title: The Chieftains (album)
text: # The Chieftains (album)
  
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  The Chieftains is the first album released by the Irish musical group The Chieftains in 1964. The album is now sometimes referred to as The Chieftains 1 due to the numbering system of their subsequent albums. It was one of the first folk albums to be recorded in stereo.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks Traditional compositions
  
  * "Sé Fáth mo Bhuartha / The Lark on the Strand / An Fhallaingín Mhuimhneach / Trim the Velvet" – 7:38
  * "An Comhra Donn / Murphy's Hornpipe" – 4:30
  * "Cailín na Gruaige Doinne" (The Brown-Haired Girl) – 2:40
  * "Comb Your Hair and Curl It / The Boys of Ballisodare" – 3:00
  * "The Musical Priest / The Queen of May" – 3:25
  * "The Walls of Liscarroll Jig" – 2:31
  * "An Dhruimfhionn Donn Dílis" – 2:00
  * "The Connemara Stocking / The Limestone Rock / Dan Breen's" – 2:40
  * "Casadh an tSúgan" – 3:38
  * "The Boy in the Gap" – 1:12
  * "Saint Mary's, Church Street / Garret Barry, The Battering Ram / Kitty goes a-Milking, Rakish Paddy" – 6:39
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### The Chieftains
  
  * Paddy Moloney – uilleann pipes, tin whistle, arrangements, musical direction
  * Martin Fay – fiddle
  * Seán Potts – tin whistle
  * Michael Tubridy – flute, concertina, tin whistle
  * David Fallon – bodhrán
  
  ### Technical
  
  * Morgan O'Sullivan - recording engineer
  * Edward Delaney - cover design
  