Tiarnan is amazing. What makes this recording unusual for me is that the high E is really clear and loud. Note the way microphone is so close to the bottom of the chanter. Also the bottom D...., but that high E is incredible! Second tune, first part no E, but back D and A? Last tune again, the exagerated high E!.
Ahhh, now I see. Spirit rules body. Germans have an adequate phrase: "Die Zeit heilt alle Wunden." It's not exactly the same but it expresses the same. Translated into english it means: Time heals all wounds.
You're a linguist? I'm interested in languages and in scriptings too, as long as I can hear and read. My grampa always told me, each language is a window to the world. So I learned a little portion of latin in the school as base of roman languages.
But - sorry - I did not understood what you wanted to say in german. I'm sure - when talking each to each other (having a pint of good beer in hand) - this would not happen, so please repeat it in english. I know learning german is a really hard work since german is a language that seems not to follow any rule. I love each foreign language and the first thing I would desire is to understand, speak, read and write every language of the world.
@RpOutOfTime Haha!!! I certainly will. I totally understand what you mean about German. I know a few phrases, cusses :), etc. Italian is the same way. There are 7 ways to say "the" in Italian, and I think 16 in German! Anyway, what I said was "the spirit does (or is) the healing (or healer)."
I agree with you - I'm a linguist, though I focus mainly on European languages. Before I die, I want to be fluent in Gaelige, Welsh, Manx, Frisian Dutch, and Icelandic (true Norse).
@celticbattleaxe Manx? Great. But a question to a linguist, is it possible to learn a language fluently, where no one is extisting which may speak a language a his/her mother tongue?
@Biervampy Well, it may be hard, but anything is possible if you put your mind to it :). It helps to learn it as young as possible, because the brain is developing, especially in the Broca's and Wernicke's areas (Wernicke's area forms the words in the brain - Broca's area is the part that controls word pronunciation). Yes, it is indeed possible. It started with my interest in my ancestors - all it takes is time, commitment, and a willingness to learn all you can.
@Biervampy The question makes no sense. Can you phrase it differently? If you are asking can a person learn a language which is not their native tongue as well as a native then the answer is no.
@Nautilus1972 I disagree. I know a lot of people who speak English so well that I can not hear an accent of any kind, and they are from all over the world.
@fishboy1998 Google Daye Penny Chanter, that will be the cheapest you are going to get for anything actually worth the money. Anything cheaper is going to be a piece of crap and you are going to be getting ripped off.
When asked what it was like to play the Uilleann pipes Davey Spillane once said, "It's a bit like wrestling with an Octopus." When asked why the Irish bagpipe is blown up with the elbow(elbow is Uilleann in Irish), instead of the mouth, someone else said, I don't remember who, "It's so we can drink Guinness and play at the same time." Good playing Tiarnan; you rock, keep up the good work. Every time I hear the Uilleann pipes I like them more. Must be my Kilkenny relatives comin' through.
@BlackFolkAndPiano Oh, good!! I didn't know what you were referring to :)
Strange - I'm Irish, Scottish, and Welsh, and I don't speak Gaelic as fluently as Italian :), and I'm not one speck Italian! 'Course, doesn't help that Gaelic is becoming rare :(
LUCKY YOU that you play the uillean pipes!! I always wanted to, but for now, I play the Panpipes :)
Tiarnan is definitely a genius - he gets 5 gold stars from me :)
@BlackFolkAndPiano al tipo che suona, è in tono ironico, voglio dire che è troppo bravo, bravo da fare schifo ;) in realtà lo stimo da morire e vorrei andare a letto con lui!! ù.ù
@desdeborah89 haha anche io vorrei andarci a letto xD! un vero maestro dello strumento, forse il più tecnico di tutti...spero di conoscerlo e di imparare da lui, un giorno
He has the drones lying across his lap and then laying on top of the drones is another set of 3 pipes called "regulators" which are keyed and provide harmony notes played with the right wrist. The drones and regulators may be of a more modern make (the past 20 years or so), but I think the chanter (the melody pipe) is older. I'd love to know. Brilliant playing.
I have always wanted to learn how to play uilleann pipes. I live in Nashville, TN and I cannot find anyone willing to give me lessons. If I can find someone to give me lessons I will invest in a beginner set. Do you know of anyone in this area or in middle tennessee who gives lessons? It's amazing how bluegrass and such are so big in "these parts" but you can't find anyone to teach you pipes. Banjo or Mandolin- yes. Pipes no. Hehe.
@marmartica Very much so. They differ in philosophy of use as the highland bagpipes were mainly used for war instruments and the uilleann pipes were made for indoor playing. Uilleann pipes have a generally softer tone, especially when playing the higher octaves. I'm not quite familiar with bagpipes, but uilleanns also have an accompanying harmony with playing the regulators.
Personally, I just love the sound of the chanter alone.
