The Chieftains

Grúpa ceoil traidisiúnta Éireannach atá sna Chieftains, a bunaíodh sa bhliain 1963. Is iad Paddy Moloney, Michael Tubridy, Matt Molloy, Kevin Conneff, Seán Keane, Martin Fay, agus Derek Bell na baill a bhí ag seinm leis an mbanna i rith na mblianta. Is é Maloney atá ina cheannaire ar an mbanna, agus is eisean a scríobhann nó a chóiríonn an chuid is mó den saothar atá acu.

Is ón leabhar Death of a Chieftain leis an údar Éireannach John Montague a thagann ainm an bhanna. 

Tá ceol seinnte agus taifeadta ag na Chieftains le roinnt mhór ceoltóirí mór le rá eile, ar nós Van Morrison, Moya Brennan, Mark Knopfler, Loreena McKennitt, Mick Jagger, Elvis Costello, Roger Daltrey, Nanci Griffith, Tom Jones, Sinéad O'Connor, James Galway, The Corrs, Art Garfunkel, Sting, Rosanne Cash, Jim White, Tom Partington, Ziggy Marley, Lyle Lovett, Jackson Browne agus daoine eile.

Is iomaí duais atá buaite acu chomh maith, mar shampla an Duais Grammy, Gradaim an Acadaimh amháin, Duais Emmy amháin agus an Duais Genie fosta.

Dioscliosta 

 The Chieftains 1 (1963)
 The Chieftains 2 (1969)
 The Chieftains 3 (1971)
 The Chieftains 4 (1973)
 The Chieftains 5 (1975)
 The Chieftains 6: Bonaparte's Retreat (1976)
 The Chieftains 7 (1977)
 The Chieftains Live!  (1977)
 The Chieftains 8 (1978)
 The Chieftains 9: Boil the Breakfast Early (1979)
 The Chieftains 10: Cotton-Eyed Joe (1981)
 The Year of the French (1982)
 Concert Orchestra (1982)
 The Chieftains in China (1985)
 Ballad of the Irish Horse (1986)
 Celtic Wedding (1987)
 In Ireland (1987) ("James Galway and the Chieftains")
 Irish Heartbeat - With Van Morrison (1988)
 The Tailor Of Gloucester (1988)
 A Chieftains Celebration (1989)
 Over the Sea To Skye: The Celtic Connection - With James Galway (1990)
 Bells of Dublin (1991)
 Another Country (1992)
 An Irish Evening (1992)
 The Celtic Harp: A Tribute To Edward Bunting (1993)
 The Long Black Veil (1995)
 Film Cuts (1996)
 Santiago (1996)
 Long Journey Home (1998)
 Fire in the Kitchen (1998)
 Tears of Stone (1999)
 Water From the Well (2000)
 The Wide World Over (2002)
 Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions (2002)
 Further Down the Old Plank Road (2003)
 The Long Black Veil (2004 Mobile Fidelity Gold CD reissue)
 Live From Dublin: A Tribute To Derek Bell (2005)
 The Essential Chieftains (2006)

Iar-bhaill 
 David Fallon (bodhrán)
 Ronnie McShane 
 Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones)
 Seán Potts (feadóg, bones, bodhrán)
 Michael Tubridy (fliúit, consairtin, agus feadóg)

Tagairtí

Naisc sheachtracha 

 Suíomh oifigiúil 
 Stair an ghrúpa
 The Chieftains ar shuíomh National Geographic World Music 

Chieftains, The
Grúpaí ceoil bunaithe sa bhliain 1962