Complex sentence: Bernard Noël "Banjo Barney" McKenna (16 December 1939--5 April 2012) was an Irish musician and a founding member of The Dubliners he played the tenor banjo, mandolin, and melodeon.
Split into simpler sentences: Bernard Noël "Banjo Barney" McKenna (16 December 1939--5 April 2012) was an Irish musician and a founding member of The Dubliners. He played the tenor banjo, mandolin, and melodeon.