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Tributes paid following death of The Dubliners' Barney McKenna's son Daragh

Tributes have been paid folllowing the passing of Daragh Aherne Clarke (McKenna), son of The Dubliners founding member Barney McKenna.

Daragh died suddenly at his home in Howth on Wednesday. A service will be held for him in Dardistown Crematorium on Tuesday morning, Dublin Live reported.

Musician Glen Dunne, a close friend of Daragh, told Dublin Live: "He came and he left in the same aul stroke. A giant of a man, a gent of a bloke. Always quick with the chimes and fast with a joke.

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