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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><p><b>Thomas Makem</b> (4 November 1932 – 1 August 2007) was an Irish <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk</a> musician, artist, poet and storyteller. He was best known as a member of <a href="/wiki/The_Clancy_Brothers_and_Tommy_Makem" class="mw-redirect" title="The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem">the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem</a>. He played the long-necked 5-string <a href="/wiki/Banjo" title="Banjo">banjo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tin_whistle" title="Tin whistle">tin whistle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Low_whistle" title="Low whistle">low whistle</a>, guitar, <a href="/wiki/Bodhr%C3%A1n" title="Bodhrán">bodhrán</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bagpipes" title="Bagpipes">bagpipes</a>, and sang in a distinctive <a href="/wiki/Baritone" title="Baritone">baritone</a>. He was sometimes known as "<a href="/wiki/The_Bard_of_Armagh" title="The Bard of Armagh">The Bard of Armagh</a>" (taken from a traditional song of the same name) and "The Godfather of Irish Music".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><table class="infobox vcard plainlist"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="fn">Tommy Makem</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:TommyMakem_DublinOhio.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Makem at the Dublin Irish Festival, 2005"><img alt="Makem at the Dublin Irish Festival, 2005" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/TommyMakem_DublinOhio.jpg/220px-TommyMakem_DublinOhio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/TommyMakem_DublinOhio.jpg/330px-TommyMakem_DublinOhio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/TommyMakem_DublinOhio.jpg/440px-TommyMakem_DublinOhio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="905" data-file-height="912"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Makem at the <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Irish_Festival" title="Dublin Irish Festival">Dublin Irish Festival</a>, 2005</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1932-11-04</span>)</span>4 November 1932<br><a href="/wiki/Keady" title="Keady">Keady</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Armagh" title="County Armagh">County Armagh</a>, Northern Ireland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">1 August 2007<span style="display:none">(2007-08-01)</span> (aged 74)<br><a href="/wiki/Dover,_New_Hampshire" title="Dover, New Hampshire">Dover</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">Folk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Irish_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional Irish music">traditional Irish</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Musician, songwriter, artist, poet</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument(s)</th><td class="infobox-data note">Vocals, <a href="/wiki/Banjo" title="Banjo">banjo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tin_whistle" title="Tin whistle">tin whistle</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1956–2007</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Clancy_Brothers" title="The Clancy Brothers">The Clancy Brothers</a> <br><a href="/wiki/Makem_and_Clancy" title="Makem and Clancy">Makem and Clancy</a> <br><a href="/wiki/The_Makem_Brothers" title="The Makem Brothers">The Makem Brothers</a> <br><a href="/wiki/Barley_Bree" title="Barley Bree">Barley Bree</a> <br> <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Makem" title="Sarah Makem">Sarah Makem</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://makem.com/">makem<wbr></wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Biography"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Biography</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Personal_life_and_death"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Personal life and death</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Compositions"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Compositions</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Performance_notes"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Performance notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Awards_and_honours"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Awards and honours</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Discography"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Discography</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Videos"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Videos</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Film"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Film</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Further_reading"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Further reading</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tommy_Makem&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>Makem was born and raised in <a href="/wiki/Keady" title="Keady">Keady</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Armagh" title="County Armagh">County Armagh</a> (the "Hub of the Universe" as Makem always said), in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother, <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Makem" title="Sarah Makem">Sarah Makem</a>, was an important source of traditional Irish music, who was visited and recorded by, among others, <a