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 ...

“It takes 200 hours to make a set of pipes, and I make everything from scratch,” says the Dublin native and renowned piper.

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

I once heard an awful joke about the bagpipes: they aren’t a musical instrument; they’re a breathalyser. Blow into them, and if the sound that comes out doesn’t make you want to kill yourself, you ...