Tom Clancy

Tom Clancy was one of eleven children born in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary. He was an RAF radio operator in the Second World War and then acted in repertory theatre before moving to North America with his brother Paddy. With his brothers he became one of the Clancy Brothers, and he had the most powerful voice in the group. He kept acting too, on Broadway and in American film and television.