The Dubliners - Ratcliffe Highway (live)

[@eddierae8945]

No one could hold a candle to Ronnie, A unique Character, so talented.

[@janvisser5850]

Ronnie at his best sounding like a reed-pipe in a church organ. His voice is surely missed by all Dubliner fans! RIP Ronnie and all other passed Dubliner members.

[@Eltonlaleham]

This song is awesome

[@Jagunco]

It is mate, they missed the verse out where he bottled the barmaid

[@mihal75]

Straight to favourites...

[@rpgplayer101]

The lighting in the picture was shining right on his eyes, because its grayscale it gives the eye a strange bright shine.

[@irishmanandproud]

as usual the best are often the unknown songs

[@killiekentman]

dont recall hearing this song before. Ronnie at his best. good post Ard.

[@alnicospeaker]

The casual listener might think his vocal mic was malfunctioning but he actually sounded like that

[@danny-boy01522]

Haha I don't even think a malfunctioning microphone could make such a sound. Absolutely quality

[@Eltonlaleham]

I wish I had been born in 1964 or even born before 1964 if I had been born in 1964 or 1965 or even 1966 and preferably no later I would have been happier been born in 1969 was not fun

[@wewerehereonce]

It becomes more powerful when my name is Benjamin Ratcliffe.

[@fingalful1]

Ratcliffe's originally Norman, now an English name & has been since soon after the Conquest. They first settled in Nottingham near Ratcliffe, meaning Red Cliff, either named after them or from where they took their name. (I don't know.) Many settled in Ireland, maybe since the Elizabethans or Cromwellians. Again no idea!) Their motto is Virtus Propter Se. But Ratcliffe Highway's in Wapping, London; the scene of a vicious buldgeoning of 2 families including a baby. The suspect committed suicide.

[@kyriakospentheides]

Actually, the name is purely English, it was just recorded first by Norman scripes. The ''rat'' is just from the English ''red'' and ''cliffe''. There were, indeed, Norman Ratcliffs but only because they took their name from an English-named area (as was common).

[@frayneda]

It's about the highway in east London. I beleive they used to call it the murder mile. The 1st police force was formed there from the local parishes watchmen by sir Robert peel. Aka the peelers sailors from all over drank there

[@kyriakospentheides]

Indeed! In fact, the Ratcliff Highway murders were the most famous before the Whitechapel murders and even got a reference in Sherlock Holmes.

[@arroncoade4391]

brilliant banjo playing by barney but do i sound suprised

[@jrat92]

My last name is Ratcliffe...do you know of the Ireland Ratcliffe's? I was told my family came from Ireland many years ago, so I wonder if there are any Ratcliffe's left in Ireland.

[@jasonmurphy9173]

If you go to malahide Castle their is and old ruins of a church with graves from 1800s inscribed ratcliffe

[@rakovskii]

Does he have weird eyes in that photo, or am I seeing things?

[@problematic7993]

They're just very blue.