[1] However, in April, founding member and tenor banjo player Barney McKenna died.

[2] Banjo player Gerry O'Connor filled his place until the end of the tour.

[3] John Sheahan after 48 years decided he could no longer continue with the band due to the death of Barney McKenna.

In December the group played its final concerts at Vicar Street and were joined on stage by Jim McCann.

The group appeared on BBC's Jools Holland Annual Hootenanny on New Year's Eve.