The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem were part of our family's deepest roots, I'm 63 now and my eyes get misty from time to time, listening now is one of those times..
When the Clancy brothers were learning their trade, in the fifties, they were very regular visitors to our house. Dr Kevin McCann, my dad, had an astounding knowledge of Irish traditional music, and the brothers wished to know more about their craft. Such wonderful memories of their music, songs, wit, and laughter. Feeling nostalgic...💚
I notice as a knitting woman, those men's jumpers are all different Aran patterns. Everyone of them is different. it's time that great hand knitting, and patterns are kept alive. My has created a great pattern of her own, for children.
Marily, what a wonderful story. To think your father helped with their knowledge. Just fantastic. Such memories. Your name is beautiful. Is it Irish? It reminds me of a Scottish name I love, Mairi. "All for Mairi's Wedding'
@@heathermcdougall8023 yes definitely! With You all the way. I've also been knitting aran and fair isle since 4 yrs. Not for long time though. Been thinking of it lately. What's more classic than an aron jumper.
My grandparents came to the US from England in the early 1900’s. They were both from County Mayo. They died when I was in my early 20’s. How I wish I was older so I could have asked them about Ireland. Now I’m 81 and have so many things I want to ask. It never dawned on me when I was a child how brave they were.
These brothers and Tommy Makem were a big part of my childhood and teenage years. Never lost the love of their music.. They're all gone now, but the songs and joy will live on forever.. thanks boys... Bob from Bradenton Florida...
I was fortunate to see Liam and Tommy Makem several times. Check out the Makem and Spain Brothers, the descendants of the Clancy’s, if you get a chance. Their music indeed lives on!
@@The_Robs I count myself lucky that I saw Liam & Tommy Makem once--happily, with my mother, who bought almost all the CB&TM albums. She & I nearly wore those out before the cancer took her.
When I was 14, I gathered all the information I needed to go to Ireland, the Clancy's being the main spur in the quest. Well, I never made it, to my great sorrow. The years went by, as did my youth, passing to the responsibilities of maturity. After 9/11, then came the time for my adopting mother to pass - the last of the adopting family that raised me. My wife was rummaging through all the old papers that were left hidden away in the home, including my original secreted birth certificate. It read, along with my birthdate, more than 50 years past, "Robert Allen Odonald." I exclaimed, "D***! I KNEW I was Irish all along!"
I have loved the Clancy Brothers for over 50 years. They have only become better. I morned the loss of Liam Clancy. Theirs is a unique form of music and excellent. If you do not like their music, listen to Kiss or something more to your liking. Why dislike them? I failed to mention Tommy Makem. He always added a pleasant addition to their music. Count me as a permanent fan.
Liam was my favourite, and, of course, Tommy added another element. Sadly, although there were many brothers, they didn’t make old bones. The original boy band??!
Hear you love my Nana... And me Mom.. My Mom passed at 47.. My Nana passed at 87.... .she didn't know her daughter... My Mom..had passed..... Love our memories.. Our loves... 4ever. Eyes.. My nickname from my Dad and my Mom.. God how miss them.. Love them everyday of my life..
There must not be a more joyful experience anyplace than to join your cousins, nephews, brothers, and uncles on stage playing instruments and singing the beloved traditional songs of your people. Like Tom Clancy who went on before, these other brothers, Liam, Bobby, Paddy and nephew Robbie O'Donnell will soon follow him offstage, but their music will go on forever wherever the Irish people get together with guitar, banjo, bodhran and pipes and raise their voices together in song. I am very appreciative of the Clancys and all that they shared in America, Ireland and around the world with their music. This leaves Finnbarr to carry on a marvelous tradition...
IN 1966-67 I live in NYC and used to go to the Minemsha bar, which the Clancys frequented. I was only 21 and just to be in the same room was such a thrill. Still love them.
My little boy is 15 months old and his favorite song is The Good Ship Calibar. We listen to it everyday on the way to daycare. He claps and beams from ear to ear. I am proud to pass this down to him.
If you are Irish then you know we cannot be beaten. We persevere and keep going. Look at your children and grandchildren. They are our future. Happiness to everybody
The Clancy Brothers came through our area in the mid nineties, and we went and saw them of course. I think it was this same lineup, pretty sure. So we go to the show it was at a public park nearby, and then we go to the bar after (we were early to mid twenties back then). Who's at the bar but them! Paddy and Liam were advising Finbarr to lay off the hard stuff, and Finbarr, I believe, did not take that advice to heart and actually enjoyed the company of somebody we were there with. Absolutely hilarious and pretty much exactly as expected!
My Grandmother was born in Galway and emigrated to NZ in 1916, she never did see her parents again and I never met her, she died three years before I was born, but I have warm memories of her two sisters that came out later, what wonderful women they were
Cherish the lovely memories.......Galway is my favourite Irish City.......If you haven't done it,you should get an Irish passport through your heritage that is from your Grandmother you're eligible for it. Best of luck from Ireland.
I heard the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem in my high school years in the 60s and I still remember how taken I was with the energy and emotion of the concert. A few years later as a new teacher I heard Tommy Maken and Liam Clancy in Cape Breton Nova Scotia, and the audience was as one.
