The world is a smaller place without Ronnie Drew and the Dubliners.

We played this at my father's funeral. He was from Crumlin and passed away 6 years ago. I can see him clearly when I listen to this. R.I.P dad.

My grandfather is the fiddle player John sheahan in the Dubliners I love there music so much

"The years have made me bitter, the gargle dims me brain... cause Dublin keeps on changing, and nothing seems the same" Man. This song gets more relevant and depressing with age.

It's something special when you can make a man homesick for a place he's never even visited. What a fantastic performance.

I'm Czech and I love Irish and Celtic music Luke, Dubliners and Shane MacGowan are immortal

When you get to a certain age , no matter where you're from , this song resonates deeply with you

Ronnie drew will never be forgotten. He will live forever in our hearts.

I visited Ronnie Drews grave, it's beautiful

I visited Ireland 49 times, Corona delayed the 50th visit. I love this country and the people. I have numerous incredibly good friends there. In The Rare Auld Times is my favourite song.

No-one could sing this better than Ronnie.

Just losted my father to a long battle with cancer, he was also my best friend, he had a very gentle soul and was very well liked, this was his favourite song and it was played as we took him from the chapel, rest well my dad/friend, the pain is now over. Love you forever.

My great grandmothers funeral was today she was from dublin and moved to England in the early 60’s. I was one of the ones carrying her coffin and walking out of the church with her on my shoulders this was playing and it broke me. Music is something that really plays with your emotions. Rip nanny 💚🤍🧡

I have heard Ronnie Drew's voice described as the sound of a coal shovel scraping on a cement floor. And for some reason, that voice resonates with the hearts of common men across the world, and is loved by them. it sure suits me ! ! !

As an irish person, im proud to be apart of thid culture!

Sendin love an luck from Ireland Dublin 🇮🇪🍀🍻have bless weekend every one out there that will see this today x

I am from Turkey and a very different culture but when I listen to this song, I understand that the soul has an unique language and everyone on the planet may understand it. Thanks Hippety Hop for sharing this great song. I am in tears...

My dad died on 29 May this year....a true Irishman born and bred. And loved his home South Africa for over 50 years. We made sure this was his last song he heard as he left the church at his memorial. Miss him everyday.

So proud to be Irish, a Dubliner and from the Liberties 🇮🇪

Im scottish but this song is ageless and timeless and beautifully haunting describing a changing Dublin.

I'm not Irish, much less a Dubliner, but this song gets me every time. Makes me nostalgic for simpler times...

Even here in 2022 this song still gives me the shivers, I am Scots myself but my Mother was born in Mullingar but moved to Scotland many years ago and lived here till she passed but her ashes were scattered in Mullingar.🍀

I was born in England - My Dublin parents both now sadly passed but I get comfort and feel proud of them and Ireland listening to this.

I'm of Irish descent; this warms my heart and saddens me, as this way of life no longer exists. The slow march of progress makes the world seem so much smaller; I wish I could go back and live in those rare auld times...

I'm a 68 year old Englishman, but when I hear a song by Ronnie or see a pic of Ronnie it brings a tear to the corner of my eye, him and the lads were true entertainers in the whole sense of the word, R.I.P. Ronnie Drew!

The Irish songs probably are the best ones in the world.

That person right there is my Grandad.. Michael Fleming.. love you.. R.I.P x

My dad brought me and my brothers and sisters up on The Dubliners music. We would sing it in the car on long journeys and as I got older, we went to watch them whenever we could. We played Dubliners at his funeral as his coffin left the church. He died three years ago today but listening to this makes him feel a bit closer. ❤️

Brilliant song lyrics even better proud to be Irish 🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪💯🕊️

RIP GRANDAD SEAN BARRETT FROM THE LIBERTINES ❤

Luke Kelly and Ronnie Drew - giants of Irish music, never, ever forgotten, their voices calling to us to remember our lives and our dear ones through history 🇨🇮

I think a lot of people can sympathize with going home and finding that it's not home any longer. Whenever I visit the city that I was born in, I always feel so melancholy. It's been so many years and everything I knew and loved is changed or gone. This song really speaks to me.

Brings back memories of being a kid in Newfoundland and listening to the Irish Newfoundland show every sunday with my Granda while Nan cooked dinner or made bread. Its more than just a song....its a memory

Dublin strong ❤ praying for the kids who where attacked today before bed as a dad to a 5 year old girl

Brilliant - Ronnie could be singing about Dublin, Liverpool, Belfast or Glasgow. All these cities have these traits and names. The Warmth in his voice. Spot on.

