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The Clancy Brothers

Irish folk band
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The Clancy Brothers

Summary

The Clancy Brothers is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (515 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Clancy Brothers's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Clancy Brothers's genre is Celtic music[4].
  • The Clancy Brothers's record label is recorded as Tradition Records[5].
  • The Clancy Brothers's record label is recorded as Audio Fidelity[6].
  • The Clancy Brothers's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[7].
  • The Clancy Brothers's Commons category is recorded as The Clancy Brothers[8].
  • The Clancy Brothers's country of origin is recorded as Ireland[9].
  • The Clancy Brothers comprises Liam Clancy[10].
  • January 1, 1956 marks the founding of The Clancy Brothers[11].
  • The Clancy Brothers's location of formation is recorded as County Tipperary[12].
  • The Clancy Brothers's start of work period is recorded as 1956[13].
  • The Clancy Brothers's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Irish Traditional Music[14].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Group[15]

  • Country: US[16]

  • Began / founded: 1956[17]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1998[18]

  • Genre(s): folk, irish folk[19]

  • Community tags: folk, irish folk[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 530846f0-4098-4d33-bd8a-8611f823bf51[21]

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Founding

January 1, 1956 marks the founding of The Clancy Brothers[11]. Its location of formation is recorded as County Tipperary[12].

Why It Matters

The Clancy Brothers ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (515 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Columbia Records Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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