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He added that his father was listening to a recording of “Will Ye Go Lassie Go” by the Chieftains, a traditional Irish folk band, when he died.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024

I was gifted four tickets to the Hollywood Bowl to see the Irish band the Chieftains.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2022

Chieftains member Paddy Moloney, who was at AIR Studios that day to record Uilleann pipes for the song, was quoted in John Glatt's "The Chieftains: The Authorized Biography," about the experience.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2022

Paddy Moloney, founder of the traditional Irish music group, The Chieftains, has died at the age of 83.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2021

You Chieftains gathered on this hill, Do not yet know the fate that looms, The threat that all with fear must fill, And Latvia's folk to serfdom dooms.-

From Bearslayer A free translation from the unrhymed Latvian into English heroic verse by Cropley, Arthur