Na Piobairi Uilleann

Ceol sa Chlub
2025-09-26 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. Taking place on Friday 26th September, this month’s recital will take place downstairs in HQ, 15 Henrietta Street as usual and will feature three performances, hosted by Ceol sa Chlub organiser Éabha Morrow.
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.

The Ace & Deuce of Piping Concert 2025
2025-09-20 20:00 - 22:00 | Whyte Theatre, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 36-38 Westland Row, Dublin 2, Ireland
The Ace and Deuce of Piping Concert is Na Píobairí Uilleann’s annual flagship concert. For many years the concert has presented some of the finest traditional musicians, singers and dancers from Ireland and abroad.

This year’s concert will take place on Saturday 20th September at 8pm in Whyte Theatre, Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin.
Tickets: €25 (Senior/Student/Unwaged €20) // Family ticket €70 (admits 4).
Tickets are available on Powertik or contact info@pipers.ie / +353-1-8730093
This year’s line up will feature:

Louise Mulcahy – uilleann pipes
Nell Ní Chróinín – song
Claire & Breda Keville -concertina & fiddle
Colm Broderick – uilleann pipes
John Tuohy & Edwina Guckian – uilleann pipes & dance
Andrew Caden, Conor McDonagh & Ryan Sheridan – fiddle, flute & piano
Caoimhe Ní Mhaolagáin – MC

Launch: Mná na bPíob Uilleann: Volume 2
2025-09-20 15:00 - 17:00 | Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St., Dublin 1, Dublin, D01 N504, Ireland
Na Píobairí Uilleann are delighted to invite Aoife Granville to launch the highly anticipated album Mná na bPíob Uilleann: Volume 2 on Saturday 20th September, 3pm in HQ, 15 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1 with performances from a number of the pipers featured on the publication including Lottie Cullen, Colleen Shanks, Jane Walls and Louise Mulcahy.
This recording is a continuation of Na Píobairí Uilleann’s work towards actively promoting and encouraging women and girls to play the pipes in Ireland and internationally. Mná na bPíob Uilleann: Volume 2 features the playing of six women pipers Lottie Cullen, Colleen Shanks, Jane Walls, Louise Mulcahy, Sheila Friel and Deb Quigley.
The album will be available on our online shop after the official launch. All are welcome to attend.

Culture Night 2025 with Na Píobairí Uilleann
2025-09-19 18:00 - 22:00
Taking place on Friday 19th September 6pm-10pm, Culture Night / Oíche Chultúir is brought to you by the Arts Council; it is a national moment, celebrating culture, creativity and the arts and seeks to actively promote the belief that this rich and varied culture is alive, treasured and nurtured in people’s lives, today and every day. It is delivered nationwide in cities, towns, villages and rural locations as well as online and through our media partners.

On September 19th 2025, doors will open later and special and unique events will be specifically programmed at participating locations and, thanks to the continued support of the Arts Council and Local Authorities across the island of Ireland, all activities will be available to the public free of charge.

Na Píobairí Uilleann (NPU) welcome visitors to their headquarters, located in their historical Georgian building on one of Ireland’s most architecturally important streets. Come and listen to a short illustrated talk on all things uilleann piping in their dedicated archive and library. Head downstairs to hear live uilleann piping performances from some of Ireland’s young and established leading players on this uniquely Irish musical instrument.
Talks take place every hour with performances from different uilleann pipers taking place every 20 minutes.
Activities during the event take place both upstairs and downstairs with no lift access. The venue also requires attendees to walk up 4-5 steps into the building.

Notes & Narratives - Andrew Caden
2025-09-18 20:30 - 22:00 | Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St., Dublin 1, Dublin, D01 N504, Ireland
“Humble Genius: Martin Wynne”
This event will take a look at the unique life and music of Martin Wynne (1913-1998). From youthful days in Sligo, early recordings in London, emigration to the United States, musical friendships in New York, and a life-long fascination with the music of Michael Coleman, each chapter in Wynne’s life is worthy of dissection. Analysing Wynne’s musical influences, recordings on non-commercial 78 rpm discs and reel-to-reel tapes, and various interviews aim to give a window into his ideology on the fiddle.
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.
Notes & Narratives will take place at Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1, starting at 8:30pm on Thursday 18th September 2025.
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.
Supported by The Arts Council

Second Sunday Session
2025-09-14 14:00 - 16:00
Na Píobairí Uilleann is delighted to introduce the Second Sunday Session, a new monthly traditional music gathering, held at the NPU Headquarters at 15 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1. The session will take place on the second Sunday of each month from 2-4pm.
This month’s session will take place on Sunday 14th September from 2-4pm.
Traditional musicians of all levels and listeners are very welcome to come along.
The initiative is supported by the Arts Council.

