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The Chieftains

The Chieftains is a group from Ireland, active from 1962.

Group IE 1962–2023 folk irish folk celtic
TOTAL PLAYS
41
SONGS PLAYED
27
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2007-10-06 19:41 · 6 Music — "The Foggy Dew"
LAST PLAYED
4 days ago · 6 Music — "Away We Go Again"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2007 — 2026
20 15 10 5 0
'07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 22 54%
Radio 2 19 46%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 20:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 The Women Of Ireland 9 2025-11-24
2 Drowsy Maggie 3 2021-08-16
3 The Bells of Dublin / Christmas Eve 2 2025-12-18
4 I Know My Love (feat. The Corrs) 2 2025-06-04
5 Carolina Rua (feat. Imelda May) 2 2022-04-13
6 Down in the Willow Garden (feat. Bon Iver) 2 2021-10-18
7 Away We Go Again 1 2026-05-17
8 The Foggy Dew (feat. Sinéad O’Connor) 1 2023-08-02
9 Samhradh, Samhradh 1 2023-06-07
10 The Wren in the Furze (feat. The Voice Squad & Kevin Coneff) 1 2022-12-22
11 Cotton-Eyed Joe (Live at WOMAD 1982) 1 2022-07-31
12 Cotton Eyed Joe (Live at WOMAD 1982) 1 2022-07-24
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-17 11:00 Away We Go Again 6 Music
2025-12-18 03:46 The Bells of Dublin / Christmas Eve Radio 2
2025-12-10 21:45 The Bells of Dublin / Christmas Eve Radio 2
2025-11-24 00:28 The Women Of Ireland 6 Music
2025-11-23 13:27 The Women Of Ireland 6 Music
2025-06-04 20:03 I Know My Love (feat. The Corrs) Radio 2
2023-08-02 20:43 The Foggy Dew (feat. Sinéad O’Connor) Radio 2
2023-06-07 20:50 Samhradh, Samhradh Radio 2
2023-03-16 22:53 The Women Of Ireland 6 Music
2022-12-22 21:21 The Wren in the Furze (feat. The Voice Squad & Kevin Coneff) 6 Music
2022-07-31 09:56 Cotton-Eyed Joe (Live at WOMAD 1982) 6 Music
2022-07-24 14:42 Cotton Eyed Joe (Live at WOMAD 1982) 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

27 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Away We Go Again — 1 ▶
Banish Misfortune / Morning Dew (Live at the 2002 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards) — 1 ▶
Bean an Fhir Rua (Slow Air) — 1 ▶
Carolina Rua (feat. Imelda May) — 2 ▶
Cotton Eyed Joe (Live at WOMAD 1982) — 1 ▶
Cotton-Eyed Joe (Live at WOMAD 1982) — 1 ▶
Down In The Willow Garden — 1 ▶
Down in the Willow Garden (feat. Bon Iver) — 2 ▶
Drowsy Maggie — 3 ▶
Hard Times Come Again No More (feat. Paolo Nutini) — 1 ▶
I Know My Love (feat. The Corrs) — 2 ▶
Lots Of Drops Of Brandy — 1 ▶
Mo Ghile Mear — 1 ▶
O'Sullivan's March — 1 ▶
Samhradh, Samhradh — 1 ▶
The Bells of Dublin / Christmas Eve — 2 ▶
The Dingle Set — 1 ▶
The Foggy Dew — 1 ▶
The Foggy Dew (feat. Sinéad O’Connor) — 1 ▶
The Wind that Shakes the Barley / The Reel with the Beryle — 1 ▶
The Wind That Shakes The Barley/The Reel With The Beryle — 1 ▶
The Women Of Ireland — 9 ▶
The Wren in the Furze — 1 ▶
The Wren in the Furze (feat. The Voice Squad & Kevin Coneff) — 1 ▶
Wabash Cannonball (feat. Ricky Skaggs) — 1 ▶
When The Ship Comes In (feat. The Decemberists) — 1 ▶
Women of Ireland — 1 ▶