The Death of a Chieftain, John Montague, 1964. When the poet John Montague suggested a name for Paddy Moloney’s newly formed traditional music ensemble in 1962, drawn from the title of his forthcoming collection, few could have envisaged just how apposite the handle would prove.  That full title resonates so poignantly on Friday, six decades later, as this most extraordinary, indefatigable Irish Chieftain – uilleann piper, whistle player, composer, arranger, producer – was laid to rest in St Kevin’s Cemetery in Glendalough. Paddy Moloney was one of the country’s foremost artists. That his medium of artistic expression was the uilleann…

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