Liam Clancy - Fine man you were

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.

They contributed significantly to rebuilding the best kind of national pride and our self-confidence after the dismal 1950s did so much to break our hearts and spirit.

They brought their brand of Irishness around the world, especially to emigrants living far from home and helped sustain links that might have been lost forever.