The Bothy Band

Irish band
Organization musical_group Q1410132
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The Bothy Band

Summary

The Bothy Band is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (197 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Bothy Band's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Bothy Band's genre is music of Ireland[4].
  • The Bothy Band's record label is recorded as Gael-Linn Records[5].
  • The Bothy Band's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[6].
  • The Bothy Band comprises Paddy Glackin[7].
  • January 1, 1974 marks the founding of The Bothy Band[8].
  • The Bothy Band's location of formation is recorded as Ireland[9].
  • The Bothy Band's start of work period is recorded as 1978[10].
  • The Bothy Band's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Irish Traditional Music[11].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[12]

  • Country: IE[13]

  • Began / founded: 1974[14]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1979[15]

  • Genre(s): folk, irish folk[16]

  • Community tags: folk, irish folk[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e286a02a-eeb2-4dce-b7bf-f05feebd52ae[18]

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Founding

January 1, 1974 marks the founding of The Bothy Band[8]. Its location of formation is recorded as Ireland[9].

Why It Matters

The Bothy Band ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (197 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [12] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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