On St Patrick's Night, 1961, Liam Clancy, with his brothers, Paddy and Tom, and their friend Tommy, made their debut musical appearance on the American television programme, the Ed Sullivan Show, playing to over 50 million viewers. Their overnight success made the four young folk singers from rural Ireland a part of musical history, selling millions of records in the forty following years and earning them the title of the Beatles of Irish music. Liam Clancy's autobiography describes his journey from being raised as the eleventh child of a provincial Irish family in the 1930s, to living in the heart of the New York music scene of the late 50s and early 60s, at a time when Greenwich Village was the mecca for aspiring artists. The wine, the women, the songs and the stories are recounted in this book, along with tales of his encounters with celebrities and up-and-coming stars, including Bob Dylan, Maya Angelou, Robert Redford, Lenny Bruce, Pete Seeger and Barbra Streisand.