href="/wiki/Diane_Hamilton" title="Diane Hamilton">Diane Guggenheim Hamilton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean_Ritchie" title="Jean Ritchie">Jean Ritchie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Kennedy_(folklorist)" title="Peter Kennedy (folklorist)">Peter Kennedy</a> and Sean O'Boyle. His father, Peter Makem, was a fiddler who also played the bass drum in a local pipe band named "<a href="/wiki/Oliver_Plunkett" title="Oliver Plunkett">Oliver Plunkett</a>", after a Roman Catholic martyr of the reign of <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">Charles II of England</a>. His brother and sister were folk musicians also. Young Tommy Makem, from the age of 8, was a member of the St. Patrick's church choir for 15 years where he sang Gregorian chant and motets. He did not learn to read music but he made it in his "own way".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Makem started to work at 14 as a clerk in a garage and later he worked for a while as a barman at Mone's Bar, a local pub, and as a local correspondent for <i>The Armagh Observer</i>. </p><p>He emigrated to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> in 1955, carrying his few possessions and a set of bagpipes (from his time in a pipe band). Arriving in <a href="/wiki/Dover,_New_Hampshire" title="Dover, New Hampshire">Dover, New Hampshire</a>, Makem worked at Kidder Press, where in 1956 his hand was accidentally crushed by a press.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With his arm in a sling, he left Dover for New York to pursue an acting career.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Clancys and Makem were signed to <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a> in 1961. The same year, at the <a href="/wiki/Newport_Folk_Festival" title="Newport Folk Festival">Newport Folk Festival</a>, Makem and <a href="/wiki/Joan_Baez" title="Joan Baez">Joan Baez</a> were named the most promising newcomers on the American folk scene. During the 1960s, <a href="/wiki/The_Clancy_Brothers_and_Tommy_Makem" class="mw-redirect" title="The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem">the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> performed sellout concerts at such venues as <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Hall" title="Carnegie Hall">Carnegie Hall</a>, and made television appearances on shows like <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" title="The Ed Sullivan Show">The Ed Sullivan Show</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tonight_Show" title="The Tonight Show">The Tonight Show</a></i>. The group performed for President <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>. They also played in smaller venues such as the <a href="/wiki/Gate_of_Horn" title="Gate of Horn">Gate of Horn</a> in Chicago. They appeared jointly in the <a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a> in April 1966, when <i>Isn't It Grand Boys</i> reached number 22.<sup id="cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Makem left the group in 1969 to pursue a solo career. In 1975, he and <a href="/wiki/Liam_Clancy" title="Liam Clancy">Liam Clancy</a> were both booked to play a folk festival in <a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland, Ohio">Cleveland, Ohio</a>, and were persuaded to do a set together. Thereafter they often performed as <a href="/wiki/Makem_and_Clancy" title="Makem and Clancy">Makem and Clancy</a>, recording several albums together. He once again went solo in 1988. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s Makem performed both solo and with Liam Clancy on <a href="/wiki/The_Irish_Rovers" title="The Irish Rovers">The Irish Rovers</a>' various television shows, which were filming in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>. In 1974 he co-hosted the <i>Tommy Makem and Ryan's Fancy</i> show that was filmed in <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s,_Newfoundland" class="mw-redirect" title="St. John's, Newfoundland">St. John's, Newfoundland</a> and broadcast on <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Canadian Broadcasting Corporation">CBC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1980s and 1990s, Makem was a principal in a well-known Irish music venue in New York, "Tommy Makem's Irish Pavilion". This East <a href="/wiki/57th_Street_(Manhattan)" title="57th Street (Manhattan)">57th Street</a> club was a prominent and well-loved performance spot for a wide range of musicians. Among the performers and visitors were <a href="/wiki/Paddy_Reilly" title="Paddy Reilly">Paddy Reilly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Burke_(accordionist)" title="Joe Burke (accordionist)">Joe Burke</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Gilbert" title="Ronnie Gilbert">Ronnie Gilbert</a>. Makem was a regular performer, often solo and often as part of Makem and Clancy, particularly in the late fall and holiday season. The club was also used for warm-up performances in the weeks before the 1984 reunion concert of <a href="/wiki/The_Clancy_Brothers_and_Tommy_Makem" class="mw-redirect" title="The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem">The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem</a> at <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Center" title="Lincoln Center">Lincoln Center</a>. In addition, the after-party for <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>'s legendary <i><a href="/wiki/30th_Anniversary_Concert_Celebration" class="mw-redirect" title="30th Anniversary Concert Celebration">30th Anniversary Concert Celebration</a></i> at <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> in 1992 was held at the Irish Pavilion. </p><p>In 1997 he wrote a book, <i>Tommy Makem's Secret Ireland</i> and in 1999 premiered a one-man theatre show, <i>Invasions and Legacies,</i> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>. His career includes various other acting, video,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> composition, and writing credits.