The Chieftains 1974 and 1985

[@babs420th9]

There will never be a band like this again. Let that sink in. 😪

[@terryhowlett]

Absolutely correct. They provided the soundtrack to my life.

[@stixharvey4543]

At a small airport in Canada not too long before he died, I ran into Paddy Maloney and was able to say thanks. Made my day.

[@philruane5910]

Well done mate.

[@tomoleary7935]

SERIOUS STUFF ..... The lads have played on EVERY CONTINENT, with the very best of National Orchestras,Bands, Individual Musicians and Maestros - THEY WERE, AND ARE UNTOUCHABLE - Unique !!! A pleasure to behold !!!!

[@stephenkangas5136]

Best Irish musicians and music all together. Timeless and never forgotten ever. Cheers!

[@ellenjampole1905]

This is terrific. I was lucky enough to see The Chieftains play live a couple of times. This takes me back to then. Thank you!

[@itsaguinness]

I got to see them play once in Southern California in I think 2005. Was amazing to hear Kevin do “May morning dew” live

[@stephenwalsh5636]

Puts me right back at home with my dad

[@maureenkenny8653]

Great. Music chieftains love the music. Ireland. Forever

[@briteness]

Thank you for this. I was lucky enough to see them play in 1985 in the States. I still remember the players and the sound vividly. This really takes me back.

[@janenorton3067]

O'Neil's March. One of my favorite tunes from The Chieftains!

[@paulmungovan8832]

24mins and 14 seconds well spent, my dad loved it 😁😁😁 siar an bothar should be brought back! Derek Bells solo on the harp makes it for me 😊

[@paulmungovan8832]

Derek Bell - a genius 🤗🤗👏👏👏

[@maureenmartin4730]

They were always brilliant … magical ❤

[@terryhowlett]

Martin Fay,master of the slow air. Simple.

[@tomgreene1843]

Indeed ...notice how he changes position .

[@TadhghR]

Thank you so much! This playlist ( I posted @ the end), is, as close as, to an, a approximation, of a recording, of a set in the early 1980s', @ the Princess Theatre, Hobart, Australia (recorded by the ABC in Australia). I've always wanted to contact the ABC to see if they still have the recording; however, this will suffice for the time being! Again, thank you so much!

[@eleonoramarianelli14]

Sono stati e saranno sempre unici e meravigliosi! ❤

[@jacobsgranddaughter]

Wonderful musicianship!❤️

[@barbaraoliver2005]

Who the hell are the eleven eejits who gave this a thumbs down?

[@uzm2589]

Ur mom

[@brianbyrne3003]

The thumbs down are reflections of themselves. The music is joyous, and pure Irish.

[@paulmungovan8832]

People with zero taste or clue of music

[@barbaravincent7172]

So so so beautiful and nostalgic. One funny thing, I'm looking at them and thinking "Man that was a long time ago, but it sounds like the music as I first heard it!" And then I realized I first heard it a looooong time ago! LOL I'm old.

[@thomasdickson62]

And this music was old when you were young.

[@philruane5910]

In our anglo/irish massive St.Helens/Mayo/Roscommon family the chieftans were often on the record player. Dubliners, Tommy Makem n Clancy Brothers, Ceilihouse on rte radio on sturdays at 9pm

[@derrik-bosse]

I can't believe this was 20 and 10 years before Dervish

[@damienholden2132]

Always trust à mullet bissiness up front party out the back. Love you chieftain

[@conhoran8217]

Beautiful music from the Cheiftans Nicholas Carolan is a great presenter Con Horan Newbridge Kildare

[@shobarsch]

I love Sean Keane getting the joke a couple of seconds later at 17:15!

[@slayer04031974]

Thank you for sharing this!! 💚

[@TheSHERIE68]

Another thanks for an enjoyably enjoyed upload, would love hearing from where it cut off.

[@Tobaccodrummer]

Great ❤

[@Mark-cr4xh]

Aye!!!@

[@waltercrawford1934]

Very enjoyable video. Many thanks for the up load.

[@paulcarolan2475]

I play set bones and carry them everywhere if going for walk practice practice and I also play bodhran☺ hello from Royal hill Tara county Meath Ireland☺

[@patring4641]

"munster cloak/o neils march/kerry gaol" is the 1st lot

[@ninjlva5443]

🥇🥇🥇🏆🏆🏆🏅🏅🏅 💯💯💯✔️💖💖💖. Sir CHIFTENS,, SIEMPRE y desde SIEM PRE. A mis 50y... Años. CHIFTENS. (Un buen fichaje, CARLOS NÚÑEZ, no de verdad, el de GALICIA se las trae ). Aunque el tiempo pase,.... CHIFTENS NO. 🥇🏅🥇🏅🥇🏅🏆🏆🏆👍👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️🖖Buen día.

[@Kitiwake]

I was interested in Martin Faye's interpretation of Slieve Geal Gua na Feile. I heard a great version played recently in Millstreet county Waterford by a 12 year old tin whistle player. It's a tune that allows for a variety of interpretations.

[@supermasterPIK]

8:27 name of the song? I remember was on 1979´s Boil Breakfast Early

[@ChrisWo]

Great video !

