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Featuring a mixture of well-known faces and members of the public with interesting stories, his Saturday night programme has become ‘destination viewing’ for the weekend.
Thanks to his incisive interviewing style, his Saturday night show has consistently performed strongly for RTÉ since coming back in January.
Despite the increased competition from a plethora of streaming services, he regularly pulls in over 400,000 viewers.
His February 6 show featuring Brian O’Driscoll and actor Stephen Rea claimed a 34pc share, the equivalent of 431,000 viewers. On February 13, some 411,000 tuned in to watch author Marian Keyes, Dublin zookeeper Gerry Creighton and musician Dave Balfe.
On February 20, his show with singer Philomena Begley and actress Helen Behan pulled in 427,000 viewers which represented a 36pc share of the available audience.
Chieftains
Lots Of Drops Of Brandy
Bean An Fhir Rua
The Dusty Miller
An Poc Ar Buile
Ballyfin Polkas
An Gaoth Aneas
On Water from the Well, Paddy Moloney and the Chieftains return to the traditional Irish music that first made their reputations in the early 60s. Unlike most of their recordings from the 1990s there is nary a rock star, f.
more »olk singer, or symphony orchestra to be found. Instead the Chieftains have chosen to play with some of Ireland s finest musicians, including Barney McKenna, Seamus Begley, Altan, and the Kilfenora Ceili Band. Here the Chieftains cover the entire spectrum of Irish traditional music, from a stately version of Planxty George Brabazon with the Belfast Harp Orchestra to a raucous session in flautist Matt Molloy s pub to a number of ballads sweetly sung by Kevin Conneff. The Chieftains have always performed at the highest level, but on Water from the Well the combination of familiar tunes and great musical guests seems to have insp