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also established the Tommy Makem International Festival of Song in <a href="/wiki/County_Armagh" title="County Armagh">South Armagh</a> in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-GU_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GU-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tommy_Makem&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life and death" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>Makem was married to Mary Shanahan, a native of <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, for 37 years, and had four children – daughter Katie Makem-Boucher, and sons Shane, Conor and Rory. They also had two grandchildren, Molly Dewar née Makem and Robert Boucher. Mary died in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-GU_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GU-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Makems initially moved from New York to Ireland early in their marriage, but returned to the United States to escape <a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">the Troubles</a>, settling permanently in <a href="/wiki/Dover,_New_Hampshire" title="Dover, New Hampshire">Dover, New Hampshire</a> in 1972. Makem became an American citizen in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Makem's three sons (who performed as "<a href="/wiki/The_Makem_Brothers" title="The Makem Brothers">The Makem Brothers</a>") and nephews Tom and Jimmy Sweeney continue the family folk music tradition. </p><p>Makem died in Dover on 1 August 2007, following a lengthy battle with lung cancer, and was buried next to his wife at Saint Mary's New Cemetery. He continued to record and perform until close to the end. Paying tribute to him after his death, Liam Clancy said, "He was my brother in every way."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Compositions">Compositions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tommy_Makem&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Compositions" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>Makem was a prolific composer/songwriter. His performances were always full of his compositions, many of which became standards in the repertoire. Some, notably "<a href="/wiki/Four_Green_Fields" title="Four Green Fields">Four Green Fields</a>", became so well known that they were sometimes described as anonymous folk songs. During <a href="/wiki/Revolutions_of_1989" title="Revolutions of 1989">the fall of the Iron Curtain</a>, Makem often proudly told the story that his song "The Winds Are Singing Freedom" had become a sort of folk anthem among Eastern Europeans seeing a new future opening before them. </p><p>Makem's best-known songs include "<a href="/wiki/Four_Green_Fields" title="Four Green Fields">Four Green Fields</a>", "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Gentle_Annie_(Tommy_Makem_song)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gentle Annie (Tommy Makem song) (page does not exist)">Gentle Annie</a>", "The Rambles of Spring", "The Winds Are Singing Freedom", "The Town of Ballybay", "Winds of the Morning", "<a href="/wiki/Mary_Mack_(folk_song)" title="Mary Mack (folk song)">Mary Mack</a>", and "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Farewell_to_Carlingford&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Farewell to Carlingford (page does not exist)">Farewell to Carlingford</a>". Even though many people mistakenly believe that Makem wrote "<a href="/wiki/Red_is_the_Rose" class="mw-redirect" title="Red is the Rose">Red is the Rose</a>", it is a traditional <a href="/wiki/Irish_folk_song" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish folk song">Irish folk song</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Performance_notes">Performance notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tommy_Makem&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Performance notes" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <p>Makem had a forceful and charismatic stage presence – the result of years of public performance, a strong personality and a bard's voice. Performances frequently included the following elements: </p> <ul><li>Original Makem compositions; the first set often began with "The Rambles of Spring"</li> <li>The standard repertoire of folk and Irish music, both well-known and little-known (but never "Danny Boy", "When Irish Eyes are Smiling", "Toorah Loorah Looral", or other standards forbidden from requesting)</li> <li>Oddball songs, such as "Bridie Murphy and the Kamikaze Pilot" (<a href="/wiki/Colm_Gallagher" title="Colm Gallagher">Colm Gallagher</a>) or "William Bloat" (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Raymond_Calvert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raymond Calvert (page does not exist)">Raymond Calvert</a>)</li> <li>Poetic recitations, often as introductions to songs; a frequent source was <a href="/wiki/William_Butler_Yeats" class="mw-redirect" title="William Butler Yeats">William Butler Yeats</a>. (Thus "Gentle Annie" usually began with "When You Are Old and Grey", and <a href="/wiki/Four_Green_Fields" title="Four Green Fields">Four Green Fields</a> usually began with <a href="/wiki/Seamus_Heaney" title="Seamus Heaney">Seamus Heaney</a>'s "Requiem for the Croppies".)