| Robbie Brennan | |
| Background: | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Birth Date: | 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Nenagh, County Tipperary,[1] Ireland |
| Instrument: | Drummer |
| Years Active: | 1960s–? |
Robbie Brennan (1947April12, 2016) was an Irish drummer and a former member of Phil Lynott's band Grand Slam.[2] Brennan also played with a variety of Irish musicians such as Christy Moore, Skid Row,[2] Auto Da Fé,[3] Paul Brady and Clannad.[4]
For several years in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Brennan was the drummer of the Dublin rock band Stepaside, named after the Dublin suburb of the same name,[5] along with ex-Miami Showband member Paul Ashford.[6]
He was also a member of Scullion recording Spin in 1985. Brennan played with Auto Da Fé, then later with Dublin jazz band Hotfoot during the 1980s until it disbanded in 1987.
Brennan died in Nenagh[1] on 12 April 2016 after a long illness.[7]