Editing Paddy Clancy (section)

==Early years==

Clancy was one of eleven children and the eldest of four boys born to Johanna McGrath and Bob Clancy in [[Carrick-on-Suir]], [[County Tipperary]]. During [[World War II]] he served as a flight engineer in the [[Royal Air Force]] in India; he also reportedly had been a member of the [[Irish Republican Army]].<ref>[http://clancybrothersandtommymakem.com/pc_01.htm The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Concert Program - circa 1966.]</ref><ref>{{citation | url=http://clancybrothersandtommymakem.com/trad_1034_so_early.htm | last=Hamilton | first=Diane | author-link = Diane Hamilton | title = So Early in the Morning (liner notes)| publisher = Tradition Records. | date = 1960}}</ref> After his demobilization, Clancy worked as a baker in London. In 1947 he emigrated to [[Toronto]], Canada with his brother [[Tom Clancy (singer)|Tom Clancy]]. The following year, the two brothers moved to [[Cleveland, Ohio]] to stay with relatives. Later, they attempted to move to [[California]], but their car broke down and they relocated to the New York City area instead.<ref name="Oh that Clancy">{{cite news
 | last = Roth
 | first = Arthur
 | title = Oh ''that'' Clancy!
 | newspaper = The Critic
 | pages = 63–68
 | date = Jan–Feb 1972
}}</ref>