Is your uncle Liam Clancy?
No. He’d have known him well but wouldnt have been of that Calibre himself
Down from the silent mountains, the Saxon strangers came.
Was listening to a bit of The Dubliners last week. Jim McCann had a great voice.
Don’t agree. I thought his voice was very weak and shaky.
The GOAT
Shanagolden is a fine tune, all the West Limerick boys would know it well.
Here is one to accompany a good slow glass of whiskey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zup_-iFp4tQ
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That stuff is in our DNA.
Good tune.
But as slow lamenting ballads go I always preferred The Dying Rebel
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Remember December 59?
On Monday you lost your job, and on Saturday you were catching Le Galaxie’s glowsticks flung from a suitcase into the crowd.
woeful article
The piping of Liam Og O’Flynn toward the end of this noble tune is absolutely phenomenal…
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My kids love that song.
Phil lynott is surely close to Irelands greatest ever songwriter.
Don’t over think it but he’s merely a poor man’s Richie Kavanagh.