Claddagh Records is a
record label, based in Dublin's
Temple Bar area, was founded in
1959
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by
Garech Browne 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, who had made many recordings in the 1920s and 1930s with
H.M.V.
His Master's Voice (HMV) was the name of a major British record label created in 1901 by The Gramophone Co. Ltd. The phrase was coined in the late 1890s from the title of a painting by English artist Francis Barraud, which depicted a Jack Rus ...
and
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 piping
The uilleann pipes ( or , ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland. Earlier known in English as "union pipes", their current name is a partial translation of the Irish language terms (literally, "pipes of the elbow"), from their ...
.
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 and a young
Seamus Heaney.
Liam O’Flaherty
Liam O'Flaherty ( ; 28 August 1896 – 7 September 1984) was an Irish novelist and short-story writer, and one of the foremost socialist writers in the first part of the 20th century, writing about the common people's experience and from their ...
'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
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The Chieftains
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Ronan Browne
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Peter O'Loughlin
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Peadar O'Loughlin
Peadar O'Loughlin (6 November 1929 – 22 October 2017) was an Irish fluter, fiddler, and piper from Kilmaley County Clare, Ireland who had been a fixture in Irish music since the late 1940s and was best known for having played on the highl ...
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Maeve Donnelly
Maeve Donnelly is one of the top Irish traditional fiddle players known for her unique style within the traditional Irish music genre.
Life and education
Donnelly was born near Kylemore Abbey in Loughrea in East Galway, Ireland. She now lives i ...
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Seamus Heaney
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Liam O'Flynn
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Tommy Potts
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Bernadette Greevy
Bernadette Greevy (3 July 1940 – 26 September 2008) was an Irish mezzo-soprano. She was founder and artistic director of the Anna Livia Dublin International Opera Festival.''The Irish Times'', "Festival seeks to promote opera among young peopl ...
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Derek Bell
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Dolores Keane
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John Doherty
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Matt Molloy
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Sean Keane
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Rita Keane
Rita Keane (born 31 December 1922, Caherlistrane, near Tuam, County Galway, Ireland – died 28 June 2009, Galway City) was an Irish traditional singer and accordionist. She was a member of a well known Irish musical family, and had a lifelong m ...
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Siobhán O'Brien
Siobhán O'Brien (born 24 August 1969 in Limerick, Ireland) is a singer-songwriter who performs with acoustic guitar and harmonica. O'Brien has performed with Bob Dylan, The San Diego Symphony, The Chieftains and supported such acts as Christy M ...
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Len Graham
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Paul O'Shaughnessy
See also
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List of record labels
References
External links
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Irish record labels
Record labels established in 1959
Spoken word record labels
IFPI members
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