The Pub Runners musical styling has been influenced by many artists but none more than two groups - The Dubliners and The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem. The Clancy's popularized Irish music in America in the sixties with their appearances on the Ed Sullivan show and at concerts across the United States. It was a performance by the Clancy's at the University of Michigan that sparked a love for Irish music in a young Jerry Belanger.

While on their tour of Ireland in 2024, The Pub Runners had the honor of being received at a mayoral reception in Carrick-on-Suir, the home town of the Clancy's.