Autumn Winter Term 2025 - Piping & Reedmaking Classes in Henrietta St.
2025-09-09 18:00 | Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St., Dublin 1, Dublin, D01 N504, Ireland
Na Píobairí Uilleann’s regular Tuesday night piping and reedmaking classes at HQ, Henrietta Street will return for the Autumn Winter term starting Tuesday 9th September.
To welcome students back, we will be having a BBQ on Friday 5th September with music and refreshments. Students are encouraged to bring their instruments. Family and friends all welcome, especially those who are interested in starting the pipes!
To register for classes or for more information, please contact info@pipers.ie or +353-1-8730093.

Welcome BBQ - Autumn Winter Term Classes
2025-09-05 18:00 | Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St., Dublin 1, Dublin, D01 N504, Ireland
Na Píobairí Uilleann’s regular Tuesday night piping and reedmaking classes at HQ, Henrietta Street will return for the Autumn Winter term on Tuesday 9th September. Registration for Autumn-Winter 2025 Classes in Piping & Reedmaking is now open!
To welcome students back, we will be having a BBQ on Friday 5th September with music and refreshments. Students are encouraged to bring their instruments. Family and friends all welcome, especially those who are interested in starting the pipes!
To register for classes or for more information, please contact info@pipers.ie or +353-1-8730093.

Session with the Pipers
2025-09-02 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 September at 9:30pm, doors open at 9pm.
This month’s line-up features:

Jamie Murphy (uilleann pipes)
Brìghde Chaimbeul (small pipes)
Ciarán Ó Maonaigh (fiddle)
Méabh Mulligan (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 - Caoimhín Mac Aoidh
2025-08-21 20:30 - 22:00 | Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St., Dublin 1, Dublin, D01 N504, Ireland
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. This month’s speaker is Caoimhín Mac Aoidh. His talk will discuss “Island of Fiddlers: the Donegal Fiddle Music of Beaver Island, Lake Michigan”.

Islands of Fiddlers is an illustrated presentation which tells the story of the post-Famine emigrants from The Rosses and Arranmore Island of northwest County Donegal. Having left severely harsh conditions at home, they eventually found themselves settled on Beaver Island in the upper reaches of Lake Michigan in the Great Lakes. The isolation of their new island home meant that life continued on much in the same way as it had back in Donegal. Subsistence farming and fishing were familiar forms of work. The Irish language remained spoken up until the 1960s. With more than fifteen Rosses born fiddlers amongst the original settlers, Donegal fiddle music was the entertainment soundscape of the community with tunes and versions from the mid-1800s. Patrick Bonner (1882 – 1973) was a first generation islander and from a very early age enthusiastically pursued the repertoire and style of the older generation of Donegal fiddlers. He was recorded from the 1930s to the 1960s leaving a legacy of more than 100 tunes documented by the renowned collectors Alan Lomax and Professor Ivan Walton as well as island neighbours. While Patrick Bonner’s music is of great interest to traditional Irish fiddlers today, the parallels of his musical life with that of his contemporaries, Néillidh Ó Baoighill and Danny O’Donnell almost 5,000 miles away in the Rosses are astounding.

Caoimhín Mac Aoidh is a fiddler and piper who has for more than half a century collected, studied and documented fiddle music from the northern counties, in particular, County Donegal. He has written a number of books and collections on Donegal fiddle music as well as numerous articles on more general aspects of traditional Irish fiddle playing. He has performed and broadcast widely and is in demand as a fiddle teacher. His latest published work, co-authored with noted Michigan fiddler Glenn Hendrix, presents the music and story of Patrick Bonner, a first generation Beaver Islander in Lake Michigan of Rosses, County Donegal, parentage who made learning and playing the fiddle music of his many Donegal born mentors a life’s passion.

