My father giving me a set of uilleann pipes was a profound statement. He was a Northern Irish judge and had been the minister for home affairs in Stormont in 1969 All that changed when I opened a ...

Composer and piper,Conor Mallon was one of the headliners at the North Texas Irish Festival.(Therese Powell/KERA News) Irish bagpipes, or Uilleann pipes (rhymes with chillin'), are a traditional ...

If those skills weren't developed, well then pipes were gone." However, the launch of Na Píobairí Uilleann (society of Irish pipers) in 1968 has greatly helped to promote and protect uilleann ...

Watch closely if a piper is playing. The Irish version of bagpipes, the uilleann (ILL-in) pipes are played by inflating the airbag (under the left elbow) with a bellows (under the right elbow ...

A set of uilleann pipes stolen from Clare musician, Siobhan Hogan, while she sat with her brother as he passed away, have ...

One of the cornerstones of the weekender is musician and craftsman Eoin Ó Riabhaigh - equally renowned for his prowess as a maker of uilleann pipes, as for learning his craft as a piper from the ...

A Clare musician reunited with her stolen instrument says she can now finally focus on grieving the loss of her brother.

The event will feature Mikey on the Irish uilleann pipes and Katie on an Irish drum called the bodhrán. The duo will be joined by fiddler John Parkhurst. Mikey and Katie have been performing ...

Kendrick Lamar wasn't the only musical star showcasing their talents during the Super Bowl, one man from County Tyrone also had his music played to the many millions tuning in from around the globe.

Scottish bagpipes move air from a bag that the piper blows up, while Irish bagpipes, or Uilleann bagpipes, have bellows. In Scotland, bagpipes were used to marshal forces on battlefields and ...

Chris McMullan, who is an uilleann piper from Strabane, said it was the "highlight of his career" to have his music featured in an advert starring Irish actor Barry Keoghan during the game's TV ...