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Against the Tide

By Tom Deignan
Spring 2023

April 12, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Sean Granahan is determined to keep The Floating Hospital afloat It’s been nearly 20 years since Sean Granahan found himself in a diner on the West Side of Manhattan, staring at a piece of paper. “The numbers weren’t pretty,” Granahan recalls. “In fact, they were un-pretty.” A lawyer, Granahan had spent the previous several years doing work on behalf of a New York-based … [Read more...] about Against the Tide

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November 7, 1990

Tom Clancy of The Clancy Brothers died on this day in Cork in 1990. After moving to New York with his brother Patrick Clancy, the two found work as off-Broadway actors. In 1955, Liam Clancy joined his brothers Tom and Patrick in New York, along with his friend Tommy Makem. They began singing together and became The Clancy Brothers in 1959. The group was very successful performing on the variety show “The Ed Sullivan Show.” They were signed to Columbia and their first album “A Spontaneous Performance Recording” was nominated for a Grammy in 1961. Tom Clancy had the strongest singing voice of the group.

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