SEAN Cannon, Eamonn Campbell, Gerry O’Connor and Paul Watchorn are stalwarts of the Irish folk music scene, gathered together as The Dublin Legends.

Cannon and Campbell were members of The Dubliners for nigh on 30 years while O'Connor joined them for the final part of their 50th anniversary tour.

He was a member of Four Men & A Dog, has played with everyone from Sharon Shannon to Shane MacGowan and tours with guitar legend Joe Bonamassa, while Paul Watchorn is among the best string banjo players in Ireland and has toured the world with Derek Warfield's Sons Of Erin for many years.

In 2012, The Dubliners received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and followed it up with a sold-out 50th anniversary tour that took in the Royal Albert Hall, but they then suffered a body blow with the sudden death of founding member “Banjo” Barney McKenna.

After 48 years of touring, John Sheahan decided it was time to step off the tour bus and it was agreed that The Dubliners, as a touring band, would come to an end. Whereupon The Dublin Legends were born, vowing to continue the legacy started by Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Ciaran Bourke, Barney McKenna and John Sheahan in 1962.

“The Lads” continue to play all The Dubliners' familiar songs and ballads: Whiskey In The Jar; Dirty Old Town; The Wild Rover; Seven Drunken Nights; The Rare Auld Times; Finnegan’s Wake; Molly Malone; Hand Me Down Me Bible; The Irish Rover, Black Velvet Band and many more besides.

Doors open at 6.30pm. Tickets are on sale on 0844 854 2757 or at yorkbarbican.co.uk