Irish Multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, record producer, scholar and folklorist Mick Moloney died on July 27, 2022, in New York City.

Mick Moloney devoted most of his life to the preservation and dissemination of Irish folk music in the United States. He produced numerous Celtic music albums and served as the artistic director for various performing arts tours, including the influential Green Fields of America, an ensemble of Irish and Irish-American musicians, singers, and dancers that toured (and still tours) the United States and abroad.

Michael Moloney (15 November 1944 – 27 July 2022) was an Irish musician and scholar.

Moloney served as the artistic director for several major arts tours, including the Green Fields of America, an ensemble of Irish musicians, singers, and dancers which toured across the U.S. on several occasions. He produced and performed on over 70 albums and acted as advisor for scores of festivals and concerts all over America.

In 1992, Moloney received a Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania. For his work in public folklore, he received a 1999 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Moloney was the author of Far From the Shamrock Shore: The Story of Irish American History Through Song released by Crown Publications in February 2002 with an accompanying CD on Shanachie Records. He hosted three nationally syndicated series of folk music on American Public Television; was a consultant, performer, and interviewee on the Irish Television special Bringing It All Back Home; a participant, consultant, and music arranger of the PBS documentary film Out of Ireland; and a performer on the PBS special The Irish in America: Long Journey Home.