The true epitome of real Irishness the greatest balladeers of all time songs from my childhood reminding me of my grandfather who loved them rip grandad
OMG. The song about the letters from Kiilkelly, mayo, Ireland to John who went to America. That’s like totally my family history. My family is from Ballina. Made me cry.
Mike Smith: thanks for the heads up and the correction - my sincere apologies - I have deleted my original comment. Learn something new everyday. Never bothered to check the credits as Goodman usually did his own music (may he RIP). And I would like to compliment you on a beautiful song which has brought me many moments of quiet reflection on unconditional love. Again, thank you for the correction and a wonderful song.
One of the great days of my life was to be on the Notre Dame campus in 1962 when the Clancy brothers put on a live outdoor (free) concert. I knew that day that I had heard some of the best music I had ever heard and that Irish music would forever be a part of my life. I would later play their LP's when my Irish mother in law visited and she would nearly be ecstatic.
Twas because the seniors had a bit of funds left over after Prom. They played out on a stage in front of St Mary's lake while we sat with our friends or sweethearts up on the bank above. Fond memories of the day and of MJ.
The Clancy Brothers were the greatest. We attended 16 of their concerts over the years starting in 1969 all the way through the 1990s. Besides the music they were just outstanding showman and we got to meet Pat and Liam several times and had some good times with them.
Liam's version is much better than the one who wrote it. He makes it an entirely different story, very moving. Hearing it for the first time, I had to listen to every word and play it over and over again. Amazing!
I thought everyone went to their Grandmothers house on Sunday had dinner and lisson to The Clancy Brothers. 40+ years ago. Sure do miss those days and my Grandmother.
Yes, im listening too, such a long time since i heard the Clancy Brothers singing. So very lovely memories I've had from an irish woman, with roots deep in Ireland god bless you all always!!!.❤ Ita camilla smith napier nz. Slainte xo.
My parents had them with (makem)? on vinyl. I was 10 and played the shit out of That record....now I play it for my children...thank you for your poetry and storytelling
Brilliant! I miss the Clancy Brothers so much, but they left such a legacy of talented children, cousins, and people who they influenced such as Bob Dylan. God bless all four of ye!
I was lucky to see the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem at Iona College in 1963. I was a freshman at the time. I have seen many concerts since but none better. They always make it fresh and sincere. They are missed.
Bob Dylan had it right - no one can sing a ballad like Liam Clancy. I had the great pleasure to see The Clancy Brothers w/Tommy Makem and with Robbie O'Connell and Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy when they toured together. I saw Tommy with his sons at a bar in Bethesda, MD and saw Liam and Tommy at a bar in downtown DC. That was where I got 2 amazing kisses from Liam - sent shivers right down to my toes. The man had incredibly soft lips. Maybe that was why he could do ballads so well. I cried when Tommy died; I had spent time next to him on a bar stool and chatted like we were old friends. But, I truly grieved when Liam died. I had seen him perform for 30 years. I never missed any of the concerts when they came to DC. I had short, friendly chats with him and he kissed me deeply twice. I loved him - not as a lover/sweetheart but as someone who had brought so much joy to my life and could not believe he would never stand in front of me and sing again. I am so thankful that I still have his music to listen to but I will always miss him.
+Glen, Had to look it up. Can't believe it's been so long. He died in 2007 and Liam died 2 years later. But, their music lives on and my memories of seeing them will live forever in my heart.
You wouldn't know it, but some of their on-stage "joking" reflected real tensions between them, which were ultimately resolved. I was in Ireland with them at the time, and some friction re money and the Irish Festival Cruises was still going on. Paddy was exceptionally friendly to me and my fellow group members, and he and Mary had us over to his farm. They rode with us on the bus and sang American folk songs with us. Finbar (Bobby's son....the fifth performer playing the flute and bass) went on to become a member of The High Kings. He came to look EXACTLY like Bobby did at the same age. Paddy and Bobby showed us around Carrick-on-Suir and arranged a marching band for us. They were both treated with utmost respect by the folks who resided in Carrick. Paddy probable already had the cancer that killed him. On his tombstone reads: "Just lay me down in my native peat with a jug of punch at my head and feet."
I was privileged to see this group live in 1964 in Winnipeg. I was beginning to discover folk music at that time and seeing these chaps sold me on the idea that true music is of the people for the people now, then and forever!
I’m a 33 year old American and my wife’s grandmother who is close to 80, gave me a box of her old records. The Clancy Brothers greatest hits was in there. I’ve never heard of them but man…I am hooked now. So poetic and powerful music! I love it. We went to Ireland back in 2018 and I wish I knew about them before then, I’m sure I’d recognize some of the music while there traveling! Thank you for uploading this concert!
This is a fraud. I'm a banjo player. Watch Bobby's banjo playing very carefully. The picking style you hear is not Bobby's frailing style that you see. On occasion you will hear the banjo when Bobby is not playing. This is beyond not ethical. What a bad joke.
A Clancy Brothers concert is an emotional roller coaster. I find myself laughing one moment and crying the next. They were the first real Irish music I ever heard and started a lifelong love affair though I've not a drop of Irish blood. I am lucky enough to have seen them live twice.
Ar sure you are a biteen Irish, and you just don't know it. Put your name up on a heritage website. I am sure you will find you are Irish. Everyone is related anyway! God bless you!! From Mayo Ireland!
