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Dónal Clancy

Makem & Clancy Together Again

By Irish America Staff
May / June 2019

May 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

On Tuesday April 16, 2019, Dónal Clancy and Rory Makem performed in a special concert at the Tommy Makem Arts and Community Centre (TMAC) in Keady, County Armagh. The center is just a stone’s throw from the Makem homestead where their fathers, Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem, met for the very first time 64 years ago. Tommy died in 2007 and Liam in 2009, but they live on in the … [Read more...] about Makem & Clancy Together Again

Makem & Clancy Together Again

By Irish America Staff
May / June 2019

May 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

On Tuesday April 16, 2019, Dónal Clancy and Rory Makem performed in a special concert at the Tommy Makem Arts and Community Centre (TMAC) in Keady, County Armagh. The center is just a stone’s throw from the Makem homestead where their fathers, Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem, met for the very first time 64 years ago. Tommy died in 2007 and Liam in 2009, but they live on in the … [Read more...] about Makem & Clancy Together Again

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