The History of Irish Uilleann Pipes This article by Martin Nolan appeared in An Píobairí Uilleann III.2. Thanks to An Na Píobairí Uilleann for their kind permission to reproduce this article. The first reference to the bagpipes in Ireland is found in a dinnseanchas or topographical poem, “Aonach Carman”, the fair of Carman, a composition of the […]

About Irish Uilleann Pipes This article by Martin Nolan appeared in An Píobairí Uilleann III.2. Thanks to An Na Píobairí Uilleann for their kind permission to reproduce this article. The Uilleann pipes is the Irish form of the bagpipes, a family of instruments with representatives throughout Europe as well as parts of Asia and Africa. It emerged […]

Buying a Set of Irish Uilleann Pipes This article by Martin Nolan appeared in An Píobairí Uilleann III.2. Thanks to An Na Píobairí Uilleann for their kind permission to reproduce this article. All too often aspiring pipers set off to acquire a set of pipes, be they practice set, half-set or full set, with very little knowledge […]