Irish Traditional Music Archive. However, an official cause of death has not been revealed.“The Irish music community, and indeed the much larger community throughout the world who found such inspiration in his work, will have learnt with great sadness today of the passing of Paddy Moloney, founder and leader of the Chieftains,” said Irish President Michael D.
Higgins said in a statement. “His legacy will remain with us in the music which he created and brought to the world.”The native of Donnycarney — a suburb north of Dublin, Ireland — was famously a self-taught musician.
He once said that when his mom first gifted him his signature instrument at 6 years old, it opened a whole new world for him. “Because it gives you great insight into.
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