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 ...
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 ...
The uilleann pipes inspire extreme reactions in listeners. Some, already resistant to piping from their experience of the much louder bagpipes, opt to keep their distance, but, once bitten by the bug, ...
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOEOdrkWN_4&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Good old Bill Ruppert posted another Effectology video showing off the creation of Uilleann pipe ...
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 ...
The uilleann pipes (the closest English pronunciation is "illen") have a distinctly Irish bite. We'll hear piper Christopher Layer in concert with two American symphonies. First, Layer plays the jig ...
What do John Lennon, "Braveheart," and UNESCO all have in common? Surprisingly, the famed Irish instrument the uilleann pipes. The traditional Irish instrument, the uilleann pipes, has received the ...
The Great Northern Irish Pipers Club was in the midst of a discussion when one of the members picked up his bagpipes and started playing a spirited jig. Rude? Brazen? At the very least, out of order?