MUSICIAN

Paddy Moloney

1938 - 2021

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Paddy Moloney (Irish: Pádraig Ó Maoldomhnaigh; 1 August 1938 – 12 October 2021) was an Irish musician, composer, and record producer. He co-founded and led the Irish musical group the Chieftains, playing on all of their 44 albums. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paddy Moloney has received more than 380,380 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Paddy Moloney is the 1,708th most popular musician (down from 729th in 2019), the 263rd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 116th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Irish Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Paddy Moloney ranks 1,708 out of 3,175. Before her are Fabio Biondi, Chuck Mangione, Jennifer Batten, Boz Burrell, Sly Stone, and Doug Aldrich. After her are Spencer Dryden, Stanley Turrentine, Yang Hyun-suk, Ian McLagan, Bernie Leadon, and RZA.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Paddy Moloney ranks 463. Before her are Marilyn Ferguson, Lewis Teague, Árpád Orbán, Alan Rees, Bobby Hebb, and David Canary. After her are Spencer Dryden, Carlos Garaikoetxea, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, Stephen F. Cohen, Gyula Rákosi, and Herb Elliott. Among people deceased in 2021, Paddy Moloney ranks 492. Before her are Franco Marini, Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, Yoo Sang-chul, Antal Kiss, Olha Ilkiv, and Walter Graf. After her are Giacomo Capuzzi, John Madden, Karl-Friedrich Haas, Marco Maciel, Buddy Van Horn, and G. Gordon Liddy.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Paddy Moloney ranks 263 out of 549. Before her are Eoin O'Duffy (1890), William McGonagall (1825), Derek Daly (1953), Liam Brady (1956), Victor Herbert (1859), and Michael Scott (1959). After her are Eoin Colfer (1965), Jack Lynch (1917), Matt McGrath (1875), Robert O'Hara Burke (1821), Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865), and Sydney, Lady Morgan (1776).

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Among MUSICIANS In Ireland

Among musicians born in Ireland, Paddy Moloney ranks 10. Before her are Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946), Sally Oldfield (1947), Aphex Twin (1971), Moya Brennan (1952), Ronnie Drew (1934), and Larry Mullen Jr. (1961). After her are Brian Downey (1951), Louis Walsh (1952), Sharon Corr (1970), Jim Corr (1964), Mark Kelly (1961), and Caroline Corr (1973).

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