The funeral of showband legend Dickie Rock is due to take place on Thursday as numerous tributes continue to be paid to an “iconic figure” in the music business. A former singer with the Miami ...

Dickie's official death notice reads: "Richard (Dickie) Rock, Donnybrook and Cabra West, Dublin, passed away on 6th of December 2024, peacefully, surrounded by his loving children at St. Vincent ...

The significance of the words were lost on no one. After singing about it for almost 60 years, Dickie Rock was coming back to stay. What a way to open his final show. The great entertainer ...

Showband giant Dickie Rock was remembered as “Ireland’s greatest legends” at his funeral mass on Thursday. Father Brian D’Arcy told mourners – including RTE's Ronan Collins, Joe Duffy ...

SHOWBAND legend Dickie Rock was given a send off in his native Cabra yesterday. Big names from across the world of Irish showbiz gathered at the Church of the Most Precious Blood in Dickie's ...

Dickie Rock, who has died aged 88, was Ireland’s original pop idol. Known for his expressive singing voice and incendiary stage presence, he blazed a trail through the sleepy world of 1960s ...

Photo: Colin Keegan Mark Leen and Michael Fox O Connor from Co Kerry who brought vinyls to the funeral mass of Dickie Rock in the Church of the Most Precious Blood in Cabra, Dublin. Photo ...

Dickie Rock, who has died aged 88, was a singer who became a huge favourite in Ireland with the Miami Showband, and he went on to further success as a solo artist; legend has it that legions of young ...

A number of well-known figures from the music and entertainment world gathered in north Dublin on Thursday for the funeral of showband legend Dickie Rock. The much-loved singer died last week at ...

Rock’s showy onstage persona drove young female fans wild, but it sometimes went down badly with Ireland’s conservative Establishment Dickie Rock, who has died aged 88, was a singer who became ...