I have no connection to Ireland that I know of yet i love their music and culture,especially the dubliners. I'm Hampshire born and bred ,with a bit of Dorset, Wiltshire thrown in, but my heart is in Ireland.

As an Albanian and as a fan of Irish music, lovely greetings to all Irish music lovers from the bottom of my heart, no matter where you come from, you are in my heart.🍀 God bless you all. ❤

I'm only 12 and this song reminds me of my granda and I'm proud to be irish and I live Dublin

Ronnie and Luke both sing this song brilliantly

The dubs are absolute quality 👌🏻🍀 so many stories to be told in every song they sung!! Hail hail me bhoyos!!! 🇮🇪🇮🇪✊🏻✊🏻

This fabulous song was sung at my mother ‘s funeral as she was leaving the church such a beautiful song

"Kreide unter der Tür zerdrückt!" So klingt die Stimme für mich und ich liebe es !!! 🫂

A hauntingly beautiful melancholic song. Can’t help but make you reminisce of your days gone and bring a tear to your eye.

What a singer rip Ronnie 🇮🇪

Grand old gentlemen they had magic in their music RIP

Ronnie Drew bless your soul and thank you for your voice and your singing peace love and blessings from Scotland xx

It goes beyond heartbreaking and shakes the tears out of my face. I feel my great grandma and pa in this and the quiet lament of anyone who has seen the changing of the guard. Whats more humbling for me is, rare songs such as these are nostalgic for hard times, when the working class had been scraped off the lands into the industrial centres, first into the terraces then into brutalist high rises. Now people have no clue to their ancestors or their story, they just exist in this modern fake bubble. We must get back to sanity and remember who we are.

I never forget, when I met this guy in Budapest. I drunk with him,I played with him music. And now he is in the other side. God bless you Ronnie, I always drink with you!

How can anyone give this the thumbs down? The voice, the words, the soul al coming together... wow!

Love this song, its popular in here Newfoundland , but my grandmothers roots are from Cork

Very nostalgic song. I grew up in Dublin and it has changed enormously. It has grown. Better now than it ever was.

That's the kind of voice that brings tears to an old man's eyes.

I met Ronnie and had a jar with him in Moate Westmeath in August 1980, people would be surprised how pint size Ronnie was and how such a voice could come out of such a small in stature man, he was a true Dub a gentleman and great Irishman. May he rest in Peace.

I'm an Irishman, not even born in the 20th Century. Was born in the mid 2000s but still a big fan of the Dubliners. I was only 2 years old when Ronnie Drew began sleeping peacefully in gods arms.

This song and these men are Dublin as it should be. So proud to call that fair city my hometown. What a place.

This song is heartbreaking! Just seeing how much Dublin has changed since the 1980s is upsetting. Can't go to the city anymore without asking, "What happened to the town I was born in?" It seems to have lost its heart, soul and character! So sad!

Never will there be a band like that again which is sad great song delivered to perfection

I sang this tune in Gaelic, by my last stay in Donegal. I was so proud...

Born in the Coombe in 1951, that was Dublin in the hard times.

As an English kid in the 1960s I heard the Dubliners sing 'Seven Drunken Nights', 'Poor Paddy Works on the Railway', 'Black Velvet Band', and many more. I've loved Irish music ever since. Thank you all so much.

In the rare old times when beauty reflected truth. God bless you Ronnie

My grandfather who I'm named after used to sing this to me when I was a child he was born in Dublin in 1915

I'm sitting with my tears imagining the old days.. Melancholy and longing I'll shut up now and get back to my beer...

My dad was from Drogheda, lived in England for nearly 40 years, before he died, and where he married my mum. In all that time, he never once spoke of England as 'home'. Whenever my Dad spoke of 'home' I knew he meant Ireland. The tales he'd tell of his life growing up in his homeland, he always superceded with the phrase "in the rare old times....." This song goes straight to my heart and always reminds me of him. RIP Pat O'Brien.

My mind’s too full of memories. Am honoured to have lived in this magical city 81-85

unforgettable Ronnie. He will never die

Born in 82, got the tail end of old Dublin, gone forever.

Very very beautiful, much love for Ireland, peace for all, from Brasil.

Its beautiful, and hard, and rare, and special. High above all other kinds of music, in my opinion. Never ever hear anything close to this in todays music.

