RIP Tommy Makem

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I thought someone would have posted this by now. Legendary Irish singer Tommy Makem is dead at 74. From his old partner Liam Clancy’s board:
Liam Clancy:
Posted: 01-Aug-07 15:06

Good friends - I just got the word from the family that Tommy passed away at about 6.45PM in Dover NH. As you all probably know he has been ill for quite a while. His suffering at last is over.

He was a friend and partner-in-song for over fifty years. We shared a great hunk of our lives together. We were a hell of a team. Tommy was a man of high integrity, honesty, and, at the end, courage. Our paths diverged at times but our friendship never waned. He was my brother every bit as much as my blood brothers.

His death has left a void that cannot be filled. A great entertainer has left us.

All our thoughts and prayers go out now to his family - Katey, Shane, Conor, Rory, Molly and all those close to him.

Liam
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Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul and the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen.

John
 
May the Divine Assistance remain with us always, and may the soul of Tommy and of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

I think I have everything they have ever recorded together, on old LPs if not on CD, and I’m not even Irish.
 
What a shock. This is the first I heard of it, and my ipod is full of his music.

“Ah, but I’m sick now, my days are numbered,
Come all you young men and lay me down.”

Eternal rest grant unto Tommy, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May the Bard of Armagh rest in peace, Amen. May his soul and all the souls of the faithfully departed rest in peace, Amen.

High King of Heaven, my victory won,
May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heaven’s Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.
 
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem made the college rounds back when I was in college. I loved their wonderful peppy Irish music. “May God hold him in the hollow of His hand”…an old Irish blessing! :harp:
 
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