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donnacha dwyer pipes

donnacha dwyer pipes

Bringing over two decades of experience as an uilleann piper and instrument technician, Donnacha designs and constructs instruments of unsurpassed quality and beauty. He has worked with some of the world’s greatest pipers to design new or modify existing instruments to their exacting specifications, and often beyond their most optimistic expectations.

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'Copley Street 2' a joy to listen to - Irish Echo

'Copley Street 2' a joy to listen to - Irish Echo

  • February 6, 2025
  • News

In the media yoke this week is “Copley Street 2” by Nathan Gourley, Joey Abarta, and Owen Marshall. Gourley (fiddle), Abarta (uilleann pipes), and Marshall (bouzouki and guitar) are three excellent musicians based in the Northeastern U.S. and on this, the follow up to their outstanding 2016 effort “Copley Street,” they’ve really outdone themselves.

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Ainslie and co deliver rousing mix of tradition and cutting-edge excursions - PressReader

Ainslie and co deliver rousing mix of tradition and cutting-edge excursions - PressReader

  • February 6, 2025
  • News

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - This concert of contrasts kicked off in unadorned traditional mode, Irish uilleann piper Leonard Barry delving …

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South, Always South! | The Journal of Music: Irish Music News, Reviews, Concerts & Opportunities

South, Always South! | The Journal of Music: Irish Music News, Reviews, Concerts & Opportunities

County Kildare Orchestra with soloist Brian Hughes on uilleann pipes & whistles and narrator John MacKenna present SOUTH, ALWAYS SOUTH! …

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The Instruments - Donnacha Dwyer

The Instruments - Donnacha Dwyer

Donnacha’s been playing the Uilleann Pipes since 1988 when he began lessons in Na Piobairi Uilleann. He got his first half set 1990. The chanter had intonation issues and through pure frustration he took lessons in reed making. From there he became more and more interested in how the instrument worked.

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