1. Patrick Michael Clancy, usually called Paddy Clancy or Pat Clancy, was an Irish folk singer best known as a member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.
12 Facts About Paddy Clancy
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Paddy Clancy started and ran the folk music label Tradition Records, which recorded many of the key figures of the American folk music revival.
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Paddy Clancy was one of eleven children and the eldest of four boys born to Johanna McGrath and Bob Paddy Clancy in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary.
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In 1956 their younger brother Liam Paddy Clancy immigrated to New York, where he teamed up with Tommy Makem, whom he had met while collecting folk songs in Ireland.
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Paddy and Tom Clancy sang with them on occasion, usually in informal folk 'sing-songs' in the Village.
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Around the same time, Paddy founded Tradition Records with folk-song collector and heiress Diane Hamilton, and in 1956 the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem released their first album, The Rising of the Moon, with only Paddy's harmonica as musical accompaniment.
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Paddy Clancy considered In Person at Carnegie Hall to be their best record.
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Paddy Clancy continued performing until his failing health prevented him from doing so any longer.
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Patrick Paddy Clancy died at home of lung cancer on 11 November 1998 at the age of 76.
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Paddy Clancy was buried, wearing his trademark white cap, in the tiny village of Faugheen, near Carrick-on-Suir.
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Paddy Clancy was survived by his widow, Mary Clancy, and their four children, Rory, Orla, Maura, and Conor.
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Paddy Clancy was survived by a daughter from his first marriage, Leish Clancy, and four siblings, Liam, Bobby, Peg, and Joan.