Seán Clancy

Seán Clancy (7 July 1901{{cite web

| title = Remembering Michael Collins

| url = http://www.irishidentity.com/stories/mcollins.htm\

| via = Irish Identity

| work = Clare Champion

| date = 19 August 2005

| accessdate = 12 August 2020 }} – 17 September 2006{{cite web

| title = CLANCY : Death notice

| newspaper = Irish Times

| date = 19 September 2006

| url = https://notices.irishtimes.com/death/clancy/2387657

| accessdate = 12 August 2020 }}) was a veteran of Ireland's War of Independence. Clancy served in the war as a member of Irish Republican Army, and later as a commander of the Fifth Infantry Battalion in the Irish Defence Forces. He was a Lieutenant-Colonel at the time of his death.{{cite web

| agency = The Associated Press

| title = War of Independence veteran dies aged 105

| url = http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/war-of-independence-veteran-dies-aged-105-277303.html

| accessdate = 7 Nov 2013 | date = 2006-09-18

}}

Personal life

He grew up on a farm in the parish of Bridgetown in East Clare. He married Agnes Creagh, from Castlebar, in 1926, and they had five children.

Clancy was a prominent participant in the Dublin Castle ceremony in which Britain handed power to the new Irish government.

Clancy was a Fine Gael supporter throughout his life, he received visits from Liam Cosgrave, John Bruton and Enda Kenny.

He died 17 September 2006, aged 105, after a short illness, at St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin. He is buried in Deans Grange Cemetery.