Notes & Narratives will take place at Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1, starting at 8:30pm on Thursday 21st August 2025.
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.
Supported by The Arts Council

National Heritage Week 2025: Try the Pipes in Na Píobairí Uilleann, Dublin
2025-08-18 16:00 - 18:30 | Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St., Dublin 1, Dublin, D01 N504, Ireland
As part of our celebration of National Heritage Week (16th – 24th August 2025), Na Píobairí Uilleann is offering a free uilleann pipes taster session, reedmaking workshop and short talk on the history of the uilleann pipes. This will be held on Monday 18th August from 4-6:30pm in NPU headquarters, 15 Henrietta St, Dublin 1.

Hosted by uilleann pipers Joe Byrne and Emmett Gill, individuals will have the opportunity to try out the instrument for themselves with the guidance and assistance of experienced players. Joe will also do a reed making demonstration, showing the unique hand crafting skills required to make the reeds that give the instrument its unique and captivating sound. There will also be a short talk on the history of the uilleann pipes from NPU archivist Emmett.

This event is supported by the Heritage Council. This project received funding through a joint initiative by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport and the National Monuments Service to support practices inscribed on Ireland’s National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Ireland’s National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage is managed by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport and can be viewed at https://nationalinventoryich.ccs.gov.ie/ . The National Monuments Service is delighted to support this initiative that highlights the strong relationship between tangible and intangible heritage.

National Heritage Week 2025: Try the Pipes in Wexford Arts Centre, Co.Wexford
2025-08-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford Arts Centre, The Cornmarket, Wexford, Ireland
As part of our celebration of National Heritage Week (16th – 24th August 2025), Na Píobairí Uilleann is offering a free uilleann pipes taster session in Wexford. This will be held on Sunday 17th August from 2-4pm in the cultural hub of the Wexford Arts Centre.

Hosted by 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 Heritage Council.
This project received funding through a joint initiative by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport and the National Monuments Service to support practices inscribed on Ireland’s National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Ireland’s National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage is managed by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport and can be viewed at https://nationalinventoryich.ccs.gov.ie/ . The National Monuments Service is delighted to support this initiative that highlights the strong relationship between tangible and intangible heritage.

National Heritage Week 2025: Try the Pipes in O'Donnell's Music Shop, Co.Donegal
2025-08-17 12:00 - 14:00 | O’Donnell’s Music Shop, Castle Street, Donegal Town, Co.Donegal, Ireland
As part of our celebration of National Heritage Week (16th – 24th August 2025), Na Píobairí Uilleann is offering a free uilleann pipes taster session in Wexford. This will be held on Sunday 17th August from 12-2pm in the cultural hub of O’Donnell’s Music Shop, Donegal Town.

Hosted by uilleann piper Conor Day, 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 Heritage Council.

National Heritage Week 2025: Try the Pipes in Hawk's Well Theatre, Co. Sligo
2025-08-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Hawk’s Well Theatre, Temple Street, Sligo, Sligo, F91 CFY7, Ireland
As part of our celebration of National Heritage Week (16th – 24th August 2025), Na Píobairí Uilleann is offering a free uilleann pipes taster session in Sligo. This will be held on Saturday 16th August from 2-4pm in the cultural hub of Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo.
Hosted by uilleann pipers Leonard Barry and Aoife Fadian, 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 Heritage Council.

Second Sunday Session
2025-08-10 14:00 - 16:00
Na Píobairí Uilleann is delighted to introduce the Second Sunday Session, a new monthly traditional music gathering, held at the NPU Headquarters at 15 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1. The session will take place on the second Sunday of each month from 2-4pm.
This month’s session will take place on Sunday 10th August from 2-4pm.
Traditional musicians of all levels and listeners are very welcome to come along.
The initiative is supported by the Arts Council.

Session with the Pipers
2025-08-05 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 5th August at 9:30pm, doors open at 9pm. This month’s performers are:

Síofra Ní Mhoráin – uilleann pipes
Conor McDonagh – flute
Ryan Sheridan – accordion
Anne Skelton -songs

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 - Simon Chadwick
2025-07-17 20:30 - 22:00 | Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St., Dublin 1, Dublin, D01 N504, Ireland
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.
This month’s speaker will be Simon Chadwick presenting a talk on “Traditional Irish Harpers through the long 19th century”.
For over a century, the standard narrative has been that the Irish harp tradition came to an end with the deaths of the old men who had gathered in Belfast in 1792. But a few years ago, Simon Chadwick discovered a traditional harper fitting brass wire strings to a harp in 1908. The information about this man’s lineage in the inherited tradition led to Simon’s all-encompassing research over the past few years: to uncover the lost or suppressed stories of the traditional harpers through the long 19th century.
Simon will discuss who these people were, how they learned the harp and how they passed the tradition on to the next generations; what their harps were like and what they played; and how they were marginalised and suppressed even as they were replaced by Gaelic revivalists playing classical-style lever harps. Simon will play some traditional Irish harp tunes, using a newly-commissioned reconstruction of a 19th-century traditional wire-strung Irish harp.
Notes & Narratives will take place at Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1, starting at 8:30pm on Thursday 17th July 2025.
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.
Supported by The Arts Council.