@killamonkey At noticed that I'd never really heard the highland pipes except for use in sort of melancholy songs while the uilleann pipes were played in much chipper tones but I wasn't entirely sure if that was just me lol thanks for the info :)
@marmartica yes because highland pipes use a harder reed to create the sound but they are not a scottish invention they originated in ireland as the war pipes until they were banned by the british because they inspired too much warlike attitudes in the natives
@jingwu42 Wrong, all the books I've read on wind instrument history (Baines, Bates & Goossens) say the oldest known source for bagpipes is ancient Greece, but the rising popularity of the bellows are well documented by ancient Greek writers.
On the other hand, the oboe and other conical single double reed pipes, originated in the middle east. Somebody might have mixed this up and made the assumption that the bagpipes originated there too.
@sightseek3r thats richt too, but everybody has a different sight of some things. some people think of Uillean Pipes when they hear the word bagpipes. Other think of the great Highland Pipes. But Uillean Pipes have got a bag and Drones so they are bagpipes.
@sightseek3r Well regular bagpipes are Pipes with a chanter drones and a bag. Mouth- or Elbowblown. What regular Pipes are is your opinion. My opinion is that the Great Highland bagpipe is the regular Pipe that ist known the most.
@Eragon2811 google "hotpipes.com." There are many, many kinds of bagpipes. Bagpipes are a family of ancient woodwinds that likely originated in the Middle East or Eastern Mediterranean region. Hellenic, Turkic, Slavic, Iberian, Italian, Persian, Scandinavian, Baltic, and Semitic peoples all play (or played) bagpipes of one kind or another.
@sightseek3r The Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe. It's 1 member of a very large and ancient family of instruments. The odds are that if you have any European, West Asian, Mediterranean, or North African ancestry, there is a bagpipe tradition in your "old country" whatever it happens to be.
@sightseek3r That's because the Great Highland Bagpipes has a high degree of visibility around the world due to its use by the Highland regiments of the British Royal Army and in America through Police and Fire Department pipe bands.
WOW..... have just had a shot on a set of uillean pipes for the first time a couple of days ago and i couldnt get more than a scale out of them... and i play small, border & highland pipes! its said to take 7 years to get comfortable with them, 7 more years to be able to play them in public and another 7 to enjoy playing them! this is amazing! :D
@Magsterzb yes they are very hard to learn you really need to learn the tin whistle first you will find that all pipers play the whistle and learned this before taking the pipes on but i see you already play a form of pipes so just persist and i wish you every sucess they are such a buzz to play good luck
@Magsterzb work hard and practice and enjoy the treasures of this beautiful instrument and i send my blessing and good luck to you i hope you really well god bless
Oh this dude is good, drones and all, good on ya brother. He even looks like me, but I don't think we are related. My relatives are from Kilkenny, so who knows.
I *think* (emphasis on 'think'!) that it was just before Roman times. I'd need to look that up to be more certain, though.
However, I do know that it was after they emigrated to Scotland that Old Irish then broke off into Manx Gaelic and Scottish Gaelic -- and it was the latter that replaced Pictish, of which very, very little survives.
@ltmatt90 it was actually a lot later than the Roman presence in southern britain. The "scots" started arriving in Alba, what they called Dal-riata, around the same time the Anglo saxons were displacing the British peoples (Welsh) in southern Britain. The Scots began taking former Pictish lands in the west of Scotland.
@ltmatt90 no Kenneth Macalpine did not "conquer" Scotland by conquering the Pictish kings till around 600 years after the Romans left. circa AD990. the Scots are not Irish nor are the Irish Scots. the picture is far more complex than many people would like to think. there were semitic peoples in scotland around 3500BC and also early Britons. yes many Irish settled, but its not as simple as saying- Scotland is Irish
@tonytopcat83 The man we call Kenneth MacAlpine was actually a Pictish King. He united the kingdoms of Dal Riata and Pictland. Most likely he gained the ability to unite the two by spoils of war since both were ravished by Viking raids. It was Kenneth's grandson Donald II that was the first king to stylize himself as 'King of Scots' since he spent his childhood in exile in Ireland. Kenneth died in 858 A.D.
Bootiful rhythms! Lovely playing, and I've just discovered this player! He's also playing at the William Kennedy Piping Festival in Armagh this year. I feel a wee visit coming on!
This comment has received too many negative votesshow
What's with all the extra letters in this guys name? Sheesh. Can't just add extra letters when you want. They gotta make sense. If the letters are silent why add them?
Brilliant playing for a guy with too many letters in his last nahamne. (See? To many letters :-p)
Tell you what mate, your name is a bit impoverished there with only few scant wee letters to call yourself by. How are you and all the millions of wee japs gonna know each other by?
It's still easily understood, at least. A quick glance, Tiernan O'Duncan. There's a lot more names out there harder to anglicize. For instance, your average plastic paddy wouldn't know the connection between James and Seamus. Sad as that seems.
It's a typically Irish thing. They love to talk. Can't use one word where 5 will do, and it's the same with letters. I've been married to an Irish lass for 16 years & she can't tell me off just the once, no, it has to be 3 or 4 times! :)
Indeed, I was born in southern Alberta many, many moons ago and still live here. It's an awesome province to be sure. But I admit, very often I envy our neighbours to the west. B.C. is just off the charts if you're a fan of things beautiful.
But from the political and economic sense, Alberta just can't be beat. And we aren't without our own natural gems either. The Rockies that I get to watch the sun set over every night from my balcony are more or less a mind blower.
Well, maybe not quite as "green": The Scots historically are an ethnic amalgamation of Gaels, Picts, Britons, Angles, Norse and probably several other groups. But the Irish are a bit of a stew themselves, as are we all.
Guy, I'd rather think the Scots are historically of Irish origin, which I agree is Gael (that really refers to the language they speak) and Picts, but certainly not British, nor Angle, nor Saxon, nor Norse.
Of course over the past 1000 years of Viking intrusion some intermingling did happen. But that's all I'll admit to. LOL
Twisted fact: The "Scoti" was the name the Romans gave to one of the tribes inhabiting pre-Christian Ireland. They eventually moved to and settled the northern part of the island of Britian - hence "Scotland."
That's an absolute fact. I have trouble convincing my Scottish friends about that though. I'm so glad to see someone else say it... it's true.
Scotland means "Land of the Scotis". Scottish people are absolutely descendants of Irish. Their blood is just as green as an Irishman's.
Of course Scots like to have their own nationality and who can blame them? But deep down, they know full well they're actually Irish. They are not cousins of the Irish, they are brothers and sisters of the Irish.
Really? I didnt know that...interesting. Here we have athol that translates into little Ireland so I guess the influences went both ways. Pretty much sums up the culture of us gaels it was neve a one way door more like a revolving one.
Fódla dosent necessarily referr to Ireland. it was used by the Picts for a region, and it could be interpreted as a Goddess that was used by many Gaelic/Celtic people to invoke their area. When the Scots said Fódla they mightnt have been referring to Ireland as such! but whos to say, Na Gaeil Abú
Even if Dave's pipes were made of delrin, they're still some of the best pipes i've heard. Don't put down one of the best pipemakers (RIP) in the world, that gets you absolutely nowhere.
amazing! i got a half set... these suckers are the most difficult instrument I've ever tried playing... i do want to get better at them, but it will sure take a long time to come anywhere close to this!
awesome
Wafaloo 2 weeks ago
brave
vuotopiuscuro 1 month ago
I love this instrument, sounds almost like a fiddle sometimes.
rsmothersjr 1 month ago
best regulator playing in piping history :D
I think he's the best, on the technical point of view, at playing regulators
BlackFolkAndPiano 1 month ago
Man. If I was this guy, I'd just sit on a barstool and listen to myself play the Uilleann Pipes all day long! :-D
Kraakeroygutt1 1 month ago 4
beautiful tho
noodles1916 2 months ago
funny uillean means pipes so theyre called pipes pipes :o
noodles1916 2 months ago
@noodles1916
It means elbow, eejit. AKA, how they're played. "Píob" is pipe in Gaelige.
suibhnebuile 1 month ago
@suibhnebuile thats what i get for usin google translate
noodles1916 1 month ago
CLASSIC - pure magic
bravzi 2 months ago 3
Anyone know what the uillean track on ep.2 season 2 of boardwalk empire is? Go raibh maith agat.
Nautilus1972 3 months ago
@Nautilus1972 I think it's The Bucks of Oranmore recorded by Michael Cooney :) I think he told me it was him :)
deadlypiper 3 months ago
Tiarnan is amazing. What makes this recording unusual for me is that the high E is really clear and loud. Note the way microphone is so close to the bottom of the chanter. Also the bottom D...., but that high E is incredible! Second tune, first part no E, but back D and A? Last tune again, the exagerated high E!.
erconn0r 4 months ago 2
still amazing
necronomicon191080 5 months ago
I find this difficult to masturbate to!!
Eminemrocks2727 6 months ago
@celticbattleaxe
Ahhh, now I see. Spirit rules body. Germans have an adequate phrase: "Die Zeit heilt alle Wunden." It's not exactly the same but it expresses the same. Translated into english it means: Time heals all wounds.
You're a linguist? I'm interested in languages and in scriptings too, as long as I can hear and read. My grampa always told me, each language is a window to the world. So I learned a little portion of latin in the school as base of roman languages.
Icelandic? I'm impressed!
RpOutOfTime 6 months ago
Oh, what a wondefull sound reaching my ears.
Although, I'm a german this beautiful uileann pipe music is medic for me.
I know, most of germans may not be unanimous, but this does not count for me.
RpOutOfTime 7 months ago
@RpOutOfTime Der gesit macht das verheilen.
