Claddagh Records

The second release by Claddagh was The Chieftains' debut album, a band who has made history as, arguably, the most globally well-known and longest-running Irish traditional group. Some Claddagh records feature poets reading their own works, amongst whom include Patrick Kavanagh, John Montague, and a young Seamus Heaney. Liam O’Flaherty's 1981 record was to be the only one of him reading his own work recorded by Claddagh. He was often known by his Irish name, Garech de Brún, or Garech a Brún, particularly in Ireland and by Irish speakers. Ivor Browne, who died on 24 January 2024, was a jazz and traditional musician, as well as a retired psychiatrist and author. In addition to serving as former Chief Psychiatrist of the Eastern Health Board, Browne was also Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at University College Dublin. During his psychiatric career, he was well-known for his staunch opposition to traditional psychiatric treatment methods, particularly with regard to his skepticism surrounding psychiatric drugs; Browne openly discussed his early experiences with psychedelics, like LSD, in a quest for non-traditional, experimental "treatments" of his own mental conditions (such as depression).

• Name — Claddagh Records • Founded — 1959 • Founder — Garech Browne, Ivor Browne • Website — Official site

• Leo Rowsome • The Chieftains • Ronan Browne • Peadar O'Loughlin • Denis Murphy • Julia Clifford • Séamus Ennis • Maeve Donnelly • Seamus Heaney • Liam O'Flynn • Tommy Potts • Bernadette Greevy • Derek Bell • Dolores Keane • John Doherty • Matt Molloy • Sean Keane • Rita Keane • Siobhán O'Brien • James Byrne • Len Graham • Paul O'Shaughnessy • Eileen Ivers