC0-925A-87B5-977C[30]
Record label
Sony Music[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Joseph Ronald Augustine Drew en Joseph Ronald Drew en Ronnie Drew ar روني درو da Joseph Ronald Drew ja ロニー・ドリュー ko 조지프 로널드 드루 ko 로니 드루 ru Ронни Дрю sv Drew zh 朗尼·德魯
🔖 Identifiers · 34
ISNI
0000000115647155
VIAF cluster ID
32194215
Library of Congress authority ID
no2005032493
GND ID
135207711
Acharts.co artist ID
ronnie_drew
AllMovie person ID
p322860
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000275711
BBC Things ID
bdbdc5d9-eb47-4b87-953a-b0188cc725ec
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13999644f
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
135207711
Dictionary of Irish Biography ID
009696
Discogs artist ID
899364
Show all 34 identifiers +22
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Ronnie-Drew
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
ronnie-drew
Europeana entity
agent/base/67831
FamilySearch person ID
LHQP-WHT
Find a Grave memorial ID
29114951
Freebase ID
/m/01v596y
Geni.com profile ID
6000000001287601168
Genius artist ID
Ronnie-drew
Genius artist numeric ID
378069
IMDb ID
nm1275421
JRC Names ID
820019
Kinobox person ID
933837
LyricsTranslate ID
ronnie-drew-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID
fc7f2df9-ad78-4243-a14a-c23520e29b11
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000034384
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
097288411
TMDB person ID
1131413
TV.com ID
people/ronnie-drew
Topic's main category
Category:Ronnie Drew
WikiTree person ID
Drew-2569
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkD8KtJXvv4cXtKbyCWjC
Yandex Music artist ID
85130

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 6
actor, composer, singer, guitarist, film actor, stage actor
Mb:performer of 5
An Evening with Ronnie Drew, A Couple More Years, Dirty Rotten Shame, Pearls, The Humour Is on Me Now
Instrument 2
guitar, voice
Mb:writer 2
Seven Drunken Nights, Seven Drunken Nights
Belongs to 1
The Dubliners
Cause of death 1
esophageal cancer
Country of citizenship 1
Ireland
Family name 1
Drew
Genre 1
music of Ireland
Given name 1
Ronald
Instance of 1
human
Location of formation 1
Dún Laoghaire
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Mb:founder 1
The Dubliners
Mb:member of band 1
The Dubliners
Place of birth 1
Dún Laoghaire
Place of death 1
Dublin
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Ronnie Drew was born on September 16, 1934[1], in Dún Laoghaire[2]. He died on August 16, 2008[3], in Dublin[4]. He worked as an actor[5], singer[6], guitarist[7], stage actor[8], and film actor[9].

FAQs

Where was Ronnie Drew born?

Ronnie Drew was born in Dún Laoghaire[2].

Where did Ronnie Drew die?

Ronnie Drew died in Dublin[4].

What did Ronnie Drew do for work?

Ronnie Drew worked as an actor[5], singer[6], guitarist[7], stage actor[8], and film actor[9].

Where did Ronnie Drew go to school?

Ronnie Drew was educated at C.B.C. Monkstown[14].

Related Entities

Dún Laoghaire Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . kerryman.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → The Dubliners
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'ca', 'commons', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fi',
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 6E82-DBC0-925A-87B5-977C
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  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → actor, singer, guitarist +4
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32085|batch #32085]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (27)"
  4. 25w ago · Eddo1982! · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → C.B.C. Monkstown
    Location of formation → —
    Occupation → actor, singer, guitarist +4
    Discography → Ronnie Drew discography
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Start of work period: 1956"
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