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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Davy Spillane's first encounter with the uilleann pipes was not one you would call glamorous. It had no immediate, profound effect on him. And he didn't overflow with passion the first time he laid ...

Three masters of Irish music have recorded a DVD to explain the mysterious art of uilleann piping. Liam O'Flynn (pictured right), Ronan Browne and Tommy Keane -- three of the greatest living exponents ...

Derrick Gleeson vividly remembers the beginning of his obsession with uilleann pipes. He was nine years old and in the kitchen of his parents’ pub, four miles from Miltown Malbay in Co Clare and well ...

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?

The title "King of the Pipers" has been bestowed on various Irish uilleann pipers but few would dispute that Leo Rowsome, who died 50 years ago on September 20th, is the one most deserving of that ...

Therese Powell/KERA News Irish bagpipes, or Uilleann pipes (rhymes with chillin'), are a traditional Irish instrument that date back to the 18th century. But, as popular as they are in Ireland, ...