Second Sunday Session
2025-07-13 14:00 - 16:00
Na Píobairí Uilleann is delighted to introduce the Second Sunday Session, a new monthly traditional music gathering, held at the NPU Headquarters at 15 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1. The session will take place on the second Sunday of each month from 2-4pm.
This month’s session will take place on Sunday 13th July from 2-4pm and will by hosted by uilleann pipers Tommy Martin, Néillidh Mulligan and concertina player Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh.
Traditional musicians of all levels and listeners are very welcome to come along.
The initiative is supported by the Arts Council.

Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2025
2025-07-05 - 2025-07-13
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 53rd 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 2025 will take place from Saturday 5th July to Sunday 13th July 2024. Uilleann pipes and Reedmaking classes will run from Monday 7th to Saturday 12th July inclusive, from 10am until 1pm each day.

Session with the Pipers
2025-07-01 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 1st July at 9:30pm, doors open at 9pm.
This month’s line-up features:
Seán McCarthy (uilleann pipes)
Deirdre Hurley (flute)
Liam O’Brien (concertina)
Pádraig Ó Cearbhaill (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.

Try the Pipes: Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St. Dublin 1
2025-06-28 13:00 - 15:00
Na Píobairí Uilleann will be holding a Try the Pipes in our Headquarters on Saturday 28th June at 1pm-3pm.
The event is free to attend and is a great opportunity for those interested or curious about the uilleann pipes to come along and try them out with an experienced teacher and uilleann piper.
It is also an idea opportunity to chat to the staff of Na Píobairí Uilleann about the availability of Pipes on Loan and our upcoming classes at Henrietta Street in September.

Reedmaking with Joe Byrne
2025-06-24 10:00 - 2025-06-25 16:00 | Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St., Dublin 1, Dublin, D01 N504, Ireland
This is an Uilleann Pipes Reedmaking 2 day course and will be taught by piper, and expert reedmaker Joe Byrne. This course aims to promote and help people to engage with cultural heritage.
Over the two days (10am to 4pm), participants will go through the process of making a concert pitch reed and will have the opportunity to make a reed.
Cost: €80 (members) / €120 (non members)
Location: Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1
Date: Tuesday 24th June – Wednesday 25th June, 10am-4pm

Notes & Narratives - Martin McGinley
2025-06-19 20:30 - 22:00 | Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St., Dublin 1, Dublin, D01 N504, Ireland
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. This month’s speaker is fiddle player Martin McGinley presenting “The three lives of Hughie Gillespie.”
Martin McGinley takes a look at a fiddle maestro of the so-called ’78 era’ in Irish traditional music, Hughie Gillespie from Ballybofey, County Donegal.
Hughie was born in 1906 and his eighty years can be considered in three spans – his youth in Ballybofey and in nearby Cloghan, in the Bluestack mountains in Donegal; his decades in the States, when he was a close friend and pupil of the legendary Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman; and his return to Ballybofey in 1964 when he was in his fifties.
Come along and hear the stories and the music of a talented, resourceful and opinionated character, Hughie Gillespie, and try and answer the question – was he a Donegal Sligo fiddler?
Martin McGinley is a well-known fiddler and journalist who has taken a close interest in the fiddle music of his native east Donegal. He has already featured in the ‘Notes and Narratives’ series at NPU (Aug 2022), talking about the fiddler and piper Seán Reid, who was born in Castlefin. Martin has presented on the fiddler Tommy Peoples at the National Concert Hall (Oct 2023), and on ‘Fiddling in the Lagan’ to the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society (Dec 2024).
Notes & Narratives will take place at Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1, starting at 8:30pm on Thursday 19th June 2025.
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.
Supported by The Arts Council

Second Sunday Session
2025-06-09 14:00 - 16:00
Na Píobairí Uilleann is delighted to introduce the Second Sunday Session, a new monthly traditional music gathering, held at the NPU Headquarters at 15 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1. The session will take place on the second Sunday of each month from 2-4pm.
This month’s session will take place on Sunday 9th June from 2-4pm and will by hosted by uilleann pipers Tommy Martin, Wyton Moore and fiddle player Jacqui Martin.
Traditional musicians of all levels and listeners are very welcome to come along.
The initiative is supported by the Arts Council.

