Celebrating the uileann pipes

Deirdre Morrissey’s Irishwoman’s Diary (April 22nd) reminds me of the piper Leo Rowsome, whom I used to take up every week to Na Píobairí Uileann in a VW Beetle. When hoisting the pipes out of the boot in front he used to jest: “It’s a plumber not a teacher I want for these yokes.” Le meas,

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Raheny,

Dublin 5