@@ChildOfKingJesus57 Nope. I know exactly where all my grandparents are from. German Jew, Polish Jew, Latvian Jew and Russian Jew. But Irish folk music is one of the best genres there is and is one that greatly influenced the Great American song book. Country music and especially blue grass as well as American folk music all bear a relationship with Irish Folk music.
I truely love the Clancy brothers so much. As far as I know I have no irish blood but I have an appreciation for a wide varity of music. I'm known at my local pub for being the one guy who plays "that irish type stuff" all the time. I especially like to play The Parting Glass right around closing time when it's just a few of us at a table outside finishing a pitcher.
oh my...look at the lad - Finbar? - playing the flute with tears in his eyes at 24:25! Credit to him for making it through though...I'd be a sobbing mess. these men are the BEST. God bless them and their Ireland.
Ah Yes! Clancy Brothers run deep through our marriage for 37 years, plus. All gone, now, June 2015 I'd give my good arm to hear them live, one more time. I guess we will be in the great by-and-by before we hear them again. Before our children and at our wedding, there were the Clancy's..
They played this gig in their home town Carrick-On-Suir. Tipperary. After so many years in the USA they made it back home minus a brother!. This lot are my cousins through my Father. They would be my 2nd cousins and I do see not only a genetic resemblance but also that all my family can sing and play instruments and are very patriotic. That's because we have Irish blood running through our veins and we just can't help but show off!!. R.I.P. THE Clancy Brothers . Your music will always live on . If u wore an Arron jumper, the folk thought u was wealth off because they were expensive to make and would last forever.Throughout my childhood I used to get inside me Fathers and snuggle on the settee till the coal fire was roaring in the morning before School . Anyway the Arron jumper was a commercial thing really and they were never afraid of the cold , like all Tip Men .xxx
+Maureen Walsh I know something of the range of musical talent in your family since I have a copy of the Clancy Children's 1959 recording - which would make the youngest of them now about the same age as me. And for almost all those years I've been listening to the Clancy Brothers. It's all lovely stuff, the music of my life.
My last tour in Vietnam ended early. Nixon started to pull out the troops and I went to you, Iwakuni, Japan. First night of liberty, I walked out the gate to the end of the street. The doors were open, and I heard the Clancy Brothers! The only place I ever went to have a drink. Dinner was around the corner at a little soba shop! PS: more than a year before age I have been in tanks. I heard Sarge! Turned and my loader from my 68 tour was standing guard at the main gate! One of two, Native Americans on my crew! No Purple Heart ribbon on his uniform. Must have done something right!
Liam & rest of Clancy brothers, you got your wish, you will never die! I'm seeing Finbar in Boston next March as High Kings comes to town...can't wait!
Paddy's story of the bottle of Gold label Powers reminded me of going to a party in County Wexford given by the Ryan family that was a major owner of Powers. 1967. There was Liam, me, my parents. I was quite horrified to see a union jack flying in their yard. Regardless, it was quite the party. There was a small band playing traditional music and I taught them some dances. I remember Liam telling a story - My Big Toe. You can find it on You Tube told by Richard Chase.
Cannot but cry whenever I hear the Clancy Brothers. My dear dad took us to see them many times in Chicago! They were a mainstay of my childhood, my dad singing their drinking and rebel songs to us before bed! (my mom hated it).
+Ann-Marie Villasana Thanks for the giggle, mate. If your dad is still alive, then I wish him well. If he isn't, then I hope he's currently shaking hands with god. Either way, he sounds like my kind of person. (Edit : I just realized this comment could be seen as fairly offensive, so lemme clarify. I meant that I thought your mother disapproving was funny. That's why it got a giggle out of me.)
+ChimourTheBatFurry No offense taken! Yes, ma was not an Irish music lover, but she married an Irishman and the music and the man go together!!! She was the child of German immigrants and my dad hated when she cooked sauerkraut, and ate liverwurst and braunsweiger!
Thanks for the memory/reminder! Started singing rebel and drinking songs to my youngest at bed time when he was 2. The men behind the wire Patriot Game Kevin Barry The parting glass The foggy dew The valley of Knockanure Usually by then he would be asleep, but i would often go on. Grew up listening to them, and have listened to and sung them on three continents.
I lived in NL for twenty years, and, although I loved the CB ‘s, when I was at Memorial University, Ryan’s Fancy kept me topped up with Irish songs and music. Where do you live?
i’m regionley from Ireland witch is Tipprary all the way from Cappawhite and im proud of it i love the irish and i fight for my countery i do what my heart tellls me to do
wow blast from the past liam lived just down the road from me ,What a gentleman they all were..I think in their eyes they did their day jobs.singing was something they enjoyed outside it...no airs or graces...pity not more like they were..fab fellas x
In Dutch we write Zuiderzee, a weird name since it is in the north. Zuid is south. The sea is now a main lake called IJsselmeer, some small lakes and the Waddenzee. In 1932 a Dyke was constructed to make some polders in the IJsselmeer. Bc of this history, sea no more, I think the song double touching. The Netherlands has changed a lot in the 19th century, much of the country was barren and now we are stuffed with cities, 18 million people.
Me son returns from Tipperary Ireland (our ancestral home in Lorrha, north of Nenagh,) today and a beautiful lass and his heart is heavy and sad, but when I show him this DVD sure he'll recover! (and with a little Jameson!)
