Uilleann

donnacha dwyer pipes

donnacha dwyer pipes

Bringing over two decades of experience as an uilleann piper and instrument technician, Donnacha designs and constructs instruments of unsurpassed quality and beauty. He has worked with some of the world’s greatest pipers to design new or modify existing instruments to their exacting specifications, and often beyond their most optimistic expectations.

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'Copley Street 2' a joy to listen to - Irish Echo

'Copley Street 2' a joy to listen to - Irish Echo

  • February 6, 2025
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In the media yoke this week is “Copley Street 2” by Nathan Gourley, Joey Abarta, and Owen Marshall. Gourley (fiddle), Abarta (uilleann pipes), and Marshall (bouzouki and guitar) are three excellent musicians based in the Northeastern U.S. and on this, the follow up to their outstanding 2016 effort “Copley Street,” they’ve really outdone themselves.

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Ainslie and co deliver rousing mix of tradition and cutting-edge excursions - PressReader

Ainslie and co deliver rousing mix of tradition and cutting-edge excursions - PressReader

  • February 6, 2025
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Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - This concert of contrasts kicked off in unadorned traditional mode, Irish uilleann piper Leonard Barry delving …

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South, Always South! | The Journal of Music: Irish Music News, Reviews, Concerts & Opportunities

South, Always South! | The Journal of Music: Irish Music News, Reviews, Concerts & Opportunities

County Kildare Orchestra with soloist Brian Hughes on uilleann pipes & whistles and narrator John MacKenna present SOUTH, ALWAYS SOUTH! …

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The Instruments - Donnacha Dwyer

The Instruments - Donnacha Dwyer

Donnacha’s been playing the Uilleann Pipes since 1988 when he began lessons in Na Piobairi Uilleann. He got his first half set 1990. The chanter had intonation issues and through pure frustration he took lessons in reed making. From there he became more and more interested in how the instrument worked.

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Allabair Trio Turlough O Carolan Music And Song

Allabair Trio Turlough O Carolan Music And Song

Eamonn said yesterday that it was “a huge honour“ to be invited to play the Uilleann pipes for Christy. The Ballina musician told Mid West Radio …

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Notes & Narratives - Michael Tubridy in conversation with Peter Browne | The Journal of Music

Notes & Narratives - Michael Tubridy in conversation with Peter Browne | The Journal of Music

  • February 10, 2022
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Na Píobairí Uilleann presents Notes & Narratives – a series of monthly performance-based lectures on traditional music, song and dance by some of …

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Uilleann Pipes: Personal Objects - 3D model by Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at ...

Uilleann Pipes: Personal Objects - 3D model by Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at ...

  • February 10, 2022
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Half set of uilleann pipes by Sam Lawrence (Hunter Pipes, North Yorkshire). Uilleann pipes are iconic of traditional Irish music and emerged in the 19th C. from the pastoral pipes, which were traditionally played across Ireland and the British Isles (history here and here). By the 1960s there were very few players or makers left, but following a concerted effort to revive the tradition, they are now found worldwide.

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Lovely Album Began As Lockdown Project

Lovely Album Began As Lockdown Project

  • December 30, 2021
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From Antrim, O’Hagan (www.aaronohagan.com) is an uilleann piper and flute player who was once a member of the band Réalta.

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Fred Morrison Pipes Bagpipe Case

Fred Morrison Pipes Bagpipe Case

  • August 19, 2021
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The Uilleann Pipe Case is custom made for Fred Morrison Uilleann Pipes, giving you that extra space for your Uilleann Pipes

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