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Thomas Makem (4 November 1932 – 1 August 2007) was an internationally celebrated Irish folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller. He was best known as a member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. He played the long-necked 5-string banjo, tin whistle, low whistle, guitar, bodhrán and bagpipes, and sang in a distinctive baritone. He was sometimes known as "The Bard of Armagh" (taken from a traditional song of the same name) and "The Godfather of Irish Music".

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  • Tommy Makem (en)
  • Tommy Makem (ca)
  • Tommy Makem (de)
  • Tommy Makem (ga)
  • Tommy Makem (it)
  • 토미 메이컴 (ko)
  • Tommy Makem (nl)
  • Tommy Makem (sv)
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  • Ceoltóir, amhránaí agus scéalaí Éireannach ab ea Thomas Patrick 'Tommy' Makem (4 Samhain, 1932 – 1 Lúnasa, 2007). Thuill sé aitheantas ar dtús mar bhall den ghrúpa The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. (ga)
  • Thomas Makem (4 November 1932 – 1 August 2007) was an internationally celebrated Irish folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller. He was best known as a member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. He played the long-necked 5-string banjo, tin whistle, low whistle, guitar, bodhrán and bagpipes, and sang in a distinctive baritone. He was sometimes known as "The Bard of Armagh" (taken from a traditional song of the same name) and "The Godfather of Irish Music". (en)
  • Thomas "Tommy" Makem (Keady, 4 novembre 1932 – Dover, 1º agosto 2007) è stato un poeta, cantautore e suonatore di banjo britannico naturalizzato statunitense. Artista di fama internazionale, icona della cultura folk irlandese, è ricordato anche per la sua attività di cantastorie. È stato autore della ballata Four Green Fields, composta nel 1967 come sorta di allegoria sulla suddivisione della sua patria di origine, l'Irlanda. (it)
  • 토머스 "토미" 메이컴(Thomas "Tommy" Makem, 1932년 11월 4일 ~ 2007년 8월 1일)은 북아일랜드의 싱어송라이터이며 시인이다.북아일랜드 카운티 아마의 키디에서 태어났다. 북아일랜드 출신이지만, 종교는 로마 가톨릭을 믿는다. (ko)
  • Tommy Makem (Keady (County Armagh in Noord-Ierland), 4 november 1932 - Dover (New Hampshire), 1 augustus 2007) was een Amerikaanse Ierse folkmuzikant, artiest, dichter en verhalenverteller van Noord-Ierse komaf, meest bekend door de groep The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Hij speelde banjo en tin whistle en was zanger. Hij stond ook bekend als The Bard of Armagh. (nl)
  • Tommy Makem, född 4 november 1932 i Keady, County Armagh, död 1 augusti 2007 i Dover, New Hampshire, USA, var en irländsk (nordirländsk) folkmusiker, artist, poet och historieberättare, mest känd för sitt medlemskap i . Utöver sitt medlemskap i The Clancy Brothers är han välkänd för att ha skrivit en mängd irländska ballader, bland annat "" och "". Han var känd som "The Bard of Armagh" ("Skalden från Armagh"). Makem avled 2007 av lungvarig lungcancer. (sv)
  • Tommy Makem (Keady, 4 de novembre de 1932 - Dover, 1 d'agost de 2007) va ser un músic, artista, poeta i conta-contes irlandès de fama internacional. Va ser conegut sobretot com a membre dels Clancy Brothers i Tommy Makem. Va tocar el banjo de coll llarg de 5 cordes, xiulet de llauna, xiulet baix, guitarra, bodhrán i cornamusa, i va cantar en un baríton distintiu. De vegades se'l coneixia com "El bard d'Armagh" (extret d'una cançó tradicional del mateix nom) i "El padrí de la música irlandesa". (ca)
  • Tommy Makem (* 4. November 1932 in , County Armagh, Nordirland; † 1. August 2007 in Dover, New Hampshire, Vereinigte Staaten) war ein nordirischer Sänger und Musiker. Tommy Makem galt insbesondere in den USA als einer der bekanntesten Musiker des traditionellen Irish Folk. Tommy Makem starb am 1. August 2007 nach langer Krankheit an den Folgen von Lungenkrebs. (de)
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  • Tommy Makem (en)
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  • Tommy Makem (en)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TommyMakem_DublinOhio.jpg
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  • Dover, New Hampshire, United States (en)
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  • Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland (en)
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