Na Piobairi Uilleann

Ceol sa Chlub
2024-03-22 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St., Dublin 1, Dublin, D01 N504, Ireland
Ceol sa Chlub is a youth recital series, organised by young musicians for young musicians. March’s concert will take place downstairs in HQ, 15 Henrietta Street as usual and will feature three performances, hosted by Ceol sa Chlub organiser Aoife Ní Bhriain.
We invite all young musicians and their families to come and enjoy some live music! No registration or booking is needed.

Doors open at 6:45pm and the recital will begin at 7pm in the basement
Admission is €4 for U18s and €6 for accompanying adults
Please note that there will be a session after the performances, so make sure to bring your instruments!

Supported by Dublin City Council and the Arts Council.

PIPECRAFT: Bellows Making Course with Jim Wenham
2024-03-25 10:00 - 2024-03-26 16:00 | Dublin 7
Two-day bellows making course with piper, reedmaker and pipemaker Jim Wenham.

Students will get the opportunity to make uilleann pipes bellows. Students will learn about the materials and tools required to make a bellows. All tools and materials will be provided. Participants must be 16 and over.

Date: Monday 25th March – Tuesday 26th March (2 day course).
Location: PipeCraft, Unit 44, Port Tunnel Business Park, Clonshaugh, Dublin 17.
Cost: €280 (members) / €350 per person (non-members)

All participants must register in advance. If you are interested in participating in the course or have any queries in relation to courses at PipeCraft please email info@pipers.ie or call +353-1-8730093

PIPECRAFT: Concert Pitch Chanter Making Course with Éamonn Curran
2024-04-01 10:00 - 2024-04-05 16:00 | Dublin 7
Five-day concert pitch chanter making course with piper, reedmaker and pipemaker Éamonn Curran.

Students will get the opportunity to make a simple concert pitch chanter Students will be guided through all the operations that are required to make a chanter. All tools and materials will be provided. Participants must be 16 and over.

Date: Monday 1st April – Friday 5th April (5 day course).
Location: PipeCraft, Unit 44, Port Tunnel Business Park, Clonshaugh, Dublin 17.
Cost: €450 (members) / €550 per person (non-members)

All participants must register in advance. If you are interested in participating in the course or have any queries in relation to courses at PipeCraft please email info@pipers.ie or call +353-1-8730093

Session with the Pipers
2024-04-02 21:30 - 23:30 | The Cobblestone, 77 King Street North, Smithfield, Dublin 7, D07 TP22, Ireland
Na Píobairí Uilleann are delighted to present ‘Session with the Pipers’ in The Cobblestone on Tuesday 2nd April at 9:30pm, doors open at 9pm.
This month’s line-up features:

Muireann Ní Shé (uilleann pipes & song)
Pax Ó Faoláin (fiddle)
Mícheál Ó Sé (accordion)
Eilís Lavelle (harp)

Admission is €15 (concession rate €10). Please note that the Cobblestone is an Over 18s Only Venue.
Seating is not allocated and is available on a first come first served basis.
Supported by Arts Council Ireland.

St. Louis Tionól
2024-04-18 - 2024-04-21 | St Louis, MO, United States
The 26th St. Louis Tionól will be held April 18 – 21, 2024.

Piping tutors include Mick O’Brien, Louise Mulcahy, Kieran O’Hare, Pat Broaders, Joey Abarta and Ivan Goff.

Notes & Narratives: Mick Mulvey
2024-04-18 20:30 - 22:00 | Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St., Dublin 1, Dublin, D01 N504, Ireland
Mick Mulvey – “You can be home with me: The Music & Mirth of Packie Duignan”
Notes & Narratives will take place at Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1, starting at 8:30pm on Thursday 18th April 2024. Admission is €10 (unwaged / student / retired €5). For those unable to attend in person, it will also be live streamed for free through our channel NPU-TV.
Na Píobairí Uilleann presents Notes & Narratives – a series of monthly performance-based lectures on traditional music, song and dance by some of Ireland’s finest traditional artists.
Supported by The Arts Council.

