#OTD in 2009 – Death of actor and folk singer, Liam Clancy, from Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary.

04/12/2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

‘The best ballad singer I ever heard in my life’ was Bob Dylan’s verdict on Liam Clancy, who died at age 74 on this date. He was the last remaining member of the best-known of all Irish folk groups, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, who made an impression that was strong enough for them […]

#OTD in 1944 – Birth of entertainer and folk musician, Jim McCann.

26/10/2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

As a young man, McCann attended University College Dublin as a student of medicine, but became interested in folk music during a summer holiday in Birmingham in 1964. He began to perform in folk clubs in the area, and, upon his return to Dublin, he joined a group called the Ludlow Trio in 1965. In […]

#OTD in 2009 – Death of actor and folk singer, Liam Clancy, from Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary.

04/12/2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

#OTD in 1944 – Birth of entertainer and folk musician, Jim McCann.

26/10/2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

#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 […]

#OTD in 2009 – Death of actor and folk singer, Liam Clancy, from Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary.

04/12/2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

#OTD in 1944 – Birth of entertainer and folk musician, Jim McCann.

26/10/2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

2009 – Death of actor and folk singer, Liam Clancy, from Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary.

04/12/2016.Reading time 5 minutes.

Remembering Liam Clancy who passed on this date in 2009. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. #ThePartingGlass

04/12/2016.Reading time 1 minute.

‘The Parting Glass’ Of all the money that e’er I had I spent it in good company And all the harm I’ve ever done Alas, it was to none but me And all I’ve done for want of wit To memory now I can’t recall So fill to me the parting glass Good night and […]

1944 – Birth of entertainer and folk musician, Jim McCann, in Dublin.

26/10/2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

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#OTD in 2009 – Death of actor and folk singer, Liam Clancy, from Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary.

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