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 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 ...

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 ...

DOVER, N.H. (AP) - Acclaimed Irish singer, songwriter and storyteller Tommy Makem has died of cancer, ending a worldwide entertainment career that spanned more than five decades. He was 74. "It is ...

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 ...

But my love is fairer than any. Mrs Green from along the street would join in too, until the house became a regular ceilidh at times and collectors would come, even from America, to write the songs ...

"The minute I was born, the nurse slapped me on the behind and I started singing." Tommy Makem may be keeping a straight face, but as he sits across from this interviewer, he still emanates an ...

DOVER — Tommy Makem, known around the world as "The Godfather" of Irish music, age 74, of Longmeadow Road, died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, after a yearlong battle with lung cancer. Born Nov. 4, 1932, in ...