Ciarán Bourke

Ciarán Bourke ( born February 18, 1935 in Dublin, † 10 May 1988 ) was an Irish folk musician and founding member of the Dubliners. He sang, played the guitar, tin whistle and harmonica.

Life

Ciarán Bourke was born in Dublin, the son of a doctor and came even as a child by his Irish-speaking nanny with the Irish language in contact. He attended an Irish-speaking school ( Coláiste Mhuire on Parnell Square in Dublin) and then enrolled at the Faculty of Agriculture, University College Dublin, but abandoned his studies after a year again. Ciarán Bourke was the only member of the Dubliners, who had attended a university.

After leaving the university, he met as a street musician Ronnie Drew and Barney McKenna, who invited him to their samples in O'Donoghue 's Pub. Luke Kelly joined the group, which became famous as " The Dubliners ".

Illness and death

On April 5, 1974 Bourke had to cancel shortly after the break, because of violent headaches a concert of the Dubliners in Eastbourne. He was taken to London and St. George's Hospital, Hyde Park Corner, admitted, where doctors diagnosed a brain haemorrhage. Bourke was transferred to the Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon and after the return of his wife, who was on a trip to Ghana, operates. During surgery, there was a renewed bleeding with the result that altered consciousness and a left- sided paralysis remained.

Ciarán Bourke was treated intensively in Dublin in a rehabilitation clinic in Dun Laoghaire, and his recovery made ​​such good progress that he insisted to attend the next tour in Germany the Dubliners in November, although his bandmates worried about his health made ​​themselves and prefer have seen a gradual return to work. In fact, Bourke was the tour stress health and had not grown from Brussels to Dublin to fly back.

Although Ciarán Bourke could not occur with the Dubliners, he was until his death considered as a band member and received his share of the royalties.

Ciarán Bourke died in 1988 after a long illness from the effects of cerebral hemorrhage and multiple strokes.

Family

On April 5, 1964 married Ciarán Bourke Jeannie Bonham. They had six daughters: Ciara, Laoighse, Siobhra, Rathfionna, Saoirse and Seodhna.

• Folk singer
• Irish musicians
• The Dubliners
• Born in 1935
• Died in 1988
• Man