- From Dublin, Ireland.
- Formed in 1963 by Paddy Maloney, an uillean piper. Went full-time in 1975.
- Became Ireland’s best known performers of traditional Irish/Celtic music.
- Members: Paddy Moloney, Sean Keane, Kevin Conneff, Matt Molloy, Martin Fay, Michael Tubridy, Sean Potts, Derek Bell. Bell died in 2002.
- 1975, won an Academy Award for the soundtrack to the movie “Barry Lyndon.” They have written and performed soundtracks for several other films as well.
- They have won six Grammy Awards.
- 2002, released Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions
album with many bluegrass artists including Ricky Skaggs, Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Sam Bush, Del McCoury, Nickel Creek and others.
- 2002, Paddy Moloney performed on the IBMA Awards show with the Del McCoury Band.
- 2003, released Further Down the Old Plank Road
album, a follow up to their 2002 bluegrass-flavored album.
- 2021, Paddy Moloney died at the age of 83.
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