Pipe Bands of Ireland

June 25, 2024

St. Kevin’s Pipe Band: Reviving Bray’s Bagpiping Tradition
St. Kevin’s Pipe Band: Reviving Bray’s Bagpiping Tradition St. Kevin's Pipe Band, in the Park Lodge, Dargie Road Practicing around the table Originally established in 1912, St. Kevin’s Pipe Band disbanded in the mid-1990s after the death of its...
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June 16, 2024

The Valentia Island Pipe Band
Tucked away on Valentia Island, just off the southwestern tip of the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, you'll find one of Ireland's most unique and remote musical groups - the Valentia Pipe Band. This band isn’t just special because of its location; it was also the only pipe band on an island in Ireland.
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June 13, 2024

The Ballagh Warpipers of Tipperary
The Ballagh Warpipers were a military band that were associated with the IRB (Irish Republican Brotherhood) and the Irish Volunteers. The band consisted of many members of the “O’Dwyer” family who lived in a farmhouse on the hill above the primary school in Ballagh. The band played 3 drone warpipes as a form of rebelling against the British. The British forbid Irish Catholics from playing warpipes.
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St. Kevin’s Pipe Band: Reviving Bray’s Bagpiping Tradition