Seánie O’Loingsigh with Tony Byrne and Robbie Walsh
2024-04-19 19:30 - 21:30 | The Cobblestone, 77 King Street North, Smithfield, Dublin 7, D07 TP22, Ireland
The album launch for Seánie’s new piping album Chongie Road.
Tickets are €15 and available here: https://chongieroad.ie/

Ceol sa Chlub
2024-04-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St., Dublin 1, Dublin, D01 N504, Ireland
Ceol sa Chlub is a youth recital series, organised by young musicians for young musicians. April’s concert will take place downstairs in HQ, 15 Henrietta Street as usual and will feature three performances, hosted by Ceol sa Chlub organiser Aoife Ní Bhriain.
We invite all young musicians and their families to come and enjoy some live music! No registration or booking is needed.

Doors open at 6:45pm and the recital will begin at 7pm in the basement
Admission is €4 for U18s and €6 for accompanying adults
Please note that there will be a session after the performances, so make sure to bring your instruments!

Supported by Dublin City Council and the Arts Council.

Leonard Barry with Michael McGoldrick, Andy Morrow and Seamie O'Dowd
2024-04-28 19:00 - 21:00 | The Cobblestone, 77 King Street North, Smithfield, Dublin 7, D07 TP22, Ireland
A concert to celebrate the launch of Leonard Barry’s new release Littoral.
Tickets can be purchases through Eventbrite here: Leonard Barry with Michael McGoldrick, Andy Morrow and Seamie O’Dowd Tickets, Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite

