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 ...
Like long-winded politicians, Scottish bagpipes dominate at funerals and formal parades. But while the Scottish variety might have a higher and much louder profile, another type of bagpipe is ...
[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 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, ...
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 ...
IRELAND IS in danger of losing the craft of making uilleann pipes if it does not invest in training more manufacturers of the instrument, an Oireachtas committee has heard. Despite its Irish roots, ...
A look through the best of Davy Spillane albums on the low whistle and uilleann pipes from "Eastwind" to "Out of Air." I consider myself very fortunate that we were brought up in South Dublin; just ...