I'm glad you like it :)
I'm really Irish, Scottish, and Welsh, but I speak quite a few languages (Italian, German (some), Gaelige, etc). On youtube, it helps a lot .
celticbattleaxe 7 months ago
@celticbattleaxe Thanx for the kind words, friend!
But - sorry - I did not understood what you wanted to say in german. I'm sure - when talking each to each other (having a pint of good beer in hand) - this would not happen, so please repeat it in english. I know learning german is a really hard work since german is a language that seems not to follow any rule. I love each foreign language and the first thing I would desire is to understand, speak, read and write every language of the world.
RpOutOfTime 7 months ago
@RpOutOfTime Haha!!! I certainly will. I totally understand what you mean about German. I know a few phrases, cusses :), etc. Italian is the same way. There are 7 ways to say "the" in Italian, and I think 16 in German! Anyway, what I said was "the spirit does (or is) the healing (or healer)."
I agree with you - I'm a linguist, though I focus mainly on European languages. Before I die, I want to be fluent in Gaelige, Welsh, Manx, Frisian Dutch, and Icelandic (true Norse).
celticbattleaxe 7 months ago
@celticbattleaxe Manx? Great. But a question to a linguist, is it possible to learn a language fluently, where no one is extisting which may speak a language a his/her mother tongue?
Slán agus beannacht agus go n-éirí leat
Biervampy 6 months ago
@Biervampy Well, it may be hard, but anything is possible if you put your mind to it :). It helps to learn it as young as possible, because the brain is developing, especially in the Broca's and Wernicke's areas (Wernicke's area forms the words in the brain - Broca's area is the part that controls word pronunciation). Yes, it is indeed possible. It started with my interest in my ancestors - all it takes is time, commitment, and a willingness to learn all you can.
Eirinn go bragh!!
celticbattleaxe 6 months ago
@Biervampy The question makes no sense. Can you phrase it differently? If you are asking can a person learn a language which is not their native tongue as well as a native then the answer is no.
Nautilus1972 3 months ago
@Nautilus1972 I disagree. I know a lot of people who speak English so well that I can not hear an accent of any kind, and they are from all over the world.
Winonarydertube 2 months ago
Whats the name of the First piece, its so haunting... i tried to search "highland reel/jig/song/tune... anything... but could not ind it...
i would appreciate it very much if you could point me somewhere here i can find this tune
amon16 7 months ago
@amon16
I would be very intrested in the sheets of the first tune! Where can I find it?
GaldrimMoviemaker 7 months ago
@amon16 first piece is called Hughie Gillespies. See "show more" tab below video for the names of the other tunes also.
TheQuareBoy 7 months ago
Does anyone know where you can purchase one of these?
fishboy1998 7 months ago
@fishboy1998 Google Daye Penny Chanter, that will be the cheapest you are going to get for anything actually worth the money. Anything cheaper is going to be a piece of crap and you are going to be getting ripped off.
jwhitson 7 months ago
@jwhitson aye - and the Daye pipes sound as good as some of the best/most expensive pipes that money can buy!
seaforthpiper 7 months ago
When asked what it was like to play the Uilleann pipes Davey Spillane once said, "It's a bit like wrestling with an Octopus." When asked why the Irish bagpipe is blown up with the elbow(elbow is Uilleann in Irish), instead of the mouth, someone else said, I don't remember who, "It's so we can drink Guinness and play at the same time." Good playing Tiarnan; you rock, keep up the good work. Every time I hear the Uilleann pipes I like them more. Must be my Kilkenny relatives comin' through.
guyfihi 8 months ago
Makes me proud to be Irish!! Eirinn go bragh!!
celticbattleaxe 8 months ago
Seo é robhreá é!! Maith thu !! Go raibh mile maith agat.
Biervampy 8 months ago
Wow! I'm awestruck!
Zebra902 9 months ago
they look difficult to use, good work.
95jjs 9 months ago
nice :)
pawel04111991 9 months ago
fai proprio schifo vecchio, fidati...>_>...
desdeborah89 9 months ago
@desdeborah89 a chi ti riferisci?
BlackFolkAndPiano 8 months ago
@BlackFolkAndPiano Che cosa la problema? Non Si piace uilleann pipes?
celticbattleaxe 8 months ago
@celticbattleaxe I like uilleann pipes! I'm an uilleann piper! Tiarnan O' Duinnchinn is a genius, his mastery of the instrument is incredible...
