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Barney McKenna

1939 - 2012

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Bernard Noël "Banjo Barney" McKenna (16 December 1939 – 5 April 2012) was an Irish musician and a founding member of The Dubliners. He played the tenor banjo, violin, mandolin, and melodeon. He was most renowned as a banjo player. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barney McKenna is the 1,936th most popular singer (down from 1,220th in 2019), the 315th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 196th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Irish Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Barney McKenna ranks 1,936 out of 4,381. Before him are Paul Harrington, Rickie Lee Jones, Paul Banks, Caroline Polachek, Eiríkur Hauksson, and Justin Hayward. After him are Sarit Hadad, Oumou Sangaré, Hélène Ségara, Naomi Judd, Greg Phillinganes, and Charles Bradley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Barney McKenna ranks 549. Before him are Svetlana Makarovič, Mavis Staples, Paul Nihill, Rhodri Morgan, Marino Perani, and Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek. After him are Jan-Just Bos, S. David Griggs, Bob Clark, Mickey Kantor, Martin Feldstein, and Stanley Anderson. Among people deceased in 2012, Barney McKenna ranks 409. Before him are Norman Alden, Piermario Morosini, Leszek Drogosz, Ruy de Freitas, Ian Burgess, and Michael O'Hare. After him are Janice E. Voss, Nicholas Katzenbach, Joel Goldsmith, Fidélis, J. J. C. Smart, and Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Barney McKenna ranks 315 out of 549. Before him are Charlie Murphy (1988), Ronan Keating (1977), Frances Power Cobbe (1822), William Quan Judge (1851), Paul Harrington (1960), and Tom Kiely (1869). After him are John McKenna (1855), Colm Wilkinson (1944), Matt Doherty (1992), Geraldine Somerville (1967), Robert Emmet (1778), and Paul Mescal (1996).

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Among SINGERS In Ireland

Among singers born in Ireland, Barney McKenna ranks 12. Before him are Brian McFadden (1980), Markus Feehily (1980), Luke Kelly (1940), Charlie McGettigan (1950), Róisín Murphy (1973), and Paul Harrington (1960). After him are Damien Rice (1973), Maria Doyle Kennedy (1964), Siobhan Fahey (1958), Christy Moore (1945), Andrea Corr (1974), and Niamh Kavanagh (1968).

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