Why did Clancy, OConnell, & Clancy break up?
The group does still perform at times, and they recently completed a summer tour. Their “final show” was March 17, 1999 at Mohegan Sun Casino. They said at the time that they might do a couple of festivals again at some point. At the time, Robbie O’Connell had this to say about the subject (from his website): “As many of you already know, I left the Clancy, O’Connell, & Clancy group at the end of March. It was a difficult decision to make as I always enjoyed Liam and Donl’s company, both personally and musically, but the time had come to move in a different direction. It became impossible to maintain the creative energy that fuels every group with Liam in Ireland, Donl in New York, and while I am in Massachusetts.” The three later appeared, along with other Clancys, at the Milwaukee Irish Festival in August, 2000. The trio has appeared several times since then,and Liam has also appeared with Robbie O’Connell (sans Donl) recently. Liam and Robbie began playing as a duo apart from “The C
