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RIP Corner: Dead Famous Irish Artists

  • Luke Kelly (17 November 1940 – 30 January 1984)
  • Phil Lynott (20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986)
  • Ciarán Bourke (18 February 1935 – 10 May 1988)
  • Tom Clancy (29 October 1924 – 7 November 1990)
  • Rory Gallagher ( 2 March 1948 – 14 June 1995)
  • Patrick Clancy (7 March 1922 – 11 November 1998)
  • Mic Christopher (21 September 1969 – 29 November 2001)
  • Bobby Clancy (May 14, 1927 – September 6, 2002)
  • Tommy Makem (November 4, 1932 – August 1, 2007)
  • Ronnie Drew (16 September 1934 – 16 August 2008)
  • Liam Clancy (2 September 1935 – 4 December 2009)
  • Gary Moore (4 April 1952 – 6 February 2011)
  • Barney McKenna (16 December 1939 – 5 April 2012)
  • Patrick "Pecker" Dunne (1 April 1933 – 19 December 2012)
  • Bernadette Therese "Bernie" Nolan (17 October 1960 – 4 July 2013)
  • Phil Chevron (17 June 1957 – 8 October 2013)
  • Seán Potts (5 October 1930 – 11 February 2014)
  • Jim McCann (26 October 1944 – 5 March 2015)
  • Val Doonican (3 February 1927 – 2 July 2015)
  • Pádraig Duggan (23 January 1949 – 9 August 2016)
  • Dolores O'Riordan (6 September 1971 – 15 January 2018)
  • Liam O'Flynn (15 April 1945 – 14 March 2018)
  • Tom McBride, aka Big Tom (18 September 1936 – 17 April 2018)
  • Peter Mooney aka Pete St. John (31 January 1932 – 12 March 2022)