When I was ten, i found their CD in my uncle's collection after he died and have not stoped listening since then. They strongly influence me and my style.
From about the age of 7, when ever the Clancy Bros and Tommy Makem were in the area, my family and I went. As we grew older, we went on our own. I still miss going to see them. I listen to their music everywhere. I have seen their sons group, but they seldom make appearances since they mostly do Cruise ships. Some of my best memories here!
Liam Clancy was in Helvic a lot i remember at 16 going to Little John's house for a sing song after the pub and Liam was there i sang bunch of time for him great days miss it all
I LOVE AND APPRECIATE THE GREAT COUNTRY OF IRELAND AND LOVE ALL THE MUSIC GOD BLESS IRELAND AND MAY GOD BE WITH ALL THE CLANCY BROTHERES THAT PASSED,,,,,FROM A LEBANESE MUSLIM ....
Cool !. Luv that u luv the music. Spread the word for all that are missing out on this gang from Carrick- On -Suir. Tipperary. Eire. Lol. They are my relations through my fathers side, them being cousins and God bless them, may their music live forever more in your hearts.R.I.P THE CLANCY BRUVS..XXX
Proud to be from Carrick on Suir, and to have grown up with the Clancys. My youngest memory is seeing them in concert in our home town, where Supervalue is now. I have to say Jim English also did a magnificent version of Waltzing Matilda years ago in Brewery Lane theatre. The talent from our town is the best in the world. A fantastic little town of talent. I also remember Mrs Babingtons shop in the main street who made the aran sweaters. Beautiful memories.
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem were part of our family's deepest roots, I'm 63 now and my eyes get misty from time to time, listening now is one of those times..
fantastic - The Clancys were the leaders in bringing Irish music to the world
yep, along with the dubliners
When the Clancy brothers were learning their trade, in the fifties, they were very regular visitors to our house. Dr Kevin McCann, my dad, had an astounding knowledge of Irish traditional music, and the brothers wished to know more about their craft. Such wonderful memories of their music, songs, wit, and laughter. Feeling nostalgic...💚
I notice as a knitting woman, those men's jumpers are all different Aran patterns. Everyone of them is different.
it's time that great hand knitting, and patterns are kept alive. My has created a great pattern of her own, for children.
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Marily, what a wonderful story. To think your father helped with their knowledge. Just fantastic. Such memories. Your name is beautiful. Is it Irish? It reminds me of a Scottish name I love, Mairi. "All for Mairi's Wedding'
@@heathermcdougall8023 yes definitely! With You all the way. I've also been knitting aran and fair isle since 4 yrs. Not for long time though. Been thinking of it lately. What's more classic than an aron jumper.
@Saoirse Eireann the tragedy we have to watch unfold
My grandparents came to the US from England in the early 1900’s. They were both from County Mayo. They died when I was in my early 20’s. How I wish I was older so I could have asked them about Ireland. Now I’m 81 and have so many things I want to ask. It never dawned on me when I was a child how brave they were.
These brothers and Tommy Makem were a big part of my childhood and teenage years. Never lost the love of their music.. They're all gone now, but the songs and joy will live on forever.. thanks boys... Bob from Bradenton Florida...
I was fortunate to see Liam and Tommy Makem several times. Check out the Makem and Spain Brothers, the descendants of the Clancy’s, if you get a chance. Their music indeed lives on!
@@The_Robs I count myself lucky that I saw Liam & Tommy Makem once--happily, with my mother, who bought almost all the CB&TM albums. She & I nearly wore those out before the cancer took her.
When I was 14, I gathered all the information I needed to go to Ireland, the Clancy's being the main spur in the quest.
Well, I never made it, to my great sorrow. The years went by, as did my youth, passing to the responsibilities of maturity.
After 9/11, then came the time for my adopting mother to pass - the last of the adopting family that raised me.
My wife was rummaging through all the old papers that were left hidden away in the home, including my original secreted birth certificate.
It read, along with my birthdate, more than 50 years past, "Robert Allen Odonald." I exclaimed, "D***! I KNEW I was Irish all along!"
I have loved the Clancy Brothers for over 50 years. They have only become better. I morned the loss of Liam Clancy. Theirs is a unique form of music and excellent. If you do not like their music, listen to Kiss or something more to your liking. Why dislike them? I failed to mention Tommy Makem. He always added a pleasant addition to their music. Count me as a permanent fan.
You are so right
Me too! They were wonderful fellows, singers, and entertainers. Amazing. Great to get a dose of them now and then. ❤
Liam was my favourite, and, of course, Tommy added another element. Sadly, although there were many brothers, they didn’t make old bones. The original boy band??!
Same as. Some great songs on the record player and I used to sing um walking to school loud n Clear.
RIP Clancy Brothers.Thanks for all the great music.
Grew up on Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. I’m 75 and they still bring me back to my family’s roots! ❤️❤️💚🍀💚🍀
Hello Coral, how are you doing today.
Hear you love my Nana... And me Mom.. My Mom passed at 47.. My Nana passed at 87.... .she didn't know her daughter... My Mom..had passed..... Love our memories.. Our loves... 4ever. Eyes.. My nickname from my Dad and my Mom.. God how miss them.. Love them everyday of my life..