</li> <li>Jokes, often silly, made funnier through repetition:</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>"If your nose is running and your feet smell, you're upside down."</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li>Rarely: monologues, such as <a href="/wiki/Marriott_Edgar" title="Marriott Edgar">Marriott Edgar</a>'s "The Lion and Albert"</li> <li>Exhortations, nearly always successful, for the audience to join in the singing</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Awards_and_honours">Awards and honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tommy_Makem&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards and honours" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <p>He received many awards and honours, including three honorary doctorates: one from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_New_Hampshire" title="University of New Hampshire">University of New Hampshire</a> in 1998, one from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Limerick" title="University of Limerick">University of Limerick</a> in 2001, and one from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Ulster" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Ulster">University of Ulster</a> in 2007; as well as the <a href="/wiki/World_Folk_Music_Association" title="World Folk Music Association">World Folk Music Association</a>'s Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999. With the Clancy Brothers he was listed among the top 100 Irish-Americans of the 20th century in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-GU_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GU-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A bridge over the <a href="/wiki/Cochecho_River" title="Cochecho River">Cochecho River</a> on Washington Street in Makem's long-time home of <a href="/wiki/Dover,_New_Hampshire" title="Dover, New Hampshire">Dover, New Hampshire</a>, was named the Tommy and Mary Makem Memorial Bridge in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015 a new Tommy Makem Arts Centre was opened in his home town of <a href="/wiki/Keady" title="Keady">Keady</a>. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tommy_Makem&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Discography" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <p>Makem made dozens of recordings.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Specific examples follow (solo recordings only). </p> <ul><li><i>Songs of Tommy Makem</i> (1961) – Tradition (also on CD)</li> <li><i>Tommy Makem Sings Tommy Makem</i> (1968) – Columbia</li> <li><i>In the Dark Green Wood</i> (1969) – Columbia</li> <li><i>The Bard of Armagh</i> (1970) – GWP<sup id="cite_ref-From_the_Archives_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-From_the_Archives-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Love Is Lord of All</i> (1971) – GWP<sup id="cite_ref-From_the_Archives_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-From_the_Archives-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Listen...for the rafters are ringing</i> (1972) – Bard (US) / Columbia (overseas)<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Recorded Live – A Room Full of Song</i> (1973) – Bard/Columbia (as above)</li> <li><i>In the Dark Green Woods</i> (1974) – Polydor (Ireland Only)</li> <li><i>Ever the Winds</i> (1975) – Polydor (Ireland Only)</li> <li><i>4 Green Fields</i> (1975) – HAWK (A compilation of songs from The bard of Armagh, Love is lord of all, and Winds are singing freedom, mentioned below)</li> <li><i>Lord of the Dance (exclusive live version) / Winds are Singing Freedom</i> – Bard</li></ul> <dl><dt>Following releases all available on Shanachie CD unless noted otherwise</dt></dl> <ul><li><i>Lonesome Waters</i> (1985)</li> <li><i>Rolling Home</i> (1989)</li> <li><i>Songbag</i> (1990) – reissued on 'Red Biddy'</li> <li><i>Live at the Irish Pavilion</i> (1993)</li> <li><i>Tommy Makem's Christmas</i> (1995)</li> <li><i>Ancient Pulsing Poetry With Music</i> (1996) – Red Biddy</li> <li><i>The Song Tradition</i> (1998)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Guest recordings</dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lark_in_the_Morning_(album)" title="The Lark in the Morning (album)">The Lark in the Morning</a></i> by Liam Clancy, Tommy Makem, Family and Friends (1955) – Tradition (also on CD)</li> <li><i>Folk Festival at Newport, Volume 1</i> (1959) – Vanguard</li> <li><i>The Newport Folk Festival, Volume 1</i> (1960) – Vanguard</li> <li><i>Songs for a Better Tomorrow</i> (1963) – UAW</li> <li><i>Songs of the Working People</i> (1988) – Flying Fish</li> <li><i>The Makem Brothers – On the Rocks</i> (1995) – Red Biddy</li> <li><i>Where Have All The Flowers Gone?: The Songs of Pete Seeger</i> (1998) – Appleseed</li> <li><i>Schooner Fare – A 20th Anniversary Party</i> (1999) – Outer Green</li> <li><i>Barra MacNeils – The Christmas Album</i> (1999) – label unknown</li> <li><i>Cherish the Ladies – <a href="/wiki/The_Girls_Won%27t_Leave_the_Boys_Alone" title="The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone">The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone</a></i> (2000) – Windham Hill</li> <li><i>Roger McGuinn – Treasures from the <a href="/wiki/Folk_Den" title="Folk Den">Folk Den</a></i> (2001) – Appleseed</li> <li><i>25th Annual Sea Music Festival</i> (2004) – Independent release</li> <li><i>Barra