I’m 15 and from Tallaght and I love the Dubliners cause my Nanny and Granny showed me it when I was young

i am from Serbia and i like this song :)

Makes me cry every time. My beloved father. Dublin man x

I grew up listening to The Dubliners and many Irish artists . Thankyou Mum and Dad .

I get so moist in my eyes for these songs about nostalgia and the times gone by.

My Dads brother had brougjt him to see the Dublieners before he left for England. I grew up listening to this music. Dad was always going home (back to Ireland). Thank you Ronnie and the boys you brought great comfort and memories over the years to those who missed home.

I arrived at the Dubliners in the last six months, never really knowing who or what they were about. Sadly a lot of them have passed but this band and their brilliant music lives on for generations to love as I do. Irish folk and Irish music is the best you can hear. Dubliners live on and thanks for such fine work.

probably the most loved man in the history of Dublin or even Ireland im sure a lot of people remember their dads coming home from work singing one of his songs nostalgia overload

this song gives me a view of what my people lived in the old days. And give me pride that I'm Scottish-Irish

Beautiful beautiful song and Ronnie was a rare man.

Look at his Raw blue Irish Eyes. Ya cant beat the Soul of an irishman

As a poet......My favorite song....My favorite song....My favorite song... Tells a lot about the heart, spirit and love (soul) of the Irish. " Congratulations to the Dubliners " My favorite Band of all times....Thomas j. kennedy

My dear ma an da use to go to see these live back in the day ❤️❤️

I was born in Dublin many years ago now moved to England as a child heard this many times as drunken Irishmen sang it

Reared in Dublin on the banks of the Canal , Mespil Road, half way between Baggot and Lesson Street Bridges in the 40' and the 50's, God be with the days!

I lived in dublin years ago, im from south america, and this is the most lovely and kind city ever, i hope can come back and die in this crountry that made me feel like in home.

I was born in Dublin and I am so so proud to be Irish. Love And Light to All Along Your Path.

My parents were irish, dublin & ross common respective , i heared this tune so many times but instead of getting bored with it i love it more and more

im a belfast man myself but there wouldnt be a time not to listen till the dubliners pure genius r.i.p.

...so much power in voice and lyrics. miss those old Heros very much - R.I.P. Mister Drew

Tommy Kelly and The claddagh, my beautiful grandad used to sing this song and is my all time fav 🤍

I'm irish/scots from glasgow this song could be about any working class city worldwide ,i'm now an "oul fella"who remembers when this came out,great song ,great memories. god feel ould LOL

The great Ronnie Drew. The world is much duller without him.

I'm a bogman from Kerry, but I love this song!!! proud ta be Irish

My grandfathers father came over on the boat in the late 1800's to Neafoundland. Irish was strong in our family. The area we live in is called the Irish Loop. Accents are still stong

Ronnie Drew, a true (and much loved) Irish legend.

I´ve never been in Dublin, even in Ireland, but there is so much truth and love in the voice of this incredible guy, that it made me cry I´m sure Ronnie is now in heaven´s Dublin of rare old times

It's funny that even though I'm from Norway and have never been to Ireland, I feel irish nostalgia.

"As the great unyielding concrete makes a city of my town"

Based on songs and stories, heroes of renown. Are the Passing tales and glories, that once was Dublin town. The Hallowed halls and houses, the haunting children's rhymes. That once was Dublin city in the rare old times. Ring a-ring a-Rosie, as the light declines, I Remember Dublin city in the rare oul' times My name it is Sean Dempsey, as Dublin as can be Born hard and late in Pimlico, in a house that ceased to be. By trade I was a cooper, lost out to redundancy. Like my house that fell to progress, my trade's a memory.And I courted Peggy Dignan, as pretty as you plese, A rogue and child of Mary, from the rebel Liberties. I lost her to a student chap, with skin as black as coal. When he took her off to Birmingham, she took away my soul. The years have made me bitter, tha gargle dims my brain, 'cause Dublin keeps on changing, and nothing seems the same. The Pillar and the Met have gone, the Royal long since pulled down, As the great unyielding concrete, makes a city of my town. Fare thee fell sweet Anna Liffey, I can no longer stay, And watch the new glass cages, that spring up along the Quay. My mind's too full of memories, too old to hear new chimes, I'm part of what was Dublin, in the rare old times.

What a voice cant understand anybody not liking this song