abstract:The Clancy Brothers were an influential Irish folk music singing group. Most popular in the 1960s, they were famed for their woolly Aran jumpers and are widely credited with popularizing Irish traditional music in the United States.
By 1958 he had teamed up withhisfriendLiamClancyand Liam's brothersPaddyandTom, who had comefrom Tipperary to Americabeforehim, and the gold continuedto accrue.
TheClancyBrothers and Tommy Makem, all kitted out in Aran sweaters knitted by Mrs Clancy, triumphantly rode the wave of a folk revival that was turning Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie into stars.