MacNeils – The Christmas Album II</i> (2006) – unknown label</li></ul> <dl><dt>Posthumous releases</dt></dl> <ul><li><i>Legendary Tommy Makem Collection</i> (2007) – Emerald</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Videos">Videos</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tommy_Makem&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Videos" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <ul><li><i>The Story of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem</i> (1984) – Shanachie</li> <li><i>Reunion Concert: Belfast</i> (1984) – Shanachie</li> <li><i>Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest (1965)</i> (circa 1985) – Central Sun / reissued on Shanachie</li> <li><i>Tommy Makem and Friends in Concert</i> (1992) – WMHT/PBS</li> <li><i>Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration</i> (1993) – Sony</li> <li><i>Tommy Makem in Concert With Pete Seeger and the Egan-Ivers Band</i> (1994) – WMHT/PBS</li> <li><i>Tommy Makem in Concert With Odetta and The Barra MacNeils</i> (1994) – WMHT/PBS</li> <li><i>Tommy Makem's Ireland</i> (1994) – WMHT/PBS</li> <li><i>A Christmas Tradition</i> (1995) – WMHT/PBS</li> <li><i>The Road Taken With Tommy Makem</i> (2001) – WMHT/PBS</li> <li><i>The Makem and Spain Brothers In Concert</i> (2006) – WMHT/PBS</li> <li><i>The Best of 'Hootenanny'</i> (2007) – Shout! (Clancy Brothers featured in 3 performances)</li> <li><i>Come West Along the Road</i> (2007) – RTÉ (completion video, featured in one performance)</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Film">Film</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tommy_Makem&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Film" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <ul><li><i>A Time to Remember</i> (1988) - Christmas Film Debut as Father Halloran, with Donald O'Connor, Morgana King, and child singer Ruben Gomez.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMartin2007" class="citation web cs1">Martin, Douglas (3 August 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/03/arts/03makem.php">"Tommy Makem, 74, hero of Irish folk music, dies – International Herald Tribune"</a>. www.iht.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 July</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Tommy+Makem%2C+74%2C+hero+of+Irish+folk+music%2C+dies+%E2%80%93+International+Herald+Tribune&rft.pub=www.iht.com&rft.date=2007-08-03&rft.aulast=Martin&rft.aufirst=Douglas&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iht.com%2Farticles%2F2007%2F08%2F03%2Farts%2F03makem.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATommy+Makem" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDicaire2011" class="citation book cs1">Dicaire, David (2011). <i>The Folk Music Revival, 1958–1970: Biographies of Fifty Performers and Other Influential People</i>. McFarland. p. 184. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-6352-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-6352-7"><bdi>978-0-7864-6352-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Folk+Music+Revival%2C+1958%E2%80%931970%3A+Biographies+of+Fifty+Performers+and+Other+Influential+People&rft.pages=184&rft.pub=McFarland&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-0-7864-6352-7&rft.aulast=Dicaire&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATommy+Makem" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Williams Stacey, text on the back cover of the record "Songs of Tommy Makem" Tradition Records, TLP 1044.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMakem2011" class="citation news cs1">Makem, Conor (20 January 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110120/GJNEWS_01/701209783">"First Person by Conor Makem: Johnny we hardly knew ye"</a>. <i>Fosters.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Fosters.com&rft.atitle=First+Person+by+Conor+Makem%3A+Johnny+we+hardly+knew+ye&rft.date=2011-01-20&rft.aulast=Makem&rft.aufirst=Conor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fosters.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D%2F20110120%2FGJNEWS_01%2F701209783&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATommy+Makem" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.makem.com/tommy/tmbio.php">"The Makem & Spain Brothers : Tommy Makem Bio"</a>. Makem.com. 4 August 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 December</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Makem+%26+Spain+Brothers+%3A+Tommy+Makem+Bio&rft.pub=Makem.com&rft.date=1998-08-04&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.makem.com%2Ftommy%2Ftmbio.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATommy+Makem" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071029024544/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/03/db0303.xml">"Issue no.47, 327:obituary"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i>. 3 August 2007. p. 27. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/03/db0303.xml">the original</a> on 29 October 2007. <q>A popular refrain at the time was <i>Why do the Clancy Brothers sing? Because Tommy Makem</i></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Issue+no.47%2C+327%3Aobituary&rft.pages=27&rft.date=2007-08-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fmain.jhtml%3Fxml%3D%2Fnews%2F2007%2F08%2F03%2Fdb0303.xml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATommy+Makem" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoberts2006" class="citation book cs1">Roberts, David (2006). <i><a href="/wiki/British_Hit_Singles_%26_Albums" title="British Hit Singles & Albums">British Hit Singles & Albums</a></i> (19th ed.). London: <a href="/wiki/Guinness_World_Records_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Guinness World Records Limited">Guinness World Records Limited</a>. p. 107. