The Chieftains perform a selection of reels and a slip jig collectively known as ‘The Chattering Magpie’.
The Chieftains began playing together in 1964. Some had been members of Seán Ó Riada’s famous group Ceoltóirí Chualann, and when that was disbanded the piper Paddy Moloney, inspired by Ó Riada’s leadership, brought together a group of highly skilled traditional musicians and they recorded and released their first album titled ‘Chieftains’ that same year.

The Chieftains are Paddy Moloney on uilleann pipes, harpist Derek Bell, fiddlers Sean Keane and Martin Fay, who also played the bones, Michael Tubridy on tin whistle, and bodhrán player Kevin Conneff, who replaced Peadar Mercier in 1975.

This performance was recorded in RTÉ’s television studios on 6 November 1976, when producer Adrian Cronin succeeded in persuading Paddy Moloney and his fellow musicians to take one night off from their hectic touring schedule to record an informal television concert.

‘Meet The Chieftains’ was broadcast on 25 December 1976.

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