Liam Clancy

Went to a concert at Stonehill Irish Festival.I walked up to Liam,Paddy,and introduced myself.Next thing you know we were singing the song Jug of This.What a great memory to have and I will never ever forget all the times at the Blackthorne tavern that we talked and laughed and how each one of his shows just ingulfed you and held you captive wether he was singing or reciting a poem.I miss the master and always listen to his music everyday and his memory will live on forever along with his music.R.I.P. Liam.

Liam's ability to make you laugh, to pause and ponder, and to touch your soul through music and spoken word was a wonder. The opportunity to see Liam share his craft in concert was all the more special. He shall be missed but his spirit shall live on each of us who were touched by the man, his music, his words, and his life. We are the better for having known him.

"Of all the comrades that ere I had, they're sorry for my going away,
And of all the sweethearts that ere I had , they wish me one more day to stay,
But since it falls unto my lot that I should rise while you should not,
I will gently rise and I'll softly call, "Goodnight and joy be with you all!"

Liam Sleep Well . You brought so much joy to this wicked old world ~~ ♣ Mike ♥

This memory will always be in my heart. My husband, myself, daughter and son went to Ireland for two weeks, it was the trip of a lifetime and to our surprise Liam was doing two concerts at the concert hall. We bought our tickets for the second night. When we arrived they told us he was too sick to perform but others were going to put on a show. We stayed and it was brilliant, then Liam showed. He sang for a hour all the songs that we sang to our children before bed. We cried our eyes out. It was a breath taking moment that we will never forget. Thank you Liam.

A poem by John Keats which Liam Clancy loved to recite:

When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,
Before high piled books, in charact'ry,
Hold like rich garners the full-ripen'd grain;
When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face,
Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,
And think that I may never live to trace
Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance;
And when I feel, fair creature of an hour!
That I shall never look upon thee more,
Never have relish in the faery power
Of unreflecting love;—then on the shore
Of the wide world I stand alone, and think,
Till Love and Fame to nothingness do sink.

One of the songs most associated with Liam which captures the essence of the man, I remember hearing him sing this with the great Tommy Makem many years ago in Dublin,

I can remember as a child in 1960's the excitement which the Clancy Brothers created in our parish. It wasn't long until every parish in the country had a ballad group. Songs like "Brennan on the Moor" and "The Holy Ground" struck a chord with Irish people everywhere and with myself. They gave us pride in our music and song tradition. Liam had a great stage presence and could recite a poem or tell a story with great effect. You will be greatly missed Liam but your music and indomitable spirit will live on.