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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 366,407 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Paddy Moloney is the 731st most popular musician (up from 1,991st in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 310th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Irish Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Paddy Moloney ranks 731 out of 2,662Before her are Liam Gallagher, Dorival Caymmi, Chas Chandler, Eric Singer, James Burton, and Eddie Clarke. After her are Mick Box, Jean-Delphin Alard, Rudolf Barshai, Eduard van Beinum, Ron McGovney, and Charlie Christian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Paddy Moloney ranks 224Before her are Andrei Amalrik, Grethe Ingmann, Shi Pei Pu, Chas Chandler, John Kufuor, and Tommy Chong. After her are Diane Baker, Artavazd Peleshyan, Bhalchandra Nemade, Margarita Salas, Shashi Kapoor, and Herbert Achternbusch. Among people deceased in 2021, Paddy Moloney ranks 275Before her are Anne Buydens, Juan Rodríguez Vega, Francesco Morini, Gianluigi Saccaro, Sylvano Bussotti, and Freimut Börngen. After her are Sergei Solovyov, Jean-Marc Vallée, Fayez Tarawneh, Orlando Martínez, Pavol Molnár, and Dragan Pantelić.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Paddy Moloney ranks 117 out of 501Before her are Jim Sheridan (1949), Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946), Charles Stewart Parnell (1846), Daniel O'Connell (1775), John Banville (1945), and Richard Kirwan (1733). After her are James Barry (1795), Cornelius Ryan (1920), Liam Cunningham (1961), Peter Brown (1935), John Millington Synge (1871), and Andrew Graham (1815).

Among MUSICIANS In Ireland

Among musicians born in Ireland, Paddy Moloney ranks 5Before her are Bono (1960), Rory Gallagher (1948), Dolores O'Riordan (1971), and Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946). After her are Sally Oldfield (1947), Aphex Twin (1971), Ronnie Drew (1934), Moya Brennan (1952), Larry Mullen Jr. (1961), Louis Walsh (1952), and Sharon Corr (1970).