Midlands Uilleann Pipers are holding events in Mullingar to mark International Uilleann Piping Day, Saturday November 1, a ...

A two-year uilleann pipe-making class in Dublin is helping to preserve one of Ireland's oldest traditional instruments. The uilleann pipe-making class is part of Ballyfermot College of Further ...

Uilleann pipe makers are a rare breed, but the future is looking bright, with talk of a full-time course, writes Siobhán Long Dying breed or burgeoning art? Plaything of the chosen few or object of ...

There is perhaps no sound so recognizable as the first drone of a bagpipe. That sustained note acts as harmony to the melody, which is fingered by the piper on the chanter. These days, bagpipes are ...

THE HAUNTING tune of the uilleann pipes permeates the workshop before the players finish to a burst of applause. Two young musicians bow and make their way off stage, as the crowd disperses among the ...

Rob Gándara, plays for his son, Finisterre. Gándara is an engineer who designs and makes a modern version of Uilleann pipes. Irish bagpipes, or Uilleann pipes (rhymes with chillin'), are a traditional ...

Pipers Mark Redmond, Michael Martin, Ned Wall and Rory Kavanagh A group of musicians from around the country including Gorey piper Mark Redmond came together in the Crosses bar in Kilmuckridge in ...

THE late great Seamus Ennis was referred to as the ‘God of uilleann pipes,’ for his ability and talent at playing this beautiful but difficult instrument. And if Martin Preshaw isn't yet the god of ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. FARMINGTON — On Saturday, Sept. 14, at 7:15 p.m. Farmington’s Old South ...

The vibrant skirl of pipe music echoed throughout the Vacaville Town Square Library on a stormy Thursday. Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, Irish uilleann pipe musician, David Winter of Berkeley ...