There must not be a more joyful experience anyplace than to join your cousins, nephews, brothers, and uncles on stage playing instruments and singing the beloved traditional songs of your people. Like Tom Clancy who went on before, these other brothers, Liam, Bobby, Paddy and nephew Robbie O'Donnell will soon follow him offstage, but their music will go on forever wherever the Irish people get together with guitar, banjo, bodhran and pipes and raise their voices together in song.
I am very appreciative of the Clancys and all that they shared in America, Ireland and around the world with their music. This leaves Finnbarr to carry on a marvelous tradition...
IN 1966-67 I live in NYC and used to go to the Minemsha bar, which the Clancys frequented. I was only 21 and just to be in the same room was such a thrill. Still love them.
Some of these songs make me cry like a baby every damn time.
I'm missing my grandmother, Donna Patricia Riley today. Blessings to you all, Irish and not.
Thanks, you're so kind!!
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My little boy is 15 months old and his favorite song is The Good Ship Calibar. We listen to it everyday on the way to daycare. He claps and beams from ear to ear. I am proud to pass this down to him.
If you are Irish then you know we cannot be beaten. We persevere and keep going. Look at your children and grandchildren. They are our future. Happiness to everybody
if this is the best that Ireland produced then you have every right to proud oh Ireland.
All the lovely sweaters they're wearing are still made by hand--the sheep's wool has lanolin that makes the yarn water-resistant.
The Clancy Brothers came through our area in the mid nineties, and we went and saw them of course. I think it was this same lineup, pretty sure. So we go to the show it was at a public park nearby, and then we go to the bar after (we were early to mid twenties back then). Who's at the bar but them! Paddy and Liam were advising Finbarr to lay off the hard stuff, and Finbarr, I believe, did not take that advice to heart and actually enjoyed the company of somebody we were there with. Absolutely hilarious and pretty much exactly as expected!
My Grandmother was born in Galway and emigrated to NZ in 1916, she never did see her parents again and I never met her, she died three years before I was born, but I have warm memories of her two sisters that came out later, what wonderful women they were
Cherish the lovely memories.......Galway is my favourite Irish City.......If you haven't done it,you should get an Irish passport through your heritage that is from your Grandmother you're eligible for it. Best of luck from Ireland.
Absolutely the best in Irish Folk music. Listened to them and Tommy Makem all of my 73 years. Miss the songs, energy and fun they projected. jn
John Neary I met Tommy makem in berea ohio I. 1993 at the Irish. cultural. festivAL at berea. fairgrounds what a singer. gutairist
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I heard the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem in my high school years in the 60s and I still remember how taken I was with the energy and emotion of the concert. A few years later as a new teacher I heard Tommy Maken and Liam Clancy in Cape Breton Nova Scotia, and the audience was as one.
I agree, I have been listening to them from the 1960's. and always enjoy
The true epitome of real Irishness the greatest balladeers of all time songs from my childhood reminding me of my grandfather who loved them rip grandad
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These brothers and Tommy Makes were a big part of my childhood and on to my teenage years.
OMG. The song about the letters from Kiilkelly, mayo, Ireland to John who went to America. That’s like totally my family history. My family is from Ballina. Made me cry.
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"The Dutchman" starts around 36:00. Bless their hearts, I'm so thrilled and proud they did my song. I wrote it for my sister Margaret.
beautiful song. your sister must be very proud
dougposten Check out the writer's credit on the recording.
dougposten (Steve's recording, that is)
Mike Smith: thanks for the heads up and the correction - my sincere apologies - I have deleted my original comment. Learn something new everyday. Never bothered to check the credits as Goodman usually did his own music (may he RIP). And I would like to compliment you on a beautiful song which has brought me many moments of quiet reflection on unconditional love. Again, thank you for the correction and a wonderful song.
dougposten No sweat, dougposten, happy that the song reached you, all's well.
One of the great days of my life was to be on the Notre Dame campus in 1962 when the Clancy brothers put on a live outdoor (free) concert. I knew that day that I had heard some of the best music I had ever heard and that Irish music would forever be a part of my life. I would later play their LP's when my Irish mother in law visited and she would nearly be ecstatic.
Twas because the seniors had a bit of funds left over after Prom. They played out on a stage in front of St Mary's lake while we sat with our friends or sweethearts up on the bank above. Fond memories of the day and of MJ.
Happy is the man who has a happy Mother in law.
Reminds me so much of my father.... a proud Irish man......now his Scottish son loves Irish music.
The Clancy Brothers were the greatest. We attended 16 of their concerts over the years starting in 1969 all the way through the 1990s. Besides the music they were just outstanding showman and we got to meet Pat and Liam several times and had some good times with them.
I'm jealous.
What a gifted family that has brought a lot of joy to a lot of people and tommy makem too
Music is one of the things I miss most after a year with COVID. I can't wait to come together, raise a pint and sing till the sun comes up.
Amen brother! Well said 🙏
well said my man till the sun comes up .
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Liam's version of "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" gives me chills every time.
Liam's version is much better than the one who wrote it. He makes it an entirely different story, very moving. Hearing it for the first time, I had to listen to every word and play it over and over again. Amazing!
The greatest waltzing matilda💚🇮🇪
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Still play it on a very regular basis.
I thought everyone went to their Grandmothers house on Sunday had dinner and lisson to The Clancy Brothers. 40+ years ago. Sure do miss those days and my Grandmother.
