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9 4 6 20130930 KIERAN O’HARE K IERAN O’HARE, the Kansas-born piper, has been elected to the Board of NPU, as a re- sult of former Board member Emmett Gill join- ing our staff. Kieran was the highest placed un-elected candidate for Board membership at our Tionól this year, and consequently accedes to the vacant position. 6 BREANDÁN BREATHNACH COMMEMORATION T he 2013 Breandán Breathnach com- memoration will take place in Henrietta Street on Saturday 7th December. 10:00am to 3:30pm PIPING CLASSES Cormac Cannon; Fiachra O’Regan; Mikie Smyth REEDMAKING CLASS – FLAT PITCHED/NARROW BORE PIPES Bill Haneman (at PipeCraft, Clonshaugh) 7:30pm RECEPTION 8:30pm LECTURE Sean Donnelly: THE CORK PIPERS' CLUB: THE EARLY YEARS, 1899–1912 8:30pm LAUNCH OF NPU PUBLICATION 9:30pm RECITAL Néillidh Mulligan; Robbie Hannan; Tommy Keane JOE DOYLE J OE DOYLE, shown above playing at the 2010 NPU Tionól in Borris, has suffered a spell of ill-health recently. We are delighted to be able to report that Joe has made a good recovery. He plans to get back to the pipes soon, and hopes to resume his teaching schedule in the new year. Our best wishes go to Joe for a full and complete return to his usual form. TOMÁS ÓCANAINN W E ARE SORRY to bring the news of the death of Tomás Ó Canainn, pictured left at the first gather- ing of pipers in 1968 in Bettystown, co. Louth. Tomás had a long involvement in piping and in Irish traditional music generally. He played for many years with the group Na Filí, and pro- duced several books on Irish music including Traditional Music in Ireland (1978) and Tradi- tional Slow Airs of Ireland (1995).

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