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Save the date for the FDNY Pipes and Drums Police fundraiser (IrishCentral)

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:01:39 PST

The Boston Police Gaelic Column (bag pipers from the Boston Police Department) will host a fundraiser at the Irish Social Club on Saturday, January 19th beginning at 5:30 pm to raise money for nearly a dozen FDNY Pipes and Drums police who lost their homes in Rockaway, Queens, New York due to Hurricane Sandy Admission is only $20 and tickets can be purchased very soon at The Corrib, West Roxbury Pub and West on Centre as well as at the Irish Social Club or at the door Donations should be made payable to NYPD Piper Relief Fund and either mailed or dropped off at The Irish Social Club, 119 Park Street, West Roxbury, MA 02132Six Irish bands have donated their time for the event and there will be a cash bar and Silent Auction READ MORE

Save the date for the FDNY Pipes and Drums Police fundraiser (IrishCentral)

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:01:39 PST

Union County Police and Fire Pipes and Drums Hosting 12th Annual Pub Night (IrishCentral)

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:46:16 PST

Union County Police and Fire Pipes and Drums will host its 12th annual Pub Night on Friday, November 30, at 7:30 pm at Knights of Columbus Council 4504 located at 1034 Jeanette Avenue in Union, NJ 07083Please note the new date and location for the event that was rescheduled because of Hurricane Sandy READ MORE

East Coast Pipers gather for the Northeast Piping Tionol in East Durham (IrishCentral)

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 05:15:30 PDT

Fiachra O’Regan and Mattie ConnollyAt this time of the year it is not only the leaves that put on a colorful show, but also the East Coast Pipers who gather for their annual Northeast Piping Tionol in East Durham from Friday, October 19 to the 22nd at Gavin’s Golden Hill ResortOriginally this weekend was for hardcore uilleann piping fanatics, but it has evolved into one of the more important gatherings dedicated to traditional Irish music Increasingly they chose visiting master musicians who could not only work on technique and style points for the pipes, but also had a wealth of knowledge about Irish music on a variety of fronts while putting Ireland’s native instrument in context in lectures of broader appealAnd the committee has once again chosen wisely for its visiting faculty this year, with pipers Peter Browne, Louise Mulcahy and Padraic Keane coming over from Ireland to join with Cillian Vallely, Mattie Connolly and Michael Stribling who are based in New York and Florida READ MORE

A weapon of war plays romance - how a police pipe band helped me find my wife and belong (IrishCentral)

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:17:44 PDT

The Union County Police and Fire Pipes and DrumsWe run into each other socially often, but Arthur Hynes knows he will usually see me in his shop near three set dates each yearThe gentleman from the County Down owns a fine jewelry store in downtown Cranford and looks after his customers well Artie’s also brilliant for a chat about almost anything, especially music and the artsHe knows he will see me in December, most likely on Christmas Eve, when I am shopping for Honey Badger’s gift READ MORE

Five-year-old boy suffers horrific injury after picking up pipe bomb outside home (IrishCentral)

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 04:59:52 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

A five-year-old Wicklow boy could lose as many as seven fingers after he picked up a pipe bomb outside the front door of his house.

The pipes are calling in the Catskills (IrishCentral)

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:00:18 PDT

Fiddler Willie KellyThe crisp autumn air and multi-colored hills of the Catskills will once again lure a dedicated corps of American and Canadian uilleann pipers to East Durham this coming weekend for the annual gathering known as the Northeast Tionol which has taken place since 2004While this is an intensive weekend of instruction for pipers (and fiddlers who are catered for as well) for the most part, there is a very enjoyable social and educational component that any fan of traditional Irish music can revel in on the Gavin’s Golden Hill Resort where it takes place from Friday, October 20 to Monday the 23rdInvited to teach the uilleann pipes for the weekend are four native-born Irishmen with two of them residing in the United States for a number of years, and the other two traveling over from Ireland specifically for the weekend Coming from Na Piobairi Uilleann in Dublin, the headquarters for uilleann pipers worldwide is Nollaig MacCarthaigh, one of its senior members and teachers in the august Henrietta Street establishment keeping the Irish pipes on a high note READ MORE

The Pipe: Small Irish Town Meets Big Oil (IrishCentral)

Wed, 11 May 2011 01:36:22 PDT

By: SHEILA LANGAN

In 2005, Rossport was a small, peaceful costal village in Co. Mayo, Ireland. Risteard Ó Domhnaill was living there, on his uncle’s farm, and working as a camera man. Then Shell, the international oil company, came to town with plans to build a gas pipeline from the sea, through nearby Broadhaven Bay and the coastal land, to an on-shore refinery.

Pipe bomb alerts for Queen’s visit after device found (IrishCentral)

Thu, 05 May 2011 05:35:19 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Irish police have borrowed riot-control weapons, such as water cannons, from Northern Ireland's police, in preparation for Queen Elizabeth's visit this month. This news comes as it has been confirmed that the bomb attack in County Meath was carried out by violent opponents to the State visit.

Irish uilleann pipe makers in increasingly short supply (IrishCentral)

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:42:34 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

There are some things that Ireland will never have a short supply of, such as rain, "grand soft days" and Guinness.

Eight-year-old boy brings pipe bomb to school (IrishCentral)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:48:08 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

An eight-year-old, in Antrim, picked up a viable pipe bomb outside his school and brought it into his classroom to show his teacher.
The Northern Ireland Police Service was alerted and the British Army was brought in to diffuse the device.

Pipe bomb disrupts Northern Ireland vote count (IrishCentral)

Fri, 07 May 2010 10:45:48 PDT

By: KATE HICKEY

Dissident republicans have been blamed for the viable pipe bomb that was destroyed outside the election count centre in Foyle, Derry.

Tea Party serves piping hot cup of hate and bigotry (IrishCentral)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:29:50 PST

Anti-immigrant hatred was spewed at the Tea Party convention over the weekend, but you probably didn't know it, as it was barely reportedInstead we had a lot of speculating about Sarah Palin and a 2012 White House run, and the Tea Party crowd came across as fairly decent folk, mad as hell, but civilNot soConsider the following, widely applauded remarks by keynote speaker Tom Tancredo, the racist anti-immigrant former congressman READ MORE

The Pipes Calling in East Durham (IrishCentral)

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:56:49 PDT

By: Paul Keating

FOR the past four years the last of the trad tunes of the year in East Durham belonged to a dedicated group of musicians who assembled in late fall to share their singular obsession, the playing of the Irish bagpipes or uilleann (elbow) pipes. READ MORE