Folk Singer. Member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Born in Carrick-on-Suir, in County Tipperary, Ireland, he was the youngest of 11 children. He came to the United States in 1956 and initially pursued an acting career. However, he soon joined with his brothers, Tom and Paddy Clancy and Tommy Makem to form a folk group featuring Irish ballads. After appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1961, they were catapaulted to fame and became one of the most popular folk groups of the 1960s. He later pursued a solo career and also joined up with Tommy Makem for a number of years in the 1970s and 1980s. Bob Dylan called him "the best ballad singer I'd ever heard." He died of pulmonary fibrosis in County Cork, Ireland and is buried in the New Cemetery, Ring, County Waterford, Ireland.
Folk Singer. Member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Born in Carrick-on-Suir, in County Tipperary, Ireland, he was the youngest of 11 children. He came to the United States in 1956 and initially pursued an acting career. However, he soon joined with his brothers, Tom and Paddy Clancy and Tommy Makem to form a folk group featuring Irish ballads. After appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1961, they were catapaulted to fame and became one of the most popular folk groups of the 1960s. He later pursued a solo career and also joined up with Tommy Makem for a number of years in the 1970s and 1980s. Bob Dylan called him "the best ballad singer I'd ever heard." He died of pulmonary fibrosis in County Cork, Ireland and is buried in the New Cemetery, Ring, County Waterford, Ireland.
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