Na Píobairí Uilleann

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7 3 3 20110711 LINENHALL ARTS CENTRE, Castlebar up to and in- cluding August, is to feature various piping mas- ters and other traditional music events for those who can get to co. Mayo during these times. R EED MAKING / PIPE MAINTENANCE WORK- SHOPS at PIPECRAFT Centre, Clonshaugh, Dublin 17; these will run on weeks Monday 25th July – Friday 29th July and also Monday 22nd Aug – Friday 26th Aug from 10.00am – 1.00pm daily. For those who can get to them, these will be invalu- able sessions for improving reedmaking, pipe tuning and related skills. S COIL SAMRAIDH WILLIE CLANCY from 2nd to 10th July, 2011 in Miltown Mal- bay, co. Clare will also again feature slow airs classes as well as pipemaking lectures in the addition to uilleann piping classes and the reed- making workshops daily. Immediately prior to the week the PIPECRAFT Sponsored Cycle, Dublin to Miltown Malbay, took place to raise funds for the PIPECRAFT centre. The success and viability of the PIPECRAFT centre as a place of training excellence will depend on continued support from NPU’s members and friends. A t the end of the summer season the SOUTH WALES UILLEANN PIPERS’ TIONÓL will take place on 3rd September 2011 and this year’s tu- tors are Mick O’Brien and Alan Burton. 3 PLANNING APPLICATION FOR THE REINSTATEMENT OF 16 HENRIETTA STREET DUBLIN T HE planning application for the construc- tion of a new building to house a theatre, pipe-making training/research workshop, expanded museum and archive facility has been made by Dublin City Council and represents a further significant step in NPU’s efforts to ap- propriately provide for the needs of national and interna- tional visitors and partici- pants in the uilleann piping world. It is fitting to again record our deep appreciation of the work done by Dublin City Council (DCC) and kind assistance given by the con- servation, planning and de- velopment departments in advancing the project to its present status. SOME EVENTS TO NOTE T HE recent Howard Summer school in Cum- bria (ended 2nd July) incorporated a trip to MORPETH BAGPIPE MUSEUM, and those who have seen this museum have always expressed their appreciation of its importance as a means of pro- moting knowledge of piping in regard to instru- ment history and quality of craftsmanship in times gone by. These aspects of piping when vis- ible, serve to highlight the necessity for intensi- fying our efforts at developing the fullest understanding of best practice in the ancient and modern art and craft of pipemaking.

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