I was just answering to desdeborah89
BlackFolkAndPiano 8 months ago
@BlackFolkAndPiano Oh, good!! I didn't know what you were referring to :)
Strange - I'm Irish, Scottish, and Welsh, and I don't speak Gaelic as fluently as Italian :), and I'm not one speck Italian! 'Course, doesn't help that Gaelic is becoming rare :(
LUCKY YOU that you play the uillean pipes!! I always wanted to, but for now, I play the Panpipes :)
Tiarnan is definitely a genius - he gets 5 gold stars from me :)
celticbattleaxe 8 months ago
@BlackFolkAndPiano al tipo che suona, è in tono ironico, voglio dire che è troppo bravo, bravo da fare schifo ;) in realtà lo stimo da morire e vorrei andare a letto con lui!! ù.ù
desdeborah89 3 months ago
@desdeborah89 haha anche io vorrei andarci a letto xD! un vero maestro dello strumento, forse il più tecnico di tutti...spero di conoscerlo e di imparare da lui, un giorno
BlackFolkAndPiano 3 months ago
folk yeah!!!!
dropkickmolly666 9 months ago
I am fan !!!!!!
magicbagpipe 10 months ago
He has the drones lying across his lap and then laying on top of the drones is another set of 3 pipes called "regulators" which are keyed and provide harmony notes played with the right wrist. The drones and regulators may be of a more modern make (the past 20 years or so), but I think the chanter (the melody pipe) is older. I'd love to know. Brilliant playing.
xrismoran 10 months ago
I want to know who the five jackass are that dont like this...!!!!!
thepwee 10 months ago 2
I have always wanted to learn how to play uilleann pipes. I live in Nashville, TN and I cannot find anyone willing to give me lessons. If I can find someone to give me lessons I will invest in a beginner set. Do you know of anyone in this area or in middle tennessee who gives lessons? It's amazing how bluegrass and such are so big in "these parts" but you can't find anyone to teach you pipes. Banjo or Mandolin- yes. Pipes no. Hehe.
KellyinTN 10 months ago
Wonderful!
anniemcu 10 months ago
Does anybody know what key his chanter is in?
1234nouseforaname 10 months ago
absofrickinlutely gorgeous piping...
shreddemon3113 11 months ago
Never knew my old teacher was so good and popular near 80k views holy shiat!
Jaysuslawds 11 months ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!
Stop!
Enough already!
Sounds like a slaughter house!
niznet111 11 months ago
tiernan
rowancreaney98 11 months ago
An-bhí go maith. Maith thú.
neireannach 1 year ago
a piper and cute? I think I'm in love :-)
LordGuinness 1 year ago
im seriously starting to hate triplets.....
this guy is ridiculously good!!!! go tiarnan!!
BehorWindpipe 1 year ago
is there a distinct difference in the sound of the irish uillean pipes and the scottish highland pipes?
marmartica 1 year ago
@marmartica Very much so. They differ in philosophy of use as the highland bagpipes were mainly used for war instruments and the uilleann pipes were made for indoor playing. Uilleann pipes have a generally softer tone, especially when playing the higher octaves. I'm not quite familiar with bagpipes, but uilleanns also have an accompanying harmony with playing the regulators.
Personally, I just love the sound of the chanter alone.
killamonkey 1 year ago
@killamonkey At noticed that I'd never really heard the highland pipes except for use in sort of melancholy songs while the uilleann pipes were played in much chipper tones but I wasn't entirely sure if that was just me lol thanks for the info :)
marmartica 1 year ago
@marmartica yes because highland pipes use a harder reed to create the sound but they are not a scottish invention they originated in ireland as the war pipes until they were banned by the british because they inspired too much warlike attitudes in the natives
omarshinken 11 months ago
@omarshinken the actual bagpipe originated in the middle east.
jingwu42 11 months ago
@jingwu42 no...
StringsCrusader 11 months ago
@jingwu42 Wrong, all the books I've read on wind instrument history (Baines, Bates & Goossens) say the oldest known source for bagpipes is ancient Greece, but the rising popularity of the bellows are well documented by ancient Greek writers.
On the other hand, the oboe and other conical single double reed pipes, originated in the middle east. Somebody might have mixed this up and made the assumption that the bagpipes originated there too.
Iloerk 9 months ago
Holy crap, this is better than bagpipes!
sightseek3r 1 year ago
Comment removed
Eragon2811 1 year ago
@sightseek3r Uiilleann pipes are a kind of bagpipe -.-
Eragon2811 1 year ago
@Eragon2811 Right, but when you think bagpipes you think of... You know, bag pipes, not these things
sightseek3r 1 year ago
@sightseek3r thats richt too, but everybody has a different sight of some things. some people think of Uillean Pipes when they hear the word bagpipes. Other think of the great Highland Pipes. But Uillean Pipes have got a bag and Drones so they are bagpipes.
Eragon2811 1 year ago
@Eragon2811 Then what are regular bagpipes called? The ones I'm referring to?
sightseek3r 1 year ago
@sightseek3r Well regular bagpipes are Pipes with a chanter drones and a bag. Mouth- or Elbowblown. What regular Pipes are is your opinion. My opinion is that the Great Highland bagpipe is the regular Pipe that ist known the most.
