12 October 2021(2021-10-12) (aged 83) Dublin, Ireland
Genres
Traditional Irish music
Occupation(s)
Musician
composer
record producer
Instrument(s)
Uilleann pipes
tin whistle
button accordion
bodhrán
Years active
1960–2021
Labels
Claddagh Records
Shanachie Records
Mercury Records
RCA Victor
Hear Music
Musical artist
Paddy Moloney (Irish: Pádraig Ó Maoldomhnaigh; 1 August 1938 – 12 October 2021) was an Irish musician, composer, and record producer. He co-founded and led the Irish musical group the Chieftains, playing on all of their 44 albums. He was particularly associated with the revival of the uilleann pipes.
PaddyMoloney (Irish: Pádraig Ó Maoldomhnaigh; 1 August 1938 – 12 October 2021) was an Irish musician, composer, and record producer. He co-founded and...
Chieftains are a traditional Irish folk band formed in Dublin in 1962, by PaddyMoloney, Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely...
music, including Seán Ó Riada's song "Women of Ireland", arranged by PaddyMoloney and performed by The Chieftains. "The British Grenadiers" also features...
Belfast during Morrison's No Guru tour and afterwards, Morrison and PaddyMoloney discussed recording an album together during a walk. They each had a...
York's Fallen Angel Theatre Company. She is the daughter of musician PaddyMoloney. After graduating from the Samuel Beckett Theatre Centre in Trinity...
education, learning the tin whistle. This experience was shared with PaddyMoloney, who later founded The Chieftains, and Leon and Liam Rowsome, sons of...
Dublin) (PaddyMoloney) "Past Three O'Clock" (with The Renaissance Singers) "St. Stephen's Day Murders" (with Elvis Costello) (P. Moloney, E. Costello)...
featured Irish traditional band The Chieftains and was arranged by PaddyMoloney and Jimmy Webb. Versions of the song recorded by Sinéad O'Connor (as...
1982) Finbar Furey (born 1946) Paddy Keenan (born 1950) Declan Masterson Michael McGoldrick (born 1971) PaddyMoloney (1938 – 2021) of The Chieftains...
org. Retrieved October 15, 2021. Smith, Harrison (October 12, 2021). "PaddyMoloney, who helped revive Irish music as head of the Chieftains, dies at 83"...
Dawn" echoes the children's book, The Wind in the Willows, and features PaddyMoloney on uilleann pipes with Phil Coulter on piano. On "Burning Ground", Morrison...
and performed it with No Doubt. The same year, he collaborated with PaddyMoloney of The Chieftains on "The Long Journey Home" on the soundtrack of the...
MacMahon, 82, button accordion player and broadcaster. 12 October – PaddyMoloney, 83, musician, composer, and producer (The Chieftains). 14 October –...
for traditional musicians who included future Chieftains colleagues PaddyMoloney, Seán Keane and Michael Tubridy. In the early 1970s, Conneff joined...
Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Edited by Bruce Green Music by Nick Glennie-Smith PaddyMoloney Production company Morgan Creek Productions Distributed by Warner Bros...
taken several flutes with her to the ISS, including a pennywhistle from PaddyMoloney of The Chieftains, an old Irish flute from Matt Molloy of The Chieftains...
Jones Cinematography Anthony B. Richmond Edited by Eva Gardos Music by PaddyMoloney Production company October Films Distributed by USA Films (United States...
Celtic nations. Many notable Celtic musicians such as Alan Stivell and PaddyMoloney claim that the different Celtic music genres have a lot in common. These...
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