Session with the Pipers
2025-06-03 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 3rd June at 9:30pm, doors open at 9pm. This month’s performers are:

Mick O’Brien (uilleann pipes)
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (fiddle)
Éimhear Flannery (concertina & tin whistle)
Róise Ní Mhurchú (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.

Ceol sa Chlub
2025-05-30 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. Taking place on Friday 30th May, this month’s recital will take place downstairs in HQ, 15 Henrietta Street and will be hosted by Ceol sa Chlub organiser Síofra Ní Scolaí. This month’s performers are:

Grace Casey (uilleann pipes)
Rian Colbert (concertina)
Eabha Morrow (fiddle) & Síofra Ní Scolaí (fiddle)
Adam Palmer (concertina)

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.

GAN AINM association des uilleannpipers de Bretagne Tionól 2025
2025-05-30 - 2025-05-31 | Carhaix-Plouguer, France
The Breton uilleann piping association “GAN AINM”, based in Britanny, organize its 22th annual Tionól in Carhaix, May 30 and 31. The guest this year is Brian McNamara, who will teach classes along with Peter Merbeth.

NPU Annual Tionól 2025 - Louth
2025-05-23 - 2025-05-25 | An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Louth, Louth, A92 X9TF, Ireland
Na Píobairí Uilleann’s annual Tionól 2025 will take place on Friday 23rd May to Sunday 25th May in the An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth. As with previous years, the Tionól will include classes, Piper’s Chair, AGM, recital, lecture and the annual group photograph.
Accommodation details
For room reservations at the An Grianán, please book directly: admin@an-grianan.ie. Please mention that you are attending the Tionól with Na Píobairí Uilleann when booking to secure the agreed prices for the weekend.
The accommodation fee is €250 per person sharing and is for two nights accommodation including the following meals:

Friday: Tea/Coffee & scones on arrival and dinner that evening
Saturday: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Sunday: Breakfast & Lunch

There is a limited number of single rooms. Double or single rooms occupied by one person only will cost €295 (€250 + €45 single occupancy surcharge).
Meal
For non-residents attending the meal on Saturday, the dinner will cost €30 and can be paid directly to An Grianán.
Programme of Events:
Friday 23th May
3pm-7pm: Classes

Spruce Reedmaking with Jim Wenhem

8pm: Young Piper’s Recital
9pm: Piper’s Chair
Saturday 24th May
10:30am-3:30pm: Classes

Uilleann Piping with Sheila Friel, Maeve O’Donnell & Mickey Dunne
Spruce Reedmaking with Jim Wenhem
Pipes Maintenance with François Boudet

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

Pádraic Keane
Ross Griffiths
Loïc Joucla
Tove Byers

10:30pm: Piper’s Chair
Sunday 25th May
10am-11am: Piper’s Chair
11:30am-12:30pm: Premier screening of the NPU documentary: The World of Uilleann Piping: A Breton experience. Special guests Loïc Joucla and François Boudet.
12:30pm: Annual Group Photograph (meet at reception)

Notes & Narratives - Kevin Conneff
2025-05-22 20:30 - 22:00 | Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St., Dublin 1, Dublin, D01 N504, Ireland
Kevin Conneff in conversation Macdara Yeates
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.
Notes & Narratives will take place at Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1, starting at 8:30pm on Thursday 22nd May 2025.
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.
Supported by The Arts Council

Gŵyl Uilleann Glanyfferi - Ferryside Uilleann Pipes Festival 2025
2025-05-16 - 2025-05-18
Friday 16th May – Sunday 18th May 2025
Join us for 3-days of traditional Irish and Welsh music and song in the historic seaside village of Ferryside (Glan-y-Fferi) in South West Wales.

With guests Blackie O’Connell, Peter Browne, Rita Farrell, Jason Rouse, Siobhán Peoples, Ceri Rhys Matthews, Julie Murphy, Chris Coe & Jon Turton! Workshops on uilleann pipes, flute, fiddle, local Welsh tunes, traditional Welsh folksongs, uilleann pipe maintenance and more!

All details and registration on www.uilleannfestival.wales
