Paddy Moloney (Pádraig Ó Maoldomhnaigh) (born 1 August 1938; died 11 October 2021) was an Irish musician, composer, and producer who co-founded and led the Irish musical group The Chieftains and played on every one of their albums.

He was born in Donnycarney near Dublin. His mother bought him a tin whistle when he was six and at the age of eight he started to learn the Uilleann pipes. He also plays button accordion and bodhrán. In the late 1950s he met Seán Ó Riada and joined his group Ceoltóirí Chualann in the early 1960s. Together with Garech de Brun (anglicised to Garech Browne) of Luggala, he founded Claddagh Records in 1959. In 1968 he became a producer for the label and supervised the recording of 45 albums.

Along with Sean Potts and Michael Tubridy, Moloney formed the traditional Irish band The Chieftains in Dublin in November 1962. As the band leader, he was the primary composer and arranger of much of the Chieftains' music.

He did session work for Mike Oldfield, The Muppets, Mick Jagger, Sting and Stevie Wonder. He composed film music for for films including Treasure Island, The Grey Fox, Braveheart, Gangs of New York, and Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon.

Together with Garech de Brún (anglicised to Garech Browne) of Luggala, he founded Claddagh Records in 1959. In 1968 he became a producer for the label and supervised the recording of 45 albums. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.