The Great Northern Irish Pipers Club was in the midst of a discussion when one of the members picked up his bagpipes and started playing a spirited jig. Rude? Brazen? At the very least, out of order?

What do John Lennon, "Braveheart," and UNESCO all have in common? Surprisingly, the famed Irish instrument the uilleann pipes. The traditional Irish instrument, the uilleann pipes, has received the ...

When Jim Tarbox joined St. Paul’s Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band, he didn’t expect to stay with the group for long. That was in 1975. He’s still with the group – currently as drum major. That might say ...

Bagpipes are an instrument at least a millennia old, the most popular of which, in modern times, is the Great Highland bagpipe. There are other types of bagpipes, some of which have a bellows rather ...

There are some things that Ireland will never have a short supply of, such as rain, "grand soft days" and Guinness. But this week the country learned something truly shocking: Ireland is real danger ...

A cacophony of sounds will fill the streets of Boston today, but loudest amid the din of boisterous parade-goers will be the emphatic wheeze and skirl of the bagpipes. And of Patrick McDonnell playing ...

His forebears are Danish, and he's never been to Ireland. But John Pedersen of San Anselmo is one of the Bay Area's great Irish pipers. "I do weddings and funerals," said Pedersen, 48, who picked up ...

Some fathers and sons share a love of baseball. The Connelly clan of Barnegat Light share something a little more musical. Around St. Patrick's Day, David Connelly and his two sons - Sean, 19, and ...

Rob Gándara, plays for his son, Finisterre. Gándara is an engineer who designs and makes a modern version of Uilleann pipes. Irish bagpipes, or Uilleann pipes (rhymes with chillin'), are a traditional ...

On an unseasonably warm May evening, Brad Walker stands slightly crooked, holding a pitch meter up to George Coleman’s bagpipe. The humidity is thick, and it’s taking a toll on the instrument. “If you ...

The Irish Thunder Pipes and Drums Band will take part in three events in the upcoming weeks. On July 21 the band will be at the Celtic Festival at Graeme Park, Horsham. The band will be playing ...