IMDL album launch concert of 'Mná na bPíob Uilleann: Volume 1'
2024-05-04 19:30 - 21:00 | The Crown Hotel, The Crown Hotel, 142-152 Cricklewood Broadway, London NW2 3ED, London, England, NW2 3ED, United Kingdom
On Saturday 4th May IMDL will be hosting an album launch concert for Na Píobairi Uilleann‘s Volume 1 release of ‘Mná na bPíob Uilleann‘ – featuring a number of the finest female pipers on the Irish music scene today. This celebratory concert will feature two of our own London-born pipers, Rita Farrell and Marion McCarthy, along with Cork’s Muireann Ní Shé, Waterford’s Claire Fennell and Tyrone’s Maeve O’Donnell.
Saturday 4th May, 7.30pm
The Crown Hotel, 142-152 Cricklewood Broadway, London NW2 3ED
Tickets: £15/ £6 U18s
Please share this with your networks! For more information please feel free to contact Karen Ryan at irishmusicinlondon@gmail.com
Rita Farrell (London)
Pipes made by Sam Lawrence (concert pitch)
Rita Farrell is a London-born uilleann piper, flute, and piano player. With family roots firmly in
County Leitrim, she initially started playing the tin-whistle at the age of 5. Rita eventually progressed onto the concert flute and uilleann pipes under the direction of Marian Gill, Damien Mullane and Emmett Gill. After studying at Queens University Belfast, Rita returned to settle in London where she practices as an architect and remains a prominent figure in the traditional Irish music and session scenes. Over the years, Rita has played at many traditional music festivals worldwide and has featured at many concerts at Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy. She also featured in Na Píobairí Uilleann’s recording of young pipers, The Rolling Wave: A New Generation of Uilleann Pipers (2012) and participated in the performance series, Piping from the Parlour. Rita is a current board member of Na Píobairí Uilleann.
Marion McCarthy (London/Galway)
Pipes made by Leo Rowsome with Benedict Koehler chanter (concert pitch)
Marion McCarthy was born in London into a musical family, her father, Tommy McCarthy played uilleann pipes and concertina. Marion started playing tin whistle when she was seven and by the time she was ten, she performed with her family at various events in the London area, her family were well known in the Irish music scene. When she was 16, Marion and her father, along with his friend, fiddle player Bobby Casey, played for two years in the National Theatre in London for a production of Playboy of the Western World. Bobby greatly encouraged Marion to take up the pipes. Marion started playing the uilleann pipes when she was eighteen. She teaches music regularly and teaches annually at Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy in Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare. Marion has travelled extensively playing the pipes, including the US, Australia, Germany, Uganda, Shanghai and Mali.
Muireann Ní Shé (Cork)
Pipes made by Derrick Gleeson (C pitch)
Muireann Ní Shé is an uilleann piper, singer, flute, fiddle and whistle player from Ballinhassig in
County Cork. Born into an Irish speaking family, Muireann has been deeply immersed in traditional music all her life, while also having had significant training in classical music through violin, piano and choral singing. Muireann fell in love with the sound of the pipes at a very early age following a visit to Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy in Milltown Malbay. She cites local musicians and her teachers such as Johnny McCarthy, Martin Power, Rose O’Leary Fitzpatrick, Conal Ó Gráda, Eoin O’Riabhaigh, Mary Mitchell and Shane Keating as major influences as well as the piping of Willie Clancy, Séamus Ennis and Liam O’Flynn. Attending workshops with Nollaig McCárthaigh, Mick O’Brien, Síle Friel, Caoimhín Ó Fearghaíl and Sean McKeon have also had a significant impact on Muireann’s music. Muireann takes huge inspiration from the older collections of music and song gathered around Munster by those such as Canon James Goodman and Martin Freeman during the 1800’s. Muireann graduated from the MTU Cork School of Music in 2021, where she developed her love for composition, arranging, conducting, teaching and performance and was awarded the Tomás Ó Canainn Gradam Ceoil for excellence in Traditional Music Performance.
Claire Fennell (Waterford)
Pipes made by John Mitchell (concert pitch)
Claire is from Dungarvan, Co.Waterford, and plays the flute, tin whistle and uilleann pipes. Taking up the pipes at the age of 16 as a transition year project, she attended piping classes at Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy with Mark Redmond, and she continued with David Power and with the help of Caoimhín Ó Fearghail. Claire featured on the Na Píobairí Uilleann recording of young pipers, A New Harvest: A Generation of Uilleann Pipers (2018) After completing her studies at Cork School of Music CIT, Claire teaches tin whistle and flute in Waterford and has returned to Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy as a piping tutor.
Maeve O’Donnell (Tyrone)
Pipes made by Martin Crossin (concert pitch)
Maeve is from Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, and began playing the uilleann pipes at the age of twelve, attending classes in Armagh Pipers’ Club with Brian Vallely, Conor Lavelle, Conor Mallon and Tiarnan Ó Duinnchinn. Currently studying primary teaching with music in Belfast, Maeve teaches traditional music with Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann and community groups. Maeve has toured extensively in Europe and her piping was featured on the 2017 CD, Bláth na Finne: Uilleann Piping from Donegal and surrounding areas.
IMDL are grateful to our sponsors and funders for supporting our events:
Culture Ireland, Emigrant Support Programme, Irish Youth Foundation, Flannery Hire Plc, Embassy Demolition, The Irish World, The Irish Post, Ashford Place, The Crown Hotel, Irish Cultural Centre, London Irish Centre

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Session with the Pipers
2024-05-07 21:30 - 23:30 | The Cobblestone, 77 King Street North, Smithfield, Dublin 7, D07 TP22, Ireland
Na Píobairí Uilleann are delighted to present ‘Session with the Pipers’ in The Cobblestone on Tuesday 7th May at 9:30pm, doors open at 9pm.

Eoin Ó Riabhaigh (uilleann pipes)
Johnny McCarthy (fiddle & flute)
Pat ‘Herring’ Ahern (guitar)
Ruth Clinton (song)

Admission is €15 (concession rate €10). Please note that the Cobblestone is an Over 18s Only Venue.
Seating is not allocated and is available on a first come first served basis.
Supported by Arts Council Ireland.

