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1 minute ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha Marty:kiss::hug:

Greetings, young Albert! :hug:

All good in Albertsville?

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2 hours ago, dughlas said:

I wasn't familiar with this duo but I do know of the Clancy Brothers.

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clancy_Brothers

The Clancy Brothers were an influential Irish folk music group that developed initially as a part of the American folk music revival. Most popular during the 1960s, they were famed for their Aran jumper sweaters and are widely credited with popularising Irish traditional music in the United States and revitalising it in Ireland, contributing to an Irish folk boom with groups like the Dubliners and the Wolfe Tones.
[Ronny Drew, a few of whose songs I have shared with you on here, was also part of the Dubliners.]

The Clancy Brothers, Patrick "Paddy" Clancy, Tom Clancy, and Liam Clancy, are known best for their work with Tommy Makem, recording almost two dozen albums together as The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Makem left in 1969.

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From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makem_and_Clancy

Makem and Clancy was an Irish folk duo popular in the 1970s and 1980s. The group consisted of Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy, who had originally achieved fame as a part of the trailblazing folk group The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem in the 1960s. Makem and Clancy sang a combination of traditional Irish music, folks songs from a variety of countries, and newly written pieces, including compositions that Tommy Makem himself wrote. One reporter described their music as "more polished and varied than that used by the Clancy Brothers."

Although best known for their albums, concerts, and television programs, Makem and Clancy had three top ten singles in Ireland, including the number one hit, "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda." Upon Liam Clancy's death in 2009, Irish broadcaster and writer Shay Healy noted about the group: "America had Elvis, Britain had The Beatles—Ireland had Makem and Clancy."

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It's possible that, as a duo, Makem and Clancy were better known in Ireland than the rest of the world.

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2 hours ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Morning y'all! :hug: 

Greetings, young Drew! :hug:

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