AFTER years of gruelling cancer treatment, 11-year-old Emma McCarron decided she wanted to give something back to Crumlin Children’s Hospital.

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.

ALL God’s creatures have a place in the choir. So sang the late Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem.

Folk legend Liam Clancy was now reunited with his brothers and bandmates after a passionate life that was lived to the full, his funeral service heard today.

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.

LEGENDARY folk singer Liam Clancy, once described by Bob Dylan as the “greatest ballad singer” he ever heard, died yesterday at the age of 74.

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

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.

Well-known traditional singer David Hammond died today, aged 80.

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.”

IT WAS in 1967, as the beginnings of the Troubles were brewing in the North that Tommy Makem penned his trademark song Four Green Fields.

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

The acclaimed folk musician Tommy Makem has died in the United States at the age of 74.

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