I never tire of this type of music lol must be the Irish roots in me!!! 😜
You are my sun shine
The Dutchman is the saddest but most beautiful song
I saw these fine musicians at Bishop Ford Catholic School back in 1980s, when Tom Clancy was still with us☆☆☆
I am English and I love this music.
Will Harwood I. scottish and like this group
Yes, im listening too, such a long time since i heard the Clancy Brothers singing. So very lovely memories I've had from an irish woman, with roots deep in Ireland god bless you all always!!!.❤ Ita camilla smith napier nz. Slainte xo.
Clancy Brothers and new family members were incredible as always. Thanks for sharing this fantastic concert. God bless all.
I listened to Clancy Brothers in the Middle 60s.. Whilst in the Merchent Navy..brilliant music. happy days p.s.n.c.
My favourite song is the Dutch man, such a beautiful song.
My parents had them with (makem)? on vinyl. I was 10 and played the shit out of
That record....now I play it for my children...thank you for your poetry and storytelling
Brilliant! I miss the Clancy Brothers so much, but they left such a legacy of talented children, cousins, and people who they influenced such as Bob Dylan. God bless all four of ye!
I was lucky to see the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem at Iona College in 1963. I was a freshman at the time. I have seen many concerts since but none better. They always make it fresh and sincere. They are missed.
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Bob Dylan had it right - no one can sing a ballad like Liam Clancy. I had the great pleasure to see The Clancy Brothers w/Tommy Makem and with Robbie O'Connell and Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy when they toured together. I saw Tommy with his sons at a bar in Bethesda, MD and saw Liam and Tommy at a bar in downtown DC. That was where I got 2 amazing kisses from Liam - sent shivers right down to my toes. The man had incredibly soft lips. Maybe that was why he could do ballads so well. I cried when Tommy died; I had spent time next to him on a bar stool and chatted like we were old friends. But, I truly grieved when Liam died. I had seen him perform for 30 years. I never missed any of the concerts when they came to DC. I had short, friendly chats with him and he kissed me deeply twice. I loved him - not as a lover/sweetheart but as someone who had brought so much joy to my life and could not believe he would never stand in front of me and sing again. I am so thankful that I still have his music to listen to but I will always miss him.
+Hooleo123 When did Tommy die?
+Glen, Had to look it up. Can't believe it's been so long. He died in 2007 and Liam died 2 years later. But, their music lives on and my memories of seeing them will live forever in my heart.
+Hooleo123 Thanks... I saw them a LONG time ago..
Hooleo123 nice story great men they were .I especially liked Liam and Tommy.
Hooleo 123 I agree
The Clancy Brothers were a fantastic group however I'm more a fan of The Dubliners especially Luke Kelly
The greatest ballad singer of all time.May he rest in eternal peace
Erin Go Bragh! I am so grateful that the Clancy brothers left us the gift of their music. May they rest in peace.
Lovely ! Greeting from Holland 👍❤️🌹
The song @ the Dutchman made me cry hard & I don't even know why.....but it really touched my heart. Thank you.
Missin' the Clancys and their great singing. Should be mandatory listening (and enjoyment) by all kids at schools all over our planet.
Shoals of Herring always gets me crying like a baby.
You wouldn't know it, but some of their on-stage "joking" reflected real tensions between them, which were ultimately resolved. I was in Ireland with them at the time, and some friction re money and the Irish Festival Cruises was still going on. Paddy was exceptionally friendly to me and my fellow group members, and he and Mary had us over to his farm. They rode with us on the bus and sang American folk songs with us. Finbar (Bobby's son....the fifth performer playing the flute and bass) went on to become a member of The High Kings. He came to look EXACTLY like Bobby did at the same age. Paddy and Bobby showed us around Carrick-on-Suir and arranged a marching band for us. They were both treated with utmost respect by the folks who resided in Carrick. Paddy probable already had the cancer that killed him. On his tombstone reads: "Just lay me down in my native peat with a jug of punch at my head and feet."
Just brilliant 👏
What a wonderful memory! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful memory thank you.
I was a kid when I heard The Clancy Brothers...and Irish Ballads never sounded the same again...Pure brilliance...
Precisely
The history of Ireland is written in its songs.
The greatest lrish folk sonsters ever Legendary
Fell in love in, gallient ship and sailer when the lights , roam, first sailer
I was privileged to see this group live in 1964 in Winnipeg. I was beginning to discover folk music at that time and seeing these chaps sold me on the idea that true music is of the people for the people now, then and forever!
I’m a 33 year old American and my wife’s grandmother who is close to 80, gave me a box of her old records. The Clancy Brothers greatest hits was in there. I’ve never heard of them but man…I am hooked now. So poetic and powerful music! I love it. We went to Ireland back in 2018 and I wish I knew about them before then, I’m sure I’d recognize some of the music while there traveling! Thank you for uploading this concert!
This is a fraud. I'm a banjo player. Watch Bobby's banjo playing very carefully. The picking style you hear is not Bobby's frailing style that you see. On occasion you will hear the banjo when Bobby is not playing. This is beyond not ethical. What a bad joke.
A Clancy Brothers concert is an emotional roller coaster. I find myself laughing one moment and crying the next. They were the first real Irish music I ever heard and started a lifelong love affair though I've not a drop of Irish blood. I am lucky enough to have seen them live twice.