Eragon2811 1 year ago
@Eragon2811 google "hotpipes.com." There are many, many kinds of bagpipes. Bagpipes are a family of ancient woodwinds that likely originated in the Middle East or Eastern Mediterranean region. Hellenic, Turkic, Slavic, Iberian, Italian, Persian, Scandinavian, Baltic, and Semitic peoples all play (or played) bagpipes of one kind or another.
piobairesicago 1 year ago
@piobairesicago Gernans, too! : )
piobairesicago 1 year ago
@sightseek3r The Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe. It's 1 member of a very large and ancient family of instruments. The odds are that if you have any European, West Asian, Mediterranean, or North African ancestry, there is a bagpipe tradition in your "old country" whatever it happens to be.
piobairesicago 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@sightseek3r Then what are regular bagpipes called? The ones I'm referring to?
Great Highland Bagpipes or piob mor
piobairesicago 1 year ago
@Eragon2811 Right. The presence of a bag differentiates bagpipes from other reeded woodwinds.
piobairesicago 1 year ago
@sightseek3r That's because the Great Highland Bagpipes has a high degree of visibility around the world due to its use by the Highland regiments of the British Royal Army and in America through Police and Fire Department pipe bands.
piobairesicago 1 year ago
I clicked on this randomly. I fell in love with it :]
ppaarroott 1 year ago
Dude i swear to God I listen to this twice a day everyday... AT THE LEAST!!!
Shibbyboy413 1 year ago 2
I'm not joking but my name is tiarnan and I'm from dublin
xpTPxp 1 year ago
wooooooooooowwwwwwww wonderfull!!!!!!!!!
hotmusic84 1 year ago
who disliked this !!!!!!!!!!
edonnellylad1234 1 year ago
Wow! Great piper!
abraxas123 1 year ago
fantastic! i really enjoyed this!
jaxin2004 1 year ago
WOW..... have just had a shot on a set of uillean pipes for the first time a couple of days ago and i couldnt get more than a scale out of them... and i play small, border & highland pipes! its said to take 7 years to get comfortable with them, 7 more years to be able to play them in public and another 7 to enjoy playing them! this is amazing! :D
Magsterzb 1 year ago
@Magsterzb thats not true i learned to play tunes on them in several months
omarshinken 1 year ago
@omarshinken lol, maybe! but all im saying is that they are probably the hardest bagpipe to learn.
Magsterzb 1 year ago
@Magsterzb yes they are very hard to learn you really need to learn the tin whistle first you will find that all pipers play the whistle and learned this before taking the pipes on but i see you already play a form of pipes so just persist and i wish you every sucess they are such a buzz to play good luck
omarshinken 1 year ago
@omarshinken
thanks! :)
Magsterzb 1 year ago
@Magsterzb work hard and practice and enjoy the treasures of this beautiful instrument and i send my blessing and good luck to you i hope you really well god bless
omarshinken 1 year ago
beautiful, thanks bud!
jeff61177 1 year ago
genius
Victeu 1 year ago
How is Tiarnan's pipe maker?
cienpipers 1 year ago
@cienpipers Rather poorly...he died in an auto accident several years ago. A terrible loss. His name was David Willams, may he rest in peace.
piobairesicago 1 year ago
Oh Hell Yeah Babe!!!
janessa70 1 year ago
The best piece of irish piping on the net. Any chance of a few more tunes? Cheers :-)
dubhraich 1 year ago
Wonderful!!!
angelabinu 1 year ago
Basque ! alright!!
rgouette 1 year ago
Tiarnan is not human
rgouette 1 year ago 2
How could he look so bored while being so awesome? lol
Shindai 1 year ago
1:12 - 2:02, in my opinion the best part of this clip which I really like listening to.
BoyWithOboy 1 year ago
WICKED TUNE!
IrishLincoln 1 year ago 2
Quality, best wishes, simon, strabane
Kingmannie 1 year ago
magnifique!!!
lauryryanne 1 year ago
the best playing of the pipes ive ever heard ,and i listen to a lot of this music,tremendous skill what a genius excellent ! paddy, derry
TheDerryunderground 1 year ago
Comment removed
TheDerryunderground 1 year ago
Oh this dude is good, drones and all, good on ya brother. He even looks like me, but I don't think we are related. My relatives are from Kilkenny, so who knows.
guyfihi 1 year ago
Genius! Musical genius!
I am an O'Neill, born and raised in Canada, and this fills me with joy!
The complexity of the melody coupled with the rythm and the interaction with the drones is absolutely marvelous.
Thank you form the bottom of my heart.
phlipfwoneill 1 year ago
does this bloke have any albums out?
crugad 1 year ago
I'm originally welsh on my mothers side, but i have Irish ascendancies from my fathers side :P
Krathor18 1 year ago
@Krathor18 thanks for sharing
Scaubie 1 year ago
wow man. keep it up. you're amazing!
suv1186 1 year ago
now that is talent
u2poz 1 year ago
It is said Scotland is the land the Irish come from, is that true?
ltmatt90 1 year ago
Other way around -- the Scotti were an Irish Celtic tribe that emigrated across to Scotland via the Isle of Man and displaced the Picts.
jamesS0289 1 year ago 5
So it is Ireland the land the Scots come from.
