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, ...

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 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 ...

Uilleann Piping is a musical practice in which a particular type of bagpipe (known as ‘uilleann’, ‘Irish’ or ‘union’ pipes) is used to play traditional music. Bearers and practitioners include ...

[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 ...

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 ...

There are some things that Ireland will never have a short supply of, such as rain, "grand soft days" and Guinness. But this week the country learned something truly shocking: Ireland is real danger ...

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 ...

It’s been a week since someone broke into Gabriel McKeagney’s San Juan Capistrano house and made off with part of his soul: his two sets of Irish uilleann pipes. And a week since the instruments’ ...

President Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to master uilleann piper Liam O’Flynn who has died at the age of 72 having endured a long illness. He was born into a a musical family in Co Kildare and ...

A coffin with a glass lid, an IRA safe house and a woman with a drink problem who left her six children - these are just some of the unlikely ingredients of Louise Mulcahy's highly entertaining ...

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 ...