#OTD in 2007 – Death of internationally celebrated Irish folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller, Tommy Makem.

01/08/2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

He was best known as a member of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. He played the long-necked 5-string banjo, tin whistle, low whistle, guitar, bodhrán and bagpipes, and sang in a distinctive baritone. He was sometimes known as “The Bard of Armagh” (taken from a traditional song of the same name) and “The Godfather […]

1932 – Birth of Tommy Makem in Keady, Co Armagh.

04/11/2016.Reading time 5 minutes.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. Tommy Makem was an internationally celebrated Irish folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller. He was best known as a member of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. He played the long-necked 5-string banjo, guitar, tin whistle, and bagpipes, and sang in a distinctive baritone. He was known as […]

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#OTD in 2007 – Death of internationally celebrated Irish folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller, Tommy Makem.

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1932 – Birth of Tommy Makem in Keady, Co Armagh.

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