World-renowned traditional Irish music band The Chieftains will play four concerts in Ireland in November, it was announced today.
The six-time Grammy Award winners play at Limerick University on the 17th of November, Cappoquin Community Centre on the 20th, the Mermaid Theatre in Bray on the 21st and the Tullamore Court Hotel on Wednesday 24th November.
The tour will feature original members Paddy Moloney, Matt Molloy, Seán Keane and Kevin Conneff, but will also feature guest performers from around the world including Ottowa Valley Dancers Jon and Nathan Pilatzke, New York-based champion Irish dancer Cara Butler, eight string guitarist Redmond O’Toole, harpist Triona Marshall and guest singer Yvonne Mc Mahon-Tiernan.
Founded in 1962, the band has released more than 40 albums, most recently collaborating with acclaimed US guitarist Ry Cooder on the 'San Patricio’ album which celebrates the San Patricios, a battalion of Irish soldiers who switched sides to fight for Mexico against the US invaders in the war of 1846-1848.
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