Thanks
ltmatt90 1 year ago 2
Yea for example my clan, clan MacNeil are a Scottish clan that was originally Irish and emigrated to Scotland. Same goes for many others.
ejmac11 1 year ago
And when did the Scots replaced the picts in current Scotland? during the middle ages, Roman times or earlier?
ltmatt90 1 year ago
I *think* (emphasis on 'think'!) that it was just before Roman times. I'd need to look that up to be more certain, though.
However, I do know that it was after they emigrated to Scotland that Old Irish then broke off into Manx Gaelic and Scottish Gaelic -- and it was the latter that replaced Pictish, of which very, very little survives.
jamesS0289 1 year ago
@ltmatt90 it was actually a lot later than the Roman presence in southern britain. The "scots" started arriving in Alba, what they called Dal-riata, around the same time the Anglo saxons were displacing the British peoples (Welsh) in southern Britain. The Scots began taking former Pictish lands in the west of Scotland.
tonytopcat83 1 year ago
@ltmatt90 no Kenneth Macalpine did not "conquer" Scotland by conquering the Pictish kings till around 600 years after the Romans left. circa AD990. the Scots are not Irish nor are the Irish Scots. the picture is far more complex than many people would like to think. there were semitic peoples in scotland around 3500BC and also early Britons. yes many Irish settled, but its not as simple as saying- Scotland is Irish
tonytopcat83 1 year ago
@tonytopcat83 The man we call Kenneth MacAlpine was actually a Pictish King. He united the kingdoms of Dal Riata and Pictland. Most likely he gained the ability to unite the two by spoils of war since both were ravished by Viking raids. It was Kenneth's grandson Donald II that was the first king to stylize himself as 'King of Scots' since he spent his childhood in exile in Ireland. Kenneth died in 858 A.D.
LawsonMcLaren 1 year ago
Thanks for all the information. I have been interesting myself in Scotland,Ireland and Wales since a year and it are all awesome coutries i think
ltmatt90 1 year ago
I always wish to be an Irish Man!! great nation. great island!!
Ankasification 1 year ago
***** :)
HHimmler33 2 years ago
Really wonderful, a salute to all Irishmen from the Basque Country.
ORTZIA 2 years ago 17
simply amazing. . .ONE very talented individual created all that sound, kept beat, etc. . . .BRAVO
1offkilter 2 years ago
holy crap... that is hands down some of the purist sounding elbow pipes on a reel i've ever heard!
tryckjavel 2 years ago
Bootiful rhythms! Lovely playing, and I've just discovered this player! He's also playing at the William Kennedy Piping Festival in Armagh this year. I feel a wee visit coming on!
fiddleronthedoorstep 2 years ago
Great playing! 5*
NRamirezCR 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
What's with all the extra letters in this guys name? Sheesh. Can't just add extra letters when you want. They gotta make sense. If the letters are silent why add them?
Brilliant playing for a guy with too many letters in his last nahamne. (See? To many letters :-p)
PuYanHui 2 years ago
it's irish...
kevin o'sullivan = caoihminn o'suilleabhain
lowfiwhiteguy 2 years ago 4
Tell you what mate, your name is a bit impoverished there with only few scant wee letters to call yourself by. How are you and all the millions of wee japs gonna know each other by?
slan leat,
Séamaisín ó Maolomhnaigh (Jimmy Molony)
dynamitebucket 2 years ago
It's still easily understood, at least. A quick glance, Tiernan O'Duncan. There's a lot more names out there harder to anglicize. For instance, your average plastic paddy wouldn't know the connection between James and Seamus. Sad as that seems.
CriticalHazard 2 years ago
I fink ur rite. no mor silent letrs pleez. its a wast of lecrisity.
cheeserols 2 years ago
It's a typically Irish thing. They love to talk. Can't use one word where 5 will do, and it's the same with letters. I've been married to an Irish lass for 16 years & she can't tell me off just the once, no, it has to be 3 or 4 times! :)
IvorRash 2 years ago 24
@IvorRash Is he playing just the chanter without the register and drones?
cowallad 11 months ago
@cowallad He is playing with the drones too.
TheBasenjiman 10 months ago
A gifted piper with a name to be proud of, I am sixth generation out of Tipperary in the Sthn. Hemisphere with three more after me ( still Irish ).
ERIN GO BRAGH !
ALNJAN1 2 years ago 3
one of my favorite pipers (mick o brien's the second) *****
boxplayer2 2 years ago
You as well (especially if you're actually from Alberta). Thanks for the postings.
guydunord 2 years ago
Indeed, I was born in southern Alberta many, many moons ago and still live here. It's an awesome province to be sure. But I admit, very often I envy our neighbours to the west. B.C. is just off the charts if you're a fan of things beautiful.
But from the political and economic sense, Alberta just can't be beat. And we aren't without our own natural gems either. The Rockies that I get to watch the sun set over every night from my balcony are more or less a mind blower.
