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They have won six Grammy Awards and have been nominated eighteen times. In 2002 they were given a '' Lifetime Achievement Award '' by the UK 's BBC Radio 2 . The front covers of the first four albums were designed by Edward Delaney .


BAND MEMBERS

Paddy Moloney is the band's leader, and composes or arranges most of the band's music. While the band's members changed numerous times in the band's early history, the membership solidified in 1976 when Kevin Conneff replaced Peadar Mercier. From then until 2002, members included:


In 2002, Fay retired from active membership and Bell died.


DISCOGRAPHY


All albums are available worldwide from www.claddaghrecords.com {Link without Title}

  • '' Chieftains 1 '' (1963)

  • '' Chieftains 2 '' (1969)

  • '' Chieftains 3 '' (1971)

  • '' Chieftains 4 '' (1973)

  • ''Chieftains 5'' (1975)

  • ''Chieftains 6 - Bonaparte's Retreat'' (1976)

  • ''Chieftains 7'' (1977)

  • ''Chieftains 8'' (1978)

  • ''Chieftains 9 - Boil the Breakfast Early'' (1979)

  • ''Chieftains 10 - Cotton-Eyed Joe'' (1981)

  • ''The Year of the French'' (1982)

  • ''Concert Orchestra'' (1982)

  • ''The Chieftains in China'' (1985)

  • ''Celtic Wedding'' (1987)

  • ''A Chieftains Celebration'' (1989)

  • ''Bells of Dublin'' (1991)

  • ''Another Country'' (1992)

  • ''An Irish Evening'' (1992)

  • '' The Long Black Veil '' (1995)

  • ''Santiago'' (1996)

  • '' Fire In The Kitchen '' (1998)

  • ''Tears of Stone'' (1999)

  • ''Water From the Well'' (2000)

  • ''The Wide World Over'' (2002)

  • ''Live From Dublin'' (2005)



Former members

Other former members include:


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