LIAM CLANCY first decided on Ring, Co Waterford, in 1963. It was over the Comeragh Mountains from Carrick-on-Suir, where he had grown up.

The songs you have to work hard at are not real songs at all.

Dark, warm, historic and the perfect tourist draw, T&H Doolan’s public house in the centre of Waterford city is due up for auction shortly.

It was a different world twenty years ago. Most counties knew their place in the GAA’s hierarchy.

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Thousands of foodies are expected in Dungarvan this weekend as the fifth Waterford Festival of Food celebrates the best of local artisan food producers.

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Bob Dylan was 70 this week. He has had many guises in 50 years as a musician — from folkie to protest singer to prophet and preacher — but he is always relevant, says Carl Dixon

THE night before he came, the acrid smell of burning and conflict were in the air. A riot broke out, prompting the call for reinforcements from Dublin. Baton-wielding cops charged the crowd. Mindless violence kicked out in all directions as the booze took hold.

I WISH to congratulate you on a beautifully written editorial on Liam Clancy (‘Fine man you were’, December 5). It brought out his importance to Ireland, and the Clancy Brothers to us all, in the 1960s.

Music fans are expected to line the streets today to bid farewell to folk legend Liam Clancy.

IT is not easy to convey to those who did not live through those years the impact the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem had on Irish culture.

Folk legend Liam Clancy has died today, aged 74, his manager said.

This is an excellent documentary on the life of Clancy, the surviving member of Irish group the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Mackem, who emerges as a terrific character with a colourful history.

In some respects we have aped the worst of America.

An Post today launched the second phase of their Irish music stamp series celebrating the buoyancy and flair of the Irish music scene.

AN Irish ballad group taking the US by storm will launch its music collection here this week.

“I suppose he was my brother in many ways.”

Arts Minister Seamus Brennan has paid tribute to acclaimed folk musician Tommy Makem, who has died at the age of 74.

IT started life as a once-off musical collaboration, an eclectic group of artists came together to record a legendary concept album.

Four renowned groups are being featured on postage stamps in recognition of their role in bringing Irish msic to an international audience.

One of the famous Clancy brothers who has been ill for the past two years passed away in hospital this morning.

DURING the week a member of the Wolfe Tones folk group gave a radio interview, complaining bitterly about Fintan O’Toole for essentially being anti-national.