They were the Beatles of Irish folk music.
My ancestry is Swedish and English, but I have always felt Irish at heart!
Ar sure you are a biteen Irish, and you just don't know it. Put your name up on a heritage website. I am sure you will find you are Irish. Everyone is related anyway! God bless you!! From Mayo Ireland!
@@ChildOfKingJesus57 Nope. I know exactly where all my grandparents are from. German Jew, Polish Jew, Latvian Jew and Russian Jew. But Irish folk music is one of the best genres there is and is one that greatly influenced the Great American song book. Country music and especially blue grass as well as American folk music all bear a relationship with Irish Folk music.
How lucky to have seen them, in concert twice. Treasure the memory. 🍀
Lovely...always lovely...
I never heard the "DUTCHMAN", I am in tears.. What a song.
powerful song
whut ? isn t it it emotiona-l-
The Clancy Brothers are dead, but their spirit liveth on and on in our hearts and minds forever.
As long as their name is spoken, they will never die.
Finbar is still active with The High Kings. They are definitely worthy successors to Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers.
ALL the Clancy brothers live on for me! The music will never die
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I truely love the Clancy brothers so much. As far as I know I have no irish blood but I have an appreciation for a wide varity of music. I'm known at my local pub for being the one guy who plays "that irish type stuff" all the time. I especially like to play The Parting Glass right around closing time when it's just a few of us at a table outside finishing a pitcher.
the parting glass is some tune 2
Lospericos.
Brilliant John. Honorary Irishman
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Lost a first cousin in Galway today. r.i.p. Kitty Mitchell Traynor.
Now I am in 60 and listening to my Moms favorite music, They always made it so much fun. They are gone but sure not forgotten.
oh my...look at the lad - Finbar? - playing the flute with tears in his eyes at 24:25! Credit to him for making it through though...I'd be a sobbing mess.
these men are the BEST. God bless them and their Ireland.
The gravity of this performance is staggering. The Wild Rover? Epic! No, nay, never! They were on their LAST TOUR! Epic. Just incredible.
Congratulations best wishes The Clancy brothers and Luke
Ah Yes! Clancy Brothers run deep through our marriage for 37 years, plus. All gone, now, June 2015 I'd give my good arm to hear them live, one more time. I guess we will be in the great by-and-by before we hear them again. Before our children and at our wedding, there were the Clancy's..
They played this gig in their home town Carrick-On-Suir. Tipperary. After so many years in the USA they made it back home minus a brother!. This lot are my cousins through my Father. They would be my 2nd cousins and I do see not only a genetic resemblance but also that all my family can sing and play instruments and are very patriotic. That's because we have Irish blood running through our veins and we just can't help but show off!!. R.I.P. THE Clancy Brothers . Your music will always live on . If u wore an Arron jumper, the folk thought u was wealth off because they were expensive to make and would last forever.Throughout my childhood I used to get inside me Fathers and snuggle on the settee till the coal fire was roaring in the morning before School . Anyway the Arron jumper was a commercial thing really and they were never afraid of the cold , like all Tip Men .xxx
+Maureen Walsh I know something of the range of musical talent in your family since I have a copy of the Clancy Children's 1959 recording - which would make the youngest of them now about the same age as me. And for almost all those years I've been listening to the Clancy Brothers. It's all lovely stuff, the music of my life.
My last tour in Vietnam ended early. Nixon started to pull out the troops and I went to you, Iwakuni, Japan.
First night of liberty, I walked out the gate to the end of the street. The doors were open, and I heard the Clancy Brothers! The only place I ever went to have a drink. Dinner was around the corner at a little soba shop!
PS: more than a year before age I have been in tanks. I heard Sarge! Turned and my loader from my 68 tour was standing guard at the main gate! One of two, Native Americans on my crew! No Purple Heart ribbon on his uniform. Must have done something right!
Robbie O'Connell's 'Kilkelly Ireland' has to be one of the most heart wrenching accounts of the pains and horrors of emigration.
Liam & rest of Clancy brothers, you got your wish, you will never die! I'm seeing Finbar in Boston next March as High Kings comes to town...can't wait!
Paddy's story of the bottle of Gold label Powers reminded me of going to a party in County Wexford given by the Ryan family that was a major owner of Powers. 1967. There was Liam, me, my parents. I was quite horrified to see a union jack flying in their yard. Regardless, it was quite the party. There was a small band playing traditional music and I taught them some dances. I remember Liam telling a story - My Big Toe. You can find it on You Tube told by Richard Chase.
Cannot but cry whenever I hear the Clancy Brothers. My dear dad took us to see them many times in Chicago! They were a mainstay of my childhood, my dad singing their drinking and rebel songs to us before bed! (my mom hated it).
+Ann-Marie Villasana Thanks for the giggle, mate. If your dad is still alive, then I wish him well. If he isn't, then I hope he's currently shaking hands with god.
Either way, he sounds like my kind of person.
(Edit : I just realized this comment could be seen as fairly offensive, so lemme clarify. I meant that I thought your mother disapproving was funny. That's why it got a giggle out of me.)
+ChimourTheBatFurry No offense taken! Yes, ma was not an Irish music lover, but she married an Irishman and the music and the man go together!!! She was the child of German immigrants and my dad hated when she cooked sauerkraut, and ate liverwurst and braunsweiger!
