One of my first loves from the sixties was a group a very famous group of brothers and one other from Ireland called of course The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. I was a big fan I bought all the albums and went to the shows. There is a story that in one particular year in America they outsold The Beatles in album sales. Bob Dylan was a big fan, and as usual a big thief, (stolen melodies on request). Today in the 21st century as I wander around the music stores there is little or nothing by the Clancys available. I find this very surprising and not a little irritating as they made some very good albums. Of course they were criticised for being commercial, they tended to rewrite songs whenever they felt the need for it, but all in all, they brought Folk and particularly Irish Folk to a world market and I respect them for that.