The uilleann pipes are the national bagpipe of Ireland. Once known as union pipes, their current name is a partial translation of the Irish term “píobaí uilleann” ("pipes of the elbow"), from their method of inflation. Here’s a performance by Sorcha Ní Scolaí, the under-12 uilleann pipe champion of Ireland. | Dust-to-Digital

Uilleann Pipes Stair na hÉireann/History of Ireland "I love the pipes. It's the only instrument in Ireland we can truly call our own. They make me proud to be an Irishman." –Finbar Furey The importance of piping during the years of the Irish chieftains is evident in the 9th century representation of a piper on the great stone High Cross of Clanmacnoise in Co Offaly. This seat of Irish culture in Clanmacnoise fostered the great ancient school there which at its height involved six to seven thousa