+ChimourTheBatFurry My dad is currently talking the ear off of the Great One!
Thanks for the memory/reminder!
Started singing rebel and drinking songs to my youngest at bed time when he was 2.
The men behind the wire
Patriot Game
Kevin Barry
The parting glass
The foggy dew
The valley of Knockanure
Usually by then he would be asleep, but i would often go on.
Grew up listening to them, and have listened to and sung them on three continents.
James Moran, our favorite was "Johnny MacAdoo". My brother Tom sings it in any pub/tavern that will tolerate it
WONDERFUL TO HEAR YOU ALL, MANY THANKS FROM CANADA! TIME TO DANCE AGAIN!
I lived in NL for twenty years, and, although I loved the CB ‘s, when I was at Memorial University, Ryan’s Fancy kept me topped up with Irish songs and music. Where do you live?
i’m regionley from Ireland witch is Tipprary all the way from Cappawhite and im proud of it i love the irish and i fight for my countery i do what my heart tellls me to do
Beautiful.Thanks for sharing
Listing September 2023 in N. Idaho. I first listened to this music in 1975 in South Boston
wow blast from the past liam lived just down the road from me ,What a gentleman they all were..I think in their eyes they did their day jobs.singing was something they enjoyed outside it...no airs or graces...pity not more like they were..fab fellas x
The zeider zee(42mins) OMG how touching and moving is that??? Not to mention Waltzing Matilda, and the Shakespeare speech at the end. LEGENDS!!!!!
In Dutch we write Zuiderzee, a weird name since it is in the north. Zuid is south. The sea is now a main lake called IJsselmeer, some small lakes and the Waddenzee. In 1932 a Dyke was constructed to make some polders in the IJsselmeer. Bc of this history, sea no more, I think the song double touching. The Netherlands has changed a lot in the 19th century, much of the country was barren and now we are stuffed with cities, 18 million people.
May God bless the Clancy brothers and not forgetting their friend Tommy Makem
We love you guys! We listen to you all the time!❤️😘😘
Hello gunny how are you doing today.
Me son returns from Tipperary Ireland (our ancestral home in Lorrha, north of Nenagh,) today and a beautiful lass and his heart is heavy and sad, but when I show him this DVD sure he'll recover! (and with a little Jameson!)
When I was ten, i found their CD in my uncle's collection after he died and have not stoped listening since then. They strongly influence me and my style.
From about the age of 7, when ever the Clancy Bros and Tommy Makem were in the area, my family and I went. As we grew older, we went on our own. I still miss going to see them. I listen to their music everywhere. I have seen their sons group, but they seldom make appearances since they mostly do Cruise ships. Some of my best memories here!
Hello Kathleen, how are you doing today.
Thank You So Very Much for posting this video
Liam Clancy was in Helvic a lot i remember at 16 going to Little John's house for a sing song after the pub and Liam was there i sang bunch of time for him great days miss it all
Hello marcella,how are you doing today.
Letters to Kilkelly just floored me, I left my family in Scotland over 30 years ago ( 1978 ), I will get back someday
Johnny McEvoy
Skip King where did you go?
I LOVE AND APPRECIATE THE GREAT COUNTRY OF IRELAND AND LOVE ALL THE MUSIC GOD BLESS IRELAND AND MAY GOD BE WITH ALL THE CLANCY BROTHERES THAT PASSED,,,,,FROM A LEBANESE MUSLIM ....
Cool !. Luv that u luv the music. Spread the word for all that are missing out on this gang from Carrick- On -Suir. Tipperary. Eire. Lol. They are my relations through my fathers side, them being cousins and God bless them, may their music live forever more in your hearts.R.I.P THE CLANCY BRUVS..XXX
Their music brings people of all nationalities and faiths together. They truly were a gift.
I am a huge fan of Fairuz !!!!
A man with great taste you re welcome....Cead Mile Failte.....
The Wonderful Clancy Brothers, I grew up to their great music, they remind me of my first love.
Oh, My God, what about that song 'The Dutchman'....I am in tears.
i cant even count how many times ive come back to this vid but it never gets old
Where's the Love button? This is beyond Like.
Proud to be from Carrick on Suir, and to have grown up with the Clancys. My youngest memory is seeing them in concert in our home town, where Supervalue is now. I have to say Jim English also did a magnificent version of Waltzing Matilda years ago in Brewery Lane theatre. The talent from our town is the best in the world. A fantastic little town of talent. I also remember Mrs Babingtons shop in the main street who made the aran sweaters. Beautiful memories.
We grew up listening to them and they are still my favorites after almost 60 years.
still breaks my heart ..waltzing mathilda..and all those REAL songs
Hello Monique, how are you doing today.
Finbar Clancy, Bobby's son now sings with the group The High Kings.
Does Liam's son Donal also perform solo and do concerts?
John O'Connor
Not that I know of
yes, he does. I have one of his CDs
yes. that is finbar who is now with the high kings
@@johnoconnor4623 yeah with Rory Makem Tommy Makem's son.
I LOVE THESE GUYS, my mom listened to their records , I learned all the songs and just cherish the memories . I now have everything on cd.
Brilliant
Hello Peggy, how are you doing today.