by Gerard Garrigan

Just the quickest listen
And I was carried back
To where I’d never been
To a wild and melancholy world
Where passions flared and warriors fell
And afterward bard and piper brooded
For twice eternity
You gave me memories
I never had

The Chieftains were a traditional Irish folk band formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous with traditional Irish music.