The Clancys' and Tommy Makem's albums are still available in most large music stores in the U.S. And alaso in catalogues.

They were my heroes in my younger day, and had it not been for their influence, I would not be a professional performer today.
It has been been my honour and privilege to have played in concert with them in their various incarnations. I played the Cape Cod Melody Tent and the Syracuse Irish Festival (and a few others) with Liam and Tommy.

Tom, Paddy, Bobby and Robbie O'Connell appeared on a TV show I put together with my old partner Tom O'Carroll in the '70's; and I've appeared in recent years at quite a few Irish festivals with Tommy Makem, who remains one of my great inspirations to this day.

I would wish for you all to experience the joy, pride and exhilaration of playing and singing with your musical heroes, and finding out that they are really as great and as classy as you thought they were.

Tom Clancy, Paddy Clancy and Bobby Clancy are dead.
Liam is still alive and kicking, and performs regularly with his son Donal and nephew Robbie O'Connell here in the U.S.
He lives in the Gaeltacht area of Co. Waterford called Ring where I believe he has a recording studio.

Tommy Makem lives in Dover, New Hampshire, and still performs his high-quality show at concerts and festivals around the country - with or without his sons, the Makem Brothers (who along with the Spain Bros. are an excellent band in their own right) - and he is currently battling lung cancer. He is putting up one helluva fight!
So my affection, repect and prayers go out to him.


Seamus