uilleann pipes
plural noun
uil·leann pipes
ˈi-lən- 
often capitalized
: an Irish bagpipe with air supplied by a bellows held under and worked by the elbow
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Born in Glasgow but rooted in Ireland’s Donegal, this trio of sisters — Anna, Sheila, and Claire, variously playing flute, tin whistle, uilleann pipes, and fiddle, all singing and harmonizing together as only siblings can — have begun making a mark in the world of Irish traditional music.
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Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
Kieran O’Hare, who teaches the Irish uilleann pipes after decades playing, agreed.
—Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
By then, though, Mr. Sky, who was of both Irish and Creek Indian heritage, had turned his attention to the uilleann pipes, perhaps the most difficult instrument to play in the arsenal of Irish music, after meeting the master piper Liam O’Flynn at the Philadelphia Folk Festival in the early 1970s.
—New York Times, 4 June 2021
There are also seven musicians onstage, playing everything from electric guitar and bass to accordion, fiddle, mandolin, tin whistles and uilleann pipes.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Dec. 2022
This allows Flaherty and Ahrens to customize song forms to suit each moment and explore genres that fit the milieu — cue the fiddle and uilleann pipes.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2022
Ian Eisendrath’s dynamic onstage rock ensemble emphatically has the chops (not to mention the fiddles, bodhrans, Irish bouzoukis and uilleann pipes).
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2022
Moloney founded the Chieftains in 1962 alongside Sean Potts and Michael Tubridy, playing the uilleann pipes and bodhrán.
—Andrea Towers, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2021
The uilleann pipes were, and to a large extent, are considered a solo instrument.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2021
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Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
Kieran O’Hare, who teaches the Irish uilleann pipes after decades playing, agreed.
—Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
By then, though, Mr. Sky, who was of both Irish and Creek Indian heritage, had turned his attention to the uilleann pipes, perhaps the most difficult instrument to play in the arsenal of Irish music, after meeting the master piper Liam O’Flynn at the Philadelphia Folk Festival in the early 1970s.
—New York Times, 4 June 2021
There are also seven musicians onstage, playing everything from electric guitar and bass to accordion, fiddle, mandolin, tin whistles and uilleann pipes.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Dec. 2022
This allows Flaherty and Ahrens to customize song forms to suit each moment and explore genres that fit the milieu — cue the fiddle and uilleann pipes.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2022
Ian Eisendrath’s dynamic onstage rock ensemble emphatically has the chops (not to mention the fiddles, bodhrans, Irish bouzoukis and uilleann pipes).
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2022
Moloney founded the Chieftains in 1962 alongside Sean Potts and Michael Tubridy, playing the uilleann pipes and bodhrán.
—Andrea Towers, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2021
The uilleann pipes were, and to a large extent, are considered a solo instrument.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2021
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