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  2. Uilleann pipes - Wikipedia

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    The first bagpipes to be well attested for Ireland were similar, if not identical, to the Scottish Highland bagpipes that are now played in Scotland. These are known as the "Great Irish Warpipes". In Irish and Scottish Gaelic, this instrument was called the píob mhór ("great pipe").

  3. List of bagpipes - Wikipedia

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    Ireland. 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 ...

  4. Great Irish warpipes - Wikipedia

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    One of the earliest references to the Irish bagpipes comes from an account of the funeral of Donnchadh mac Ceallach, king of Osraige in 927 CE. [2] A likely first reference to bagpipes being played in war is found in a manuscript written between 1484 and 1487 containing an Irish Gaelic version of "Fierabras": the quote " sinnter adharca & píba agaibh do tionól bur sluaigh " translates as ...

  5. Bagpipes - Wikipedia

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    Bagpipes are frequently used during funerals and memorials, especially among fire department, military and police forces in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Commonwealth realms, and the U.S. During the 19th and 20th centuries, as a result of the participation of Scottish regiments in British colonial expansion , the bagpipes became well known ...

  6. Great Highland bagpipe - Wikipedia

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    Great Irish Warpipes an instrument, believed to have existed in Ireland until around the 1700s, and to have been similar or practically identical to the extant Great Highland Bagpipe. Northumbrian smallpipes are bellows-blown bagpipes consisting of one chanter, generally with keys and usually four drones.

  7. List of bagpipe makers - Wikipedia

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    Cork, Ireland 1914? From Mitchelstown in Cork. Maker of Fiddles and Warpipes. [11] O'Keeffe Warpipes O'Keeffe Tippperary, Ireland 1910 Is said to have been one of the first makers of Warpipes in Ireland in the 20th century. Prior to that Warpipes weren't known to have been made since 1870. [12] O'Crowley Music Tadhg & Denis Crowley Cork ...

  8. List of national instruments (music) - Wikipedia

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    Ireland: Irish Harp (Cruit or Cláirseach) Polychord wire-strung harp with a fore-pillar 322.221: Ireland: Great Irish Warpipes Píob Mhór: In modern times this instrument is essentially identical to the Great Highland Bagpipe 422.112.2-62 + 422.221.1-621 Ireland: Uilleann Pipes Píobaí Uilleann, Union Pipes: Pump blown Bagpipe {{{Number ...

  9. List of bagpipers - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of bagpipers, organized by type of bagpipes This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .