Na Píobairí Uilleann

Chairman, NPU

An Píobaire

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7 4 5 20110920 5 AMONG our collection of documents for some time we have had a photocopy of a page from the early 20th century periodical The Gaelic Journal showing the picture below, of a small statue of a piper, clearly modeled on Haverty’s “Limerick Piper”. To our astonishment, the statue appeared for sale on an online auction during the summer, and was ~ DONATIONS & ACQUISITIONS ~ being offered for sale by a dealer located around 20 minutes walk from Henrietta Street. A deal was quickly done, and an item of great interest to pipers, that has been knocking around Dublin city for over a century, was added to our collection. We are obliged to Nicholas Carolan for provid- ing the rest of the story, in the form of the arti- cle from The Gaelic Journal of July 1903, explaining the picture, which is re-printed below. Briefly, it says that the statue, of clay, was made by one Thomas Fitzpatrick of O’Connell Street, Dublin, and that he was con- sidering producing and selling copies of it. An image of William Talbot was located in the National Library of Ireland, and is described on page 22. Dave Hegarty has nade a number of interesting contributions to our library, including a history of Conradh na Gaeilge in Kerry, and photo- copies of songbooks and other material. Brian Gallahar has forwarded a booklet pub- lished to celebrate 25 years of the South Sligo Summer School, and Denis Grehan a copy of a photograph from the early 1930s showing the Garda Céilidhe Band, which at that time in- cluded a piper in its ranks. This is reproduced in our centre pages. Na Píobairí Uilleann has reciprocal arrangements with several other piping and musical bodies to exchange pub- lications. Complete or near-complete runs of many of these publications are available to members in our library. Publications recently received include the following: Piping Today – Magazine of the National Piping Cen- tre, Glasgow. Issue 52, 2011 Treoir – Magazine of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, Iml. 44 uimh. 2 English Dance & Song – Magazine of the English Folk Dance & Song Society, Autumn 2011 Piping Times – Magazine of the College of Piping, Glasgow. Vol. 63, No. 11 Do thug Tomás Mac Giolla Pádraig pictiúir an Phíobaire dhúinn. Ceann a dhein sé féin le cré is eadh é. Is fada ná feacamair ceann ba dheise nó ba shlactmhaire ’na é. Tá sé ar intinn ag ar gcara Mac Giolla Pádraig, deilbhe chré thior- muighthe do dhéanamh as agus iad do dhíol. Badh cheart do gach éinne a chuireann dúil san bpíob Ghaedhalach, nó i bpíobaireacht fios a chur ar cheann díobh. Tá Mac Giolla Phádraig ’n-a chomhnuidhe ar 6 Sráid Uachtarach Uí Chonaill i mBaile Átha Cliath.

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