Claddagh Records is a
record label
A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the produ ...
, based in Dublin's
Temple Bar area, was founded in
1959
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by
Garech Browne
Garech Domnagh Browne (25 June 1939 – 10 March 2018) was an Irish art collector and a notable patron of Irish arts, traditional Irish music in particular. He was often known by the Irish designation of his name, Garech de Brún, or alternative ...
and
Ivor Browne.
It specialises in Irish traditional music and spoken word. Garech had been taking lessons at the time from the master piper
Leo Rowsome
Leo Rowsome (5 April 1903 - 20 September 1970) was the third generation of an unbroken line of uilleann pipers. He was a performer, manufacturer and teacher of the uilleann pipes throughout his life.
Samuel Rowsome, Leo’s grandfather sent hi ...
, who had made many recordings in the 1920s and 1930s with His Master's Voice, H.M.V. and Decca Records, Decca, was to be the first artist to record on the Claddagh label. Leo, on the first-ever Claddagh album "Rí na bPíobairí" (King of the Pipers), produced virtuoso Uilleann pipes, uilleann piping.
The second album released by Claddagh was The Chieftains' first recording who are most arguably well-known artists in their roster.
Some recorded poets reading their own works amongst whom were, Patrick Kavanagh, John Montague (poet), John Montague and a young Seamus Heaney. Liam O’Flaherty's 1981 record was the only one of him reading his own work recorded by Claddagh.
Browne, who died in 2018, was an Irish art collector, a notable patron of the Irish arts, traditional Irish music in particular.
He is often known by his Irish name, Garech de Brún, or Garech a Brún, particularly in Ireland.
Ivor Browne is an Irish retired psychiatrist, author, former Chief Psychiatrist of the Eastern Health Board, and Professor emeritus of psychiatry at University College Dublin. He is known for his opposition to traditional psychiatry, and his skepticism about psychiatric drugs. Ivor Browne is a notable artist.
Claddagh artists
* The Chieftains
* Ronan Browne
* Peadar O'Loughlin, Peter O'Loughlin
* Peadar O'Loughlin
* Maeve Donnelly
* Seamus Heaney
* Liam O'Flynn
* Tommy Potts
* Bernadette Greevy
* Derek Bell (musician), Derek Bell
* Dolores Keane
* John Doherty (musician), John Doherty
* Matt Molloy
* Seán Keane (fiddler), Sean Keane
* Rita Keane
* Siobhán O'Brien
* Len Graham (singer), Len Graham
* Paul O'Shaughnessy (musician), Paul O'Shaughnessy
See also
* List of record labels
References
External links
*
Irish record labels
Record labels established in 1959
Spoken word record labels
IFPI members
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