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Sat 12 Dec 2009Troubadour who didn't do justice to his talent
CULTURE SHOCK:Liam Clancy's seductive voice, with its warmth and precision, ensured he helped lead the folk revival movement in the late 1950s. But after that, he ended up essentially following it
ON THE NIGHT of Liam Clancy’s funeral, RTÉ’s Six One Newsdescribed him as the greatest Irish folk singer of his generation and perhaps of all time.
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