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Profile of Liam Clancy
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Liam Clancy |
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2nd September 1935 |
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Carrick on Suir, Tipperary, Ireland |
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Actor |
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Liam Clancy (born on September 2, 1935) is an Irish folk singer. With his brothers Tom, and Patrick Clancy, as well as Tommy Makem he was part of the popular group The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.
Born in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Liam began his performing career as an actor. He emigrated to the United States in 1956, soon joining his older brothers and continuing on to international fame.
Liam Clancy played guitar, in addition to singing tenor, and recorded several solo albums. In 1975 he was booked to play a festival in Cleveland, Ohio, where Tommy Makem was also playing. The two played a set together and formed Makem and Clancy, recording several albums as a duo, until 1988.
As of 2005, Liam Clancy is the last surviving member of the original Clancy Brothers, though Tommy Makem survives as well.
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