William 'Liam' Clancy is an Irish folk singer. Liam is the youngest of the Clancy Brothers, and as a child was known as William or Willie. He displayed an artistic disposition at an early age, while growing up in Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary. While still in his teens, Liam explored writing and painting, though he was particularly drawn to the theatre. In his early performing days, he began to call himself Liam rather than William or Willie.

PropertyValue
dbpedia-owl:Artist/genre
dbpedia-owl:Artist/instrument
dbpedia-owl:MusicalArtist/associatedBand
dbpedia-owl:MusicalArtist/associatedMusicalArtist
dbpedia-owl:MusicalArtist/background
  • Khaki
dbpedia-owl:Person/activeYearsEndDate
  • 1955-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:Person/activeYearsStartDate
  • 1955-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:Person/birthDate
  • 1935-09-02 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:Person/birthName
  • William Clancy
dbpedia-owl:Person/homeTown
dbpedia-owl:activeYearsEndDate
  • 1955-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:activeYearsStartDate
  • 1955-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:associatedBand
dbpedia-owl:associatedMusicalArtist
dbpedia-owl:background
  • Khaki
dbpedia-owl:birthDate
  • 1935-09-02 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:birthName
  • William Clancy
dbpedia-owl:genre
dbpedia-owl:homeTown
dbpedia-owl:instrument
dbpprop:abstract
  • William 'Liam' Clancy is an Irish folk singer. Liam is the youngest of the Clancy Brothers, and as a child was known as William or Willie. He displayed an artistic disposition at an early age, while growing up in Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary. While still in his teens, Liam explored writing and painting, though he was particularly drawn to the theatre. In his early performing days, he began to call himself Liam rather than William or Willie. Before he was twenty years old, Liam had founded the local dramatic society now called "Brewery Lane Theatre and Arts Centre",and had produced, directed, set-directed, and starred in The Playboy of the Western World. Liam also performed at the renowned Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. Clancy began singing with his brothers at fund-raising events for the Cherry Lane Theatre and the Guthrie benefits. The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem, began recording on Paddy Clancy's "Tradition" label in the late 50s. A record-breaking 16 minute long performance on The Ed Sullivan Show launched the group into stardom. The quartet recorded numerous albums for Columbia Records and enjoyed great success during the '60s folk revival. He was a close friend of Bob Dylan when they both were going out with two sisters in New York. He performed live for President John F. Kennedy. Liam Clancy played guitar in addition to singing and recorded several solo albums. In 1975 he was booked to play a festival in Cleveland, Ohio, where Tommy Makem was also playing. The two played a set together and formed Makem and Clancy, performing in numerous concerts and recording several albums as a duo, until 1988. In 2001, Clancy published an autobiographical novel, entitled "The Mountain of the Women. " In early 2004 he created what many critics consider his greatest musical contribution since the dissolution of the original Clancy Brothers. In 2006 Irish Television profiled Liam Clancy in a two hour documentary called "The Legend of Liam Clancy. " In February 2007 the documentary won the award for best series at the Irish Film & Television Academy awards in Dublin. Alan Gilsenan directed a full length biography of Liam Clancy, which was released at the 2009 Dublin Film Festival, The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy and includes appearances by Pete Seeger, Jean Ritchie, Bob Dylan, Oscar Brand, Odetta, Josh White, and many others. As of 2009, Liam Clancy is the last surviving member of the original Clancy Brothers; Tom Clancy died on November 7, 1990, Patrick Clancy died on November 11, 1998 and Tommy Makem died on August 1, 2007.
  • Liam Clancy is een Ierse traditionele zanger en gitarist. Met zijn broers Tommy Clancy, Patrick Clancy en Tommy Makem maakte hij deel uit van de populaire groep The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Liam was de jongste van The Clancy Brothers. Hij groeide op in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ierland. In 1955, was de Amerikaanse song-collector Diane Hamilton bij de Clancy's tijdens haar tour door Ierland. Liam ging met haar naar Keady, County Armagh, waar zij kennismaakte met de zangeres Sarah Makem en haar zoon Tommy. Liam en Tommy emigreerden het jaar daarop naar de Verenigde Staten hopende op een loopbaan met acteren en optreden voor de televisie. Liam begon op te treden met zijn reeds in Amerika aanwezige broers en aan het eind van de vijftiger jaren van de vorige eeuw kwam de groep The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem tot stand. In 1975 verliet hij de groep en na enige solo-optredens besloten Liam en Tommy Makem een duo te vormen en maakten diverse albums tot 1988. Daarna ging hij weer solo optreden en later deed hij weer mee aan andere formaties. In 1984 was Liam weer bij de Clancy Brothers voor concerten in Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Galway en in New York's Lincoln Center. Ofschoon bij met zijn broers en zijn neef Robbie O'Connell speelde, kwam in 1990 een hechte samenwerking van ongeveer zes jaar tot stand tussen Liam en Paddy Clancy . In 1996 ging Clancy weer met de Clancy Brothers: Paddy en Bobby en Robbie O'Connell op pad en zij maakten een album Older But No Wiser en bereidden een afscheidstournee voor. Daarna werd er weer een nieuwe groep geboren met zijn zoon Donal en Daniel O'Connell als Clancy, O'Connell & Clancy van 1996 tot 1999. In 2005 is Liam Clancy het laatst overgebleven lid van de Clancy Brothers; ook Tommy Makem treedt nog steeds op. In 2006 bracht de Ierse televisie een twee uur durende documentaire over Liam Clancy onder de titel The Legend of Liam Clancy. In februari 2007 won deze documentaire een award voor de beste serie van de Irish Film & Television Academy in Dublin. Clancy woont tegenwoordig in Ring, een kleine plaats in County Waterford waar hij zijn eigen opnamestudio heeft. In deze studio zijn ook de albums van de bekende folkgroep Danu opgenomen, een groep waarin de zoon van Liam, Donal Clancy, gitaar speelt.
dbpprop:associatedActs
dbpprop:background
  • Khaki
dbpprop:birthName
  • William Clancy
dbpprop:born
dbpprop:genre
dbpprop:hasPhotoCollection
dbpprop:instrument
dbpprop:name
  • Liam Clancy
dbpprop:occupation
  • Musician, songwriter, actor
dbpprop:origin
dbpprop:url
dbpprop:wikiPageUsesTemplate
dbpprop:yearsActive
  • 1955-present
rdf:type
rdfs:comment
  • William 'Liam' Clancy is an Irish folk singer. Liam is the youngest of the Clancy Brothers, and as a child was known as William or Willie. He displayed an artistic disposition at an early age, while growing up in Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary. While still in his teens, Liam explored writing and painting, though he was particularly drawn to the theatre. In his early performing days, he began to call himself Liam rather than William or Willie.
  • Liam Clancy is een Ierse traditionele zanger en gitarist. Met zijn broers Tommy Clancy, Patrick Clancy en Tommy Makem maakte hij deel uit van de populaire groep The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Liam was de jongste van The Clancy Brothers. Hij groeide op in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ierland. In 1955, was de Amerikaanse song-collector Diane Hamilton bij de Clancy's tijdens haar tour door Ierland.
rdfs:label
  • Liam Clancy
  • Liam Clancy
owl:sameAs
skos:subject
foaf:homepage
foaf:name
  • Liam Clancy
foaf:page
is dbpprop:disambiguates of
is owl:sameAs of