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Uilleann pipes: Also known as Union pipes and Irish pipes, depending on era.Bellows-blown bagpipe with keyed or un-keyed 2-octave chanter, 3 drones and 3 regulators. The most common type of bagpipes in Irish traditional music.
Geoghegan's tutor of the 1740s calls this early form of the uilleann pipes the "Pastoral or New bagpipe". The Pastoral pipes were bellows blown and played in either a seated or standing position. The conical bored chanter was played "open", that is, legato, unlike the uilleann pipes, which can also be played "closed", that is, staccato.
Liam O'Flynn, Óg Flynn (Irish: Liam Ó Floinn, 15 September 1945 – 14 March 2018) [1] was an Irish uilleann piper and Irish traditional musician.In addition to a solo career and as a member of Planxty, O'Flynn recorded with: Christy Moore, Dónal Lunny, Andy Irvine, Kate Bush, Mark Knopfler, The Everly Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Mike Oldfield, Mary Black, Enya and Sinéad O'Connor.
Born in Dublin, Ireland, [1] Mick began his musical education on the uilleann pipes in the renowned Thomas Street Pipers Club in Dublin. His father Dinny O'Brien, a traditional "box" player, was also a constant source of tunes and inspiration. Mick recorded his first LP with his family when he was 13 years old.
Paddy Keenan (born 30 January 1950) is an Irish player of the uilleann pipes who first gained fame as a founding member of The Bothy Band.Since that group's dissolution in the late 1970s, Keenan has released a number of solo and collaborative recordings, and continues to tour both as a soloist, and with singer/guitarist Tommy O'Sullivan.
Brother's Tadhg and Denis Crowley made Warpipes, Highland Pipes, and Uilleann pipes in Cork. [13] David Naill & Co., Ltd. Leslie Cowell Somerset, England Founded 1976. Makers of Scottish Bagpipes, Smallpipes & chanters. [14] Peter Henderson Ltd. Peter Henderson Glasgow, Scotland 1868 1972 One of the famous Scottish bagpipe makers.
Robert Reid was also active in making Union Pipes; the precursor to modern Uilleann pipes. Union pipes early-19th century keyed D-Chanter; by the pipe maker Robert Reid. Henry Clough (I) was known to play a Reid set of Union pipes including regulators; surviving parts of this set are now in private hands. [6]
She is a self-taught musician who plays the Uilleann pipes and whistles. [2] In 2008 Ashcroft recorded her first CD "Take Flight and Follow" at Stenkrith Studios in Kirkby Stephen. [3] Here she met Belfast's singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Maurice Dickson.