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Éamonn Ceannt, full-length, facing front portrait, seated, holding pipes. Photo by Arnall

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 7 older comments, and then…
• beachcomber australia said:

  ...In February 1900 Ceannt, along with Edward Martyn founded Cumann na bPíobairí (The Pipers Club). Ceannt's musical talents earned him a gold medal at the 1906 Oireachtas and in 1905 he even put on a performance for Pope Pius X. It is said that the main language in the Pipers Club was Irish and played a role in reviving Irish music. ... From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89amonn_Ceannt Ed. - The Pope performance happened in 1908 (not 1905). It was the Pope's Jubilee in Rome. Read All About It via Trove - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/169902340?searchTerm=c...

• beachcomber australia said:

  Fascinating (for me!) to hear what Uilleann Pipes sound like - youtu.be/aF3fW4Nox9U Also of interest - youtu.be/zzy0ncy32Co His brother [??] talks about him - youtu.be/8CmQrdlBrRM

• Swordscookie said:

  In Drogheda during the week at the Fleadh Cheoil I saw a number of young people playing the Uileann Pipes with gusto. Eamonn Ceannt and the late Seamus Ennis would have been so proud!

• Robin Parkes said:

  Swordscookie Very few use the regulators these days. It’s a shame. I have an LP of Leo Rowsome. Mighty playing.

• John A. Coffey said:

  Robin Parkes The first LP on the Claddagh label Rí na bPíobairí by Leo Rowsome in 1969.