The Chieftains

The Chieftains are a Grammy®-winning Irish musical group founded in 1962, best known for being one of the first bands to make Irish traditional music popular around the world.

The group have won six Grammy® Awards and have been nominated eighteen times. They have also won an Emmy® and a Genie® and contributed a couple of tracks, including their highly-praised version of the song Women of Ireland, to Leonard Rosenman's Oscar®-winning score for Stanley Kubrick's 1975 film Barry Lyndon. In 2002 they were given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the UK's BBC Radio 2. Two of their singles have been minor hits. Have I Told You Lately (credited to The Chieftains with Van Morrison) reached number 71 in 1995. I Know My Love (credited to The Chieftains featuring The Corrs) reached number 37 in 2002.