The funeral of folk singer Liam Clancy takes place in Dungarvan Co Waterford this afternoon.
Clancy (74) died at the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork on Friday after a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis – scarring of the lungs.
His funeral is taking place at St. Mary's Parish Church Dungarvan at 12.30pm and he will be buried afterwards in the new cemetery in Ring, Co Waterford.
He had lived in the Ring Gaeltacht for the past 30 years.
The mass is "in thanksgiving for Liam's life" according to the death notice.
Clancy is survived by his wife Kim, sons Eben, Donal, Sean and Andrew, his daughters Siobhán, Fiona and Áine and his eight grandchildren.
He is also survived by his sisters Peg Power, Joan Butler. His brother Bobby died of the same disease in 2002.
Liam was the youngest of the four Clancy brothers. Born in Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary, he emigrated to the United States in 1955 with ambitions to be an actor.
Along with his brothers Paddy and Tom, he began his singing career in Greenwich Village, New York, where the brothers met a young Bob Dylan who would forever cite them as one of the biggest influences on his career.
Together, the Clancy brothers and their friend Tommy Makem became a transatlantic phenomenon after an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1961.