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-904994-10-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-904994-10-5"><bdi>1-904994-10-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Hit+Singles+%26+Albums&rft.place=London&rft.pages=107&rft.edition=19th&rft.pub=Guinness+World+Records+Limited&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-904994-10-5&rft.aulast=Roberts&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATommy+Makem" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/tommy-makem-and-ryans-fancy">"Tommy Makem and Ryan's Fancy | History of Canadian Broadcasting"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Tommy+Makem+and+Ryan%27s+Fancy+%26%23124%3B+History+of+Canadian+Broadcasting&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.broadcasting-history.ca%2Fprogramming%2Ftelevision%2Ftommy-makem-and-ryans-fancy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATommy+Makem" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.redbiddy.com/tmvideo.html">redbiddy.com</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080514012708/http://www.redbiddy.com/tmvideo.html">Archived</a> 14 May 2008 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>: Documentary videos seen on PBS</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538481/">imdb.com</a>: IMDB partial listing of Makem work</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GU-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GU_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GU_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GU_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDerek_Schofield2007" class="citation news cs1">Derek Schofield (3 August 2007). 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 July</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Music+Museum+of+New+England&rft.atitle=Tommy+Makem&rft.date=2022-11-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mmone.org%2Ftommy-makem%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATommy+Makem" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0802/breaking11.htm">"Musician Tommy Makem dies aged 74"</a>. <i>Irishtimes.com</i>. <q>As a tribute to Makem, the Dover radio station, WTSN, broadcast two tributes to Makem, one on 2 August, and one on 9 August, the day of Makem's funeral. The tributes were aired on the Open Mike Show With Mike Pomp</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Irishtimes.com&rft.atitle=Musician+Tommy+Makem+dies+aged+74&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnewspaper%2Fbreaking%2F2007%2F0802%2Fbreaking11.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATommy+Makem" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240211142009/https://www.irishmusicdaily.com/red-is-the-rose?expand_article=1">"Irish love song Red is the Rose"</a>. <i>Irish Music Daily</i>. 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A recording of Red is the Rose that was made in 1934 by Josephine Beirne and George Sweatman under the title, My Bonnie Irish Lass</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Irish+Music+Daily&rft.atitle=Irish+love+song+Red+is+the+Rose&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishmusicdaily.com%2Fred-is-the-rose%3Fexpand_article%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATommy+Makem" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://celtic-rock.de/loch-lomond-red-is-the-rose/">"Loch Lomond / Red is the Rose | celtic-rock.de"</a>. <i>celtic-rock.de</i> (in German). 8 February 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 February</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=celtic-rock.de&rft.atitle=Loch+Lomond+%2F+Red+is+the+Rose+%7C+celtic-rock.de&rft.date=2018-02-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fceltic-rock.de%2Floch-lomond-red-is-the-rose%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATommy+Makem" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUXB_VNUAPk">"690. Red is the Rose (Traditional Irish)"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 February</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=IMDb&rft.atitle=Tommy+Makem+-+Biography&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fname%2Fnm0538481%2Fbio%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATommy+Makem" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/316230/Decca-12031">"Decca 12031 (78-rpm 10-in. double-faced)"</a>. <i>Discography of American Historical Recordings</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 February</span> 2024</span>. <q>Decca 39096 11/24/1934 My Bonny Irish lass / Josephine Beirne</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Discography+of+American+Historical+Recordings&rft.atitle=Decca+12031+%2878-rpm+10-in.+double-faced%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fadp.library.ucsb.edu%2Findex.php%2Fobjects%2Fdetail%2F316230%2FDecca-12031&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATommy+Makem" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBeirneSweetnam1934" class="citation web cs1">Beirne, Josephine; Sweetnam, George (24 November 1934). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzfMGYnBAD8&t=19s">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'MY BONNIE IRISH LASS'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>YouTube</i>. 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