[@billsikes1149]

I know this is a long shot, but does anyone know the name of the "tune" or the particular parts name at 20:27. If its at all possible to find out the name, I'm sure there is one. If someone could help I would thank them a million times!

[@machree01]

sliabh geal gcua na feile

[@bethanybohnenblust448]

Does anyone know the song Kevin Conneff starts singing at 16:14?

[@heikebraun4907]

The song is called I'm Here Because I'm Here . It's on his The Week before Easter album.

[@caraburgess223]

Round the house and mind the dresser!

[@ronangaelicprince3239]

Cara Burgess yup she said

[@jacopoferrara8432]

tune name at 20:28? thanks!!!

[@bethanybohnenblust448]

Slieve Geal Gua na Feile.

[@derrik-bosse]

Question for people in Ireland. I am disabled and use an electric wheelchair. Will I do ok in Ireland, and if so, which parts will be fine, and which to avoid?

[@paddyearly]

You should be fine. If you depend on public transport the cities will be perfect but Mai line trains and buses should be no problem. Also cities would have many taxis for wheelchair users✅

[@jmpmcd]

someone hurry up and like i just put it on 13.

[@supermasterPIK]

Ireland had PAL or SECAM Tv System?

[@paddyearly]

Our Irish music and culture has been destroyed😭 All our great music, story telling, poetry and oral history reflected the joys, pains of life and of our history. But taking it out of our homes into concert venues has produced a sterility and “niceness” which does not reflect real life in our godless crazy times😭 We need to bring it back to its roots and not just provide light entertainment✅🇨🇮

[@charlesward8196]

To play the devil’s advocate here, the music has been shared with the world, and millions of people who otherwise would never have experienced Irish music have been enriched. I just was completely thrilled by the late Derek Bell’s harp solo. I was moved to seek out other musicians and collected a number of Irish label vinyl albums by artists who have passed on, like Leo Rowsome, and Seamus Ennis. Ennis’ recording of Feidlin Ton Ri’s Castle harkens back to the days before radio, and the hours after sunset could be brightened with a drawn-out tale of wrongs, revenge, love, and magic. Rowsome’s Planxty Davis gives me goosebumps every time I cue it up. How many modern musicians have been inspired to pick up old instruments, learned the traditional tunes, and carried them back home?

[@paddyearly]

@@charlesward8196 I agree with much of what you say✅ The point I’m making however is that our music, our storytelling has become stuck in a groove because it has been taken out of its natural environment which was the fireside of our ancestors homes. Their music reflected the joys and sorrows of the events of their lives. But because we have placed a monetary secular value on everything now we have lost our soul as a people😭 We are a broken society and our music doesn’t reflect any of that😭

[@charlesward8196]

@@paddyearly Well, I must agree that our global culture is as screwed up as a “football bat,” or a “soup sandwich.” I am not ready to surrender, however. Many times things have looked hopeless in the past, but men and women of vision have persevered in the face of apparently insurmountable odds and prevailed in their cause. Some, perhaps even most, people have indeed “lost their souls” to Mammon, but others have not, and like-minded people can combine to fight the good fight. The lemmings will continue their head-long flight over the precipice, but the rational will step aside, un-plug and pursue a saner path. I hand you the example of Paul Sellers, master woodworker. In the face of machine powered mass production of furniture and objects of wood he has maintained the skills of traditional hand-tool woodworking, and made a living for himself and his family. Further, he has helped spread the gospel of un-plugged woodworking through local seminars, hands-on training, published books, and, God help us, KZbin videos. His calm and patient manner, and persistent philosophy of empowerment of people through education are very effective. One need only look at the prices of vintage wood working hand tools on eBay to see how many people are joining the movement as old tools are acquired, restored and put to work in homes and garages around the globe. People remain people, and suffer the same sorrows and reap the same joys of living, and traditional music is still a means of coping with the former and celebrating the latter. I was just thinking of Dick Gaughan’s rendition of Song for Ireland, it nearly moves me to tears every time I hear it. It is a song of loss, and hardship, yet a celebration of the things that make life worth living: The appreciation of beauty of the natural world, and the love and friendship shared by people. My ancestors fled poverty and political upheaval in Central Europe over a century ago to make a new life in America, so there is an element of commonality there. Despair not. Find, or found, a community of like-minded people to preserve, maintain and spread the wealth of your cultural traditions through food, dress, art, music, literature and oral tradition etc. This is a fight worth fighting in a war of cultures fought on many battlefields. “A warrior does not always win the fight, but s/he never surrenders.” The poison of global culture is all around us, but we are not obligated to sup the cup of bitter dregs. “Stood on your Atlantic shore, saw summer sunsets, asked for more. Stood by your Atlantic sea, and sang a song for Ireland.”

[@michaelm6948]

Once a people disown their Faith, toss over their language, hand over their sovereignty and adopt secular materialism, a peoples music and culture becomes a mere prop.

[@philruane5910]

A new ‘Pogues’? The Pogues wanted to bring Irish music to the world. Mission accomplished.

[@damienholden2132]

Never dance for crownwell

[@damienholden2132]

Oc Paðdy Big Gs will❤

[@martinarthur2597]

they have the good taste to cover a lot of Horslips tunes I notice

[@manuelreen]

I like Paddy Moloney's horns 🤣

[@damienholden2132]

Ireland will not sell