Tionól 2024 - Brittany
2024-05-11 - 2024-05-12 | Dublin 7
Tionól 2024 with Gan Aimnbzh
11-12th May – Carhaix,
Special Guests – Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn & Peter Merbeth
Limited Places.
For more information: https://www.facebook.com/UilleannpipersdeBretagne

Notes & Narratives: Robbie Hannan & Seán Potts
2024-05-16 20:30 - 22:00 | Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St., Dublin 1, Dublin, D01 N504, Ireland
“Robbie Hannan in conversation with Seán Potts”
Notes & Narratives will take place at Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1, starting at 8:30pm on Thursday 16th May 2024. Admission is €10 (unwaged / student / retired €5). For those unable to attend in person, it will also be live streamed for free through our channel NPU-TV.
Na Píobairí Uilleann presents Notes & Narratives – a series of monthly performance-based lectures on traditional music, song and dance by some of Ireland’s finest traditional artists.
Supported by The Arts Council.

Gŵyl Uilleann Glanyfferi - Ferryside Uilleann Pipes Festival 2024
2024-05-17 - 2024-05-19 | Dublin 7
Friday 17th May – Sunday 19th May 2024
Join us for the big Irish piping festival in the little Welsh village. 3-days of traditional Irish and Welsh music and song in the historic seaside village of Ferryside (Glan-y-Fferi) in South West Wales.
This year’s programme will include:

Piping workshops with Ronan Browne, Pádraic Keane and Jason Rouse
Fiddle workshop with Mikey Kenney
South West Wales repertoire workshop with Ceri Rhys Matthews (all instruments welcome)
Traditional Welsh folksong workshop with Julie Murphy
Weekend includes grand concert, Piper’s Chair, festival lecture and lots of sessions. Even a Sunday morning beach walk for the early risers!

All the details including weekend schedule, registration, travel and accommodations are available at www.uilleannfestival.wales or email uilleanncymru@gmail.com

NPU Annual Tionól 2024 - Tipperary
2024-05-24 - 2024-05-26 | The Anner Hotel, Dublin Road, Thurles, Tipperary, E41 X789, Ireland
Na Píobairí Uilleann’s annual Tionól 2024 will take place on Friday 24th May to Sunday 26th May in the Anner Hotel, Dublin Road, Thurles Co. Tipperary, Ireland, E41 X789. As with previous years, the Tionól will include classes, Piper’s Chair, AGM, recital, lecture and the annual group photograph. The full programme of events is listed below.
Hotel bookings
For room reservations at the Anner Hotel, please book directly with the hotel on + 353 (0)504 21799. Please mention that you are attending the Tionól with Na Píobairí Uilleann when booking to secure the agreed prices for the weekend. The cost is €210 per person sharing including two nights Bed and Breakfast and one evening meal on the Saturday.
Classes
Class bookings for reedmaking and uilleann piping classes can be made by contacting info@pipers.ie or +353-1-8730093.
Spaces are limited. Class fees are as follows and are payable in advance over the phone or on the day:
Two day reedmaking classes: €70 members (€95 non-members)

This reedmaking course will focus on reeds for flat chanters. This course is aimed at participants with reedmaking experience. The number of participants in this course is strictly limited and early registration is strongly advised.

One day uilleann pipes classes: €40 members (€55 non-members)
Meal
For those not staying in Anner Hotel but who would like to attend the dinner, please reserve in advance with Na Píobairí Uilleann and contact us directly to make payment (€37.95).
Programme of Events:
Friday 24th May
3pm-7pm: Classes

Reedmaking with Derrick Gleeson

8pm: Young Piper’s Recital

Seán Michael Redican
Con Little
Síofra Ní Mhoráin
Róisín McNamara

9pm: Piper’s Chair
Saturday 25th May
10:30am-3:30pm: Classes

Piping with Deb Quigley & Rita Farrell
Reedmaking with Derek Gleeson

4pm: AGM
6:30pm: Dinner
9pm: Recital

Patrick Jacob
Seán McKeon
Jack McPartlin
Niamh Landale

10:30pm: Piper’s Chair
Sunday 26th May
10am-11am: Piper’s Chair
11:30am-12:30pm: Lecture

“Tom Standeven” presented by Richie Piggott

12:30pm: Annual Group Photograph (meet at reception)

Ceol sa Chlub
2024-05-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St., Dublin 1, Dublin, D01 N504, Ireland
Ceol sa Chlub is a youth recital series, organised by young musicians for young musicians. May’s concert will take place downstairs in HQ, 15 Henrietta Street as usual and will feature three performances, hosted by Ceol sa Chlub organiser Aoife Ní Bhriain.
We invite all young musicians and their families to come and enjoy some live music! No registration or booking is needed.

