(1935-09-02)2 September 1935 Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died
4 December 2009(2009-12-04) (aged 74) Cork, Ireland
Genres
Folk, traditional Irish
Occupation(s)
Singer, musician, actor
Instrument(s)
Vocals, guitar, concertina
Years active
1955–2009
Website
liamclancy.com
Musical artist
Liam Clancy (Irish: Liam Mac Fhlannchadha; 2 September 1935 – 4 December 2009) was an Irish folk singer from Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary. He was the youngest member of the influential folk group the Clancy Brothers, regarded as Ireland's first pop stars.[1] They achieved global sales of millions and appeared in sold-out concerts at such prominent venues as Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall.[2][3]
Liam was generally considered to be the group's most powerful vocalist.[4] Bob Dylan regarded him as the greatest ballad singer ever.[1][3][5][6] In 1976, as part of the duo Makem and Clancy, he had a number one hit in Ireland with the anti-war song "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" (written by Scots-Australian Eric Bogle).[7] Upon his death The Irish Times said his legacy was secured.[8]
^ abGrainne Cunningham and Louise Hogan (5 December 2009). "World mourns passing of an inspirational folk legend". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
^"Last survivor of legendary Clancy Brothers with special voice for a ballad". The Irish Times. 5 December 2009. Archived from the original on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2009. The group, described by Gay Byrne as the "most famous four Irishmen in the world", recorded 55 albums which sold in their millions around the world.(subscription required)
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^"Irish folk legend Liam Clancy dies aged 74". NME. 5 December 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
^Irwin, Colin (29 October 1977). "Folk: When Irish eyes are glaring...". Melody Maker. 52 (44): 64.
^"Clancy's legacy secured". The Irish Times. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2009. Clancy's journey from Carrick-on-Suir to the place he called "the island for people escaped from repressed backgrounds", Greenwich village in New York, and into the limelight of that watershed appearance on the Ed Sullivan television show in the 1960s is indeed a remarkable story. Finding himself in the vanguard of the folk revival – on both sides of the Atlantic – was the epitome of good fortune.
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is a song written by Michael Peter Smith in 1968 and popularized by LiamClancy, Brendan Grace and Steve Goodman. At the time Smith wrote the song, he...
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singers and bands in Ireland and abroad, including the Wolfe Tones, LiamClancy and the Flying Column. British singer/songwriter Dido in her song "Let's...
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singers. According to LiamClancy's book, she became acquainted with Tom and Paddy Clancy in New York, and while in Ireland made the Clancy household one of...
186–187. Danny Thomas discography. discogs.com "On This Day: LiamClancy of The Clancy Brothers passes away in 2009". IrishCentral.com. December 4, 2022...
and traditional singer from Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, England.: 46 LiamClancy, who performed the song for decades, tells a more nuanced story, saying...
Makem left the group in 1969 to pursue a solo career. In 1975, he and LiamClancy were both booked to play a folk festival in Cleveland, Ohio, and were...
with those who knew him at the time include Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, LiamClancy, Maria Muldaur, Peter Yarrow, John Cohen, singer Mavis Staples, artist...
before her death. This was also LiamClancy's final filmed concert. Clancy had first risen to fame as part of The Clancy Brothers, the group which first...
Patrick "Paddy" Clancy, who was soon to join his brothers Liam and Tom Clancy and Tommy Makem, as part of the new Irish folk group, The Clancy Brothers and...
singers, including The Clancy Brothers, have also recorded. Starting in the mid-1970s, he produced four folk albums with Makem and Clancy. He also performed...
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