Welcome to the South Wales Uilleann Pipers
NEXT MEETING: February tba.
NEXT MEETING: February tba.
The South Wales Uilleann Pipers meet every 6 weeks or so for a session/practice, usually in the bar of the Ferndale Hotel. Other instruments are welcome but remember we play Irish traditional music. Get up to date information on our activities by contacting us to be put on the mailing list or keep an eye on this website. The Ferndale Hotel is on the right before the main shops in Ferndale as you approach on the main road from the south. Parking is on the streets in the area, be aware that the side roads are very steep and many are one way. See also the map on the Find Us page.
The fifth South Wales Uilleann Pipers tionól will be held over the weekend of 31st August - 1st September 2012. Expect the usual mix of top class piping and fiddle instruction, sessions, concert performances and valleys hospitality. Tutors will be publicised soon - watch this space!
We now have a good collection of videos taken mainly at last year's tionol plus previous events which many viewers have enjoyed. It is all on our YouTube channel and accessible here on the South Wales Uilleann Pipers website on the Gallery page. We're coming to the end of the content from last year's tionol but there is still some old stuff to go through and the channel will remain active. If you know the names of any unnamed tunes please enlighten us!
Pipers Mick O'Brien and Alan Burton and fiddler Emma Sweeney lead workshops at the 2011 South Wales Tionól. The Celtic Night concert took place in Tylorstown that night, video clips can be seen on our YouTube channel.
Uilleann or Irish pipes are more melodic and quieter than other types of bagpipe. A bag under one elbow is inflated by bellows strapped under the other.
Mick O'Brien, Emma Sweeney, Fiona Brown, Alan Burton and others too numerous to list at the (noisey!) South Wales Uilleann Pipers Duke of York session, Tylorstown, Friday 2nd September. Two reels and a slip jig, need help with the names here...
More on our YouTube channel
Na Piobairi Uilleann Irish Uilleann Pipe Society
South Western Association of Uilleann Pipers
North West Uilleann Pipers
Uilleann Obsession Website for pipers
The Session.org Irish traditional music site