Doors open at 6:45pm and the recital will begin at 7pm in the basement
Admission is €4 for U18s and €6 for accompanying adults
Please note that there will be a session after the performances, so make sure to bring your instruments!

Supported by Dublin City Council and the Arts Council.

Session with the Pipers
2024-06-04 21:30 - 23:30 | The Cobblestone, 77 King Street North, Smithfield, Dublin 7, D07 TP22, Ireland
Na Píobairí Uilleann are delighted to present ‘Session with the Pipers’ in The Cobblestone on Tuesday 4th June at 9:30pm, doors open at 9pm. Performing on the night will be:

Cillian Vallely (uilleann pipes)
David Doocey (fiddle)
Caitlín Níc Gabhann (concertina)
Grace Toland (song)

Admission is €15 (concession rate €10). Please note that the Cobblestone is an Over 18s Only Venue.
Seating is not allocated and is available on a first come first served basis.
Supported by Arts Council Ireland.

Notes & Narratives: Macdara Yeates
2024-06-20 20:30 - 22:00 | Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St., Dublin 1, Dublin, D01 N504, Ireland
Macdara Yeates – “Townie: Song Collecting and Outreach in Dublin’s North Inner City”
Traditional singer Macdara Yeates details his work in his native north inner-city Dublin, collaborating with schools, retired dockworkers, and local history groups, to establish historical and contemporary folk song repertoire, and to consider ways to reintegrate folk singing into modern community practice.
Notes & Narratives will take place at Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1, starting at 8:30pm on Thursday 20th June 2024. Admission is €10 (unwaged / student / retired €5). For those unable to attend in person, it will also be live streamed for free through our channel NPU-TV.
Na Píobairí Uilleann presents Notes & Narratives – a series of monthly performance-based lectures on traditional music, song and dance by some of Ireland’s finest traditional artists.
Supported by The Arts Council.

Try the Pipes - TuneFest 2024, Dungarvan , Co. Waterford
2024-06-22 | Ard Scoil na Déise, Convent Road, Waterford, X35 RR90, Ireland
TuneFest 2024, in partnership with Na Píobairí Uilleann, is offering two free uilleann pipes taster sessions. These will be held on the Saturday 22nd June from 9am–9:30am and 11am-12pm in Ard Scoil na Déise, Convent Road, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, X35 RR90.
Hosted by accomplished uilleann pipers Claire Fennell and Muireann Ní Shé, individuals will have the opportunity to try out the instrument for themselves with the guidance and assistance of experienced players.

PIPECRAFT: Spruce Reedmaking Course with Martin Crossin
2024-06-26 10:00 - 2024-06-28 16:00 | Dublin 7
Three-day spruce reedmaking course with piper, pipemaker and reedmaker Martin Crossin.

Students will get the opportunity to make chanter reeds from spruce. Students will learn about the materials and tools required to make a spruce reed. All tools and materials will be provided. Participants must be 16 and over.
Date: Wednesday 26th June – Friday 28th June (3 day course).

Location: PipeCraft, Unit 44, Port Tunnel Business Park, Clonshaugh, Dublin 17 (D17 ND35)
Cost: €100 (members) / €125 (non-members)

If you are interested in participating in the course or have any queries in relation to courses at PipeCraft please email info@pipers.ie or call +353-1-8730093.

Session with the Pipers
2024-07-02 21:30 - 23:30 | The Cobblestone, 77 King Street North, Smithfield, Dublin 7, D07 TP22, Ireland
Na Píobairí Uilleann are delighted to present ‘Session with the Pipers’ in The Cobblestone on Tuesday 2nd July at 9:30pm, doors open at 9pm.

