Na Píobairí Uilleann

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Year

2014

Date

Length

51min 26sec

Audio

sound

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colour

Source

ILBF

Courtesy

Dearcán Media

Rights Holder

Dearcán Media, Northern Ireland Screen

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Description

Irish language documentary about the 1968 gathering of pipers that saved the uilleann pipes from extinction.

The uilleann pipes, on the point of dying out in the 1960s, are now a vibrant part of the music scene in Ireland and internationally. From a handful of pipers a few generations back, it is estimated that there are now six thousand players of this uniquely Irish instrument. This is the story of the first piping tionól held in April 1968 in Bettystown in County Meath – a first hand account of what happened on the day Na Píobairí Uilleann was formed, and the uilleann pipes were saved back from the threat of extinction. 

Credits

Maitiú Ó Casaide

Néillidh Mulligan

Peter Browne

Liam O’Flynn

Brian Vallely

Paddy Moloney

Gay McKeon

Seán Óg Potts

Séamus Mac Mathúna

Alan Titley

Pat Mitchell

Seán Potts

Íde Nic Mhathúna

Cillain Ó Briain

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