Update: And correct me you have. Several readers point out that it is Liam Clancy soloing in the video that I posted, not Tommy Makem. I raised a pint with the Clancy Brothers back in ‘91 at O’Flaherty’s Irish Channel in New Orleans, but I may have had a few pints before they got around to me. So I regret the error. That said, I’d still like confirmation that it is the Clancy Brothers version of the song on last night’s Boardwalk Empire.
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Shannen W. Coffin, a contributing editor to National Review, practices appellate law in Washington, D.C.
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