Ronan Browne (uilleann pipes)
James Kelly (fiddle)
Gráinne Holland (song)

Admission is €15 (concession rate €10). Please note that the Cobblestone is an Over 18s Only Venue.
Seating is not allocated and is available on a first come first served basis.
Supported by Arts Council Ireland.

Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2024
2024-07-06 - 2024-07-14 | Dublin 7
Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy is a week-long summer school in traditional music and set dance held annually at Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare. The summer school, now in its 52th year, commemorates local uilleann piper, Willie Clancy. Activities which take place as part of the summer school include classes, talks, recitals, céilí, album and publication launches and sessions.
Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2024 will take place from Saturday 6th July to Sunday 14th July 2024. Uilleann pipes and Reedmaking classes will run from Monday 8th to Saturday 13th July inclusive, from 10am until 1pm each day.

Notes & Narratives: Tríona Ní Shíocháin
2024-07-18 20:30 - 22:00 | Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St., Dublin 1, Dublin, D01 N504, Ireland
Tríona Ní Shíocháin: “What is a song composer?: Re-compositional practices in Irish traditional song and a reassessment of the anonymous woman’s voice”
What is a composer anyway? This lecture recital explores the blurred boundaries between song composer and singer within the Irish-language tradition, both in respect of melody and words. It is argued that singers utilised many of the same compositional techniques as the song poet in the transmission and performance of traditional song. The leads us to reassess the role and meaning of the anonymous woman’s voice in traditional song repertoire, a theme which will be explored through both discussion and singing during the lecture.
Tríona Ní Shíocháin is Professor of Modern Irish and Performing Arts (Ollamh le Nua-Ghaeilge agus le Taibhealaíona) and Head of the School of Celtic Studies at Maynooth University, Ireland, prior to which she was Head of the Department of Music at University College Cork, where she was also Lecturer in Irish Traditional Music. An interdisciplinary scholar of Music and Irish, and a sean-nós singer, whistle player, and set-dancer, she has a wide range of interdisciplinary specialisms, including: oral composition, transmission, and performance; dance, vocality and the development of vernacular music techniques; women poet composers from the 17th to the 19th centuries; hidden histories of thought as represented in Irish-language poetry and song; and Artistic Research and arts practice for minority/endangered languages.
Notes & Narratives will take place at Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1, starting at 8:30pm on Thursday 18th July 2024. Admission is €10 (unwaged / student / retired €5). For those unable to attend in person, it will also be live streamed for free through our channel NPU-TV.
Na Píobairí Uilleann presents Notes & Narratives – a series of monthly performance-based lectures on traditional music, song and dance by some of Ireland’s finest traditional artists.
Supported by The Arts Council.

PIPECRAFT: Reedmaking Course with Donncha Keegan
2024-07-27 10:00 - 2024-07-28 16:00 | Dublin 7
Two-day reedmaking course with piper, pipemaker and reedmaker Donncha Keegan.

Students will get the opportunity to make chanter reeds for concert pitch chanters. Students will learn about the materials and tools required to make a reed. All tools and materials will be provided. Participants must be 16 and over.

Date: Saturday 27th July – Sunday 28th July (2 day course).
Location: PipeCraft, Unit 44, Port Tunnel Business Park, Clonshaugh, Dublin 17 (D17 ND35)
Cost: €65 (members) / €85 (non-members)

If you are interested in participating in the course or have any queries in relation to courses at PipeCraft please email info@pipers.ie or call +353-1-8730093.

Session with the Pipers
2024-08-06 21:30 - 23:30 | The Cobblestone, 77 King Street North, Smithfield, Dublin 7, D07 TP22, Ireland
Na Píobairí Uilleann are delighted to present ‘Session with the Pipers’ in The Cobblestone on Tuesday 6th August at 9:30pm, doors open at 9pm. This month’s performers are:

Liam Winnett (uilleann pipes)
Emma Lewis (fiddle) & Cameron Hibbs (fiddle)
Alyth McCormack (song)

Admission is €15 (concession rate €10). Please note that the Cobblestone is an Over 18s Only Venue.
Seating is not allocated and is available on a first come first served basis.
Supported by Arts Council Ireland.