Albertarocks 2 years ago
Well, maybe not quite as "green": The Scots historically are an ethnic amalgamation of Gaels, Picts, Britons, Angles, Norse and probably several other groups. But the Irish are a bit of a stew themselves, as are we all.
guydunord 2 years ago 2
Guy, I'd rather think the Scots are historically of Irish origin, which I agree is Gael (that really refers to the language they speak) and Picts, but certainly not British, nor Angle, nor Saxon, nor Norse.
Of course over the past 1000 years of Viking intrusion some intermingling did happen. But that's all I'll admit to. LOL
You sound like a real good dude to me.
Albertarocks 2 years ago
Twisted fact: The "Scoti" was the name the Romans gave to one of the tribes inhabiting pre-Christian Ireland. They eventually moved to and settled the northern part of the island of Britian - hence "Scotland."
guydunord 2 years ago
That's an absolute fact. I have trouble convincing my Scottish friends about that though. I'm so glad to see someone else say it... it's true.
Scotland means "Land of the Scotis". Scottish people are absolutely descendants of Irish. Their blood is just as green as an Irishman's.
Of course Scots like to have their own nationality and who can blame them? But deep down, they know full well they're actually Irish. They are not cousins of the Irish, they are brothers and sisters of the Irish.
Albertarocks 2 years ago
Why is he playing in a place called Scotstown, did a lot of Scots emigrate there?
seonidh 2 years ago
Probably were planted there as part of the Ulster Plantation-but there's Scotstowns & Scotch Streets all over Ireland
bollix13 2 years ago
Really? I didnt know that...interesting. Here we have athol that translates into little Ireland so I guess the influences went both ways. Pretty much sums up the culture of us gaels it was neve a one way door more like a revolving one.
seonidh 2 years ago
nope, it reffers to the name Scot (a land owner) as opposed to the Scottish people.
but there are examples of Scottish names in Ireland.
Seamus616 2 years ago
Fódla dosent necessarily referr to Ireland. it was used by the Picts for a region, and it could be interpreted as a Goddess that was used by many Gaelic/Celtic people to invoke their area. When the Scots said Fódla they mightnt have been referring to Ireland as such! but whos to say, Na Gaeil Abú
Seamus616 2 years ago
Fodla is one of three ancient names used by the Irish when referring to their island: Eriu, Fodla, and Banba.
piobairesicago 2 years ago
correct
Seamus616 1 year ago
Even if Dave's pipes were made of delrin, they're still some of the best pipes i've heard. Don't put down one of the best pipemakers (RIP) in the world, that gets you absolutely nowhere.
Imal00ter20 2 years ago
could you tell me the name of one of the best in the world... i am on my way to learn the uilleann pipes and that would really help me.
BehorWindpipe 2 years ago
he has the best style of all the pipers i have heard so far... i love his style.
BehorWindpipe 2 years ago
According to Tiarnan's site, his pipes (Dave Williams c. 1997) are african blackwood and stainless steel.
buttermilkpiper 2 years ago
....other than the chanter, of course :)
buttermilkpiper 2 years ago
fantastic set!
bagpiper135 2 years ago
auggghh!!! amazing!
Maicpybgirlie 2 years ago
Tiarnan is my hero :)
onearmfrog 2 years ago
I'm gonna have to listen to a lot more of Tiarnan, pure class!
dogwi2luders 2 years ago
THis guy is tha Shit! SLAINTE!
bmacd17 2 years ago
this guy is phenomenal!!
casaderiff 2 years ago
What key is this chanter in? I think it's C, but I'm not certain.
anw06f 2 years ago
I think D, but it's hard to tell. If it is a flat set, he's a very large man...
marcomio 2 years ago
lol, good observation, if it is, i wonder how big he is...
p0sn 2 years ago
It IS in D.
deterdettol 2 years ago
What a beautiful tune!
Varulv9 2 years ago
Does anyone happen to know what type of wood Tiarnan's chanter is made of??
sansui10 2 years ago
i think its ebony im not sure though
Bigturns33 2 years ago
It's made of boxwood, has beautiful tone.
Imal00ter20 2 years ago
amazing! i got a half set... these suckers are the most difficult instrument I've ever tried playing... i do want to get better at them, but it will sure take a long time to come anywhere close to this!
jeremyfrancis 2 years ago
hey man how you like your half set you will have to sent me a picture and or just a little audio just to hear them.
Bigturns33 2 years ago
Seven years of listenin', seven years of practicin', and seven years of playin' -- then you're a piper.
marcomio 2 years ago
I love how Tiarnan mixes the lovliness of both the open and closed style of piping,
I myself would consider Tiarnan the master of mixed piping,
Imal00ter20 2 years ago
nazi below
TomBarry192I 2 years ago
It's rocks
cienpipers 2 years ago
NIce version of spoting paddy
cienpipers 2 years ago