Irish musician Tommy Makem, who succumbed to lung cancer Wednesday, is credited with helping to popularize traditional Irish music in America and beyond. He is best known for songs such as "Four Green ...

Irish singer, songwriter and storyteller Tommy Makem, who teamed with the Clancy Brothers to become stars during the folk music boom, has died of cancer. He was 74. By The Associated Press Irish ...

Irish singer, songwriter, storyteller and actor Tommy Makem, who teamed with the Clancy Brothers to become stars during the folk music boom, has died of lung cancer. He was 74. Makem died Wednesday in ...

This afternoon at 5 p.m., the city of Dover will pause to pay tribute to Tommy and Mary Makem with the dedication of the newly constructed vehicular bridge that spans the Cocheco River off Washington ...

Irish singer, songwriter and storyteller Tommy Makem, who teamed with the Clancy Brothers to become stars during the folk music boom, has died of cancer. He was 74. Makem died Wednesday in Dover, ...

Tommy Makem, a musician, singer and master storyteller who teamed up with the Clancy Brothers to popularize traditional Irish folk music around the world, has died. He was 74. Makem died of lung ...

Celebrated traditional musician Tommy Makem (74) has died of lung cancer in New Hampshire. Makem, who played banjo and tin whistle and sang in a deep baritone, came to international prominence as a ...

With illness slowly lowering the curtain on his historic career, Tommy Makem paused to muse about what inspired him to keep walking onto stages to play traditional Irish tunes and hush audiences with ...

Tommy Makem, who has died aged 74, was a banjo-playing folk singer whose work with the Clancy Brothers raised stage-Irish entertainment to remarkable heights, winning a vast audience for stirring ...

DOVER — Tommy Makem, 74, of Longmeadow Road, died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, after a yearlong battle with lung cancer. Born Nov. 4, 1932, in Keady, County Armagh, Ireland, he was the son of legendary ...