Notes & Narratives: Derek Mulcahy
2024-08-15 20:30 - 22:00 | Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St., Dublin 1, Dublin, D01 N504, Ireland
Derek Mulcahy: “The musical life of P. J. McNamara and his recordings. (1869-1927)”
The life and times of Limerickman, P.J. McNamara from his musical beginnings with his local fife and drum band to army life, his role as bandmaster and his eventful life in New York will be discussed. It will chronicle his bands and his recordings with the various record companies which were very popular amongst the Irish in America in the early twentieth century.
Notes & Narratives will take place at Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1, starting at 8:30pm on Thursday 15th August 2024. Admission is €10 (unwaged / student / retired €5). For those unable to attend in person, it will also be live streamed for free through our channel NPU-TV.
Na Píobairí Uilleann presents Notes & Narratives – a series of monthly performance-based lectures on traditional music, song and dance by some of Ireland’s finest traditional artists.
Supported by The Arts Council.

National Heritage Week: Try the Pipes in Enniscorthy Castle, Co. Wexford
2024-08-17 12:00 - 14:00 | Enniscorthy Castle, Castle Hill, Enniscorthy, Wexford, Y21 AW90, Ireland
As part of our celebration of National Heritage Week (17th – 25th August 2024), Na Píobairí Uilleann is offering a free uilleann pipes taster session in Wexford. This will be held on the Saturday 17th August from 12-2pm in the historical location of Enniscorthy Castle, Wexford.
Hosted by accomplished uilleann piper Mark Redmond, individuals will have the opportunity to try out the instrument for themselves with the guidance and assistance of experienced players.
This event is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.

National Heritage Week: Introduction to Reedmaking with Joe Byrne
2024-08-20 10:00 - 2024-08-21 16:00 | Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St., Dublin 1, Dublin, D01 N504, Ireland
As part of our celebration of National Heritage Week (17th – 25th August 2024), NPU is offering a two-day reedmaking course at 15 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1.
This course is an Introduction to Uilleann Pipe Reedmaking and will be taught by piper, and expert reedmaker Joe Byrne. This course aims to promote and help people to engage with cultural heritage.
An Introduction to Uilleann Pipe Reedmaking is ideally suited to people who are interested in uilleann piping but have no experience at making uilleann pipe reeds.
Over the two days (10am to 4pm), participants will go through the process of making a reed and will have the opportunity to make a reed.
There is no charge for this course, but the number of places is strictly limited and are available on a first come, first served basis.
This course is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.

National Heritage Week: Try the Pipes in Athlone Library, Co. Westmeath
2024-08-24 11:00 - 13:00 | Athlone Library, Aidan Heavey Library, Athlone, Westmeath, N37 N625, Ireland
As part of our celebration of National Heritage Week (17th – 25th August 2024), Na Píobairí Uilleann is offering a free uilleann pipes taster session in Westmeath. This will be held on the Saturday 24th August from 11am-1pm in the cultural hub of Athlone Library.
Hosted by accomplished uilleann piper Liam Winnett, individuals will have the opportunity to try out the instrument for themselves with the guidance and assistance of experienced players.
This event is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.

National Heritage Week: Try the Pipes in Hawk's Well Theatre, Co. Sligo
2024-08-24 12:00 - 14:00 | Hawk’s Well Theatre, Temple Street, Sligo, Sligo, F91 CFY7, Ireland
As part of our celebration of National Heritage Week (17th – 25th August 2024), Na Píobairí Uilleann is offering a free uilleann pipes taster session in Sligo. This will be held on the Saturday 24th August from 12-2pm in the cultural hub of Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo.
Hosted by accomplished uilleann piper Leonard Barry, individuals will have the opportunity to try out the instrument for themselves with the guidance and assistance of experienced players.
This event is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
