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Sean Molloy
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The Big Drum’s Beating( St. Patrick’s Day)
2026 got off to a flying start in Achill Island where the Dooagh Pipe Band kicked off proceedings with the traditional New Year's Eve performance at Gielty's Bar and Restaurant. A record number of attendees were present at midnight when the band performed their traditional set
This New Year's Eve, the Achill pipe band parades are facing a crisis, the likes of which will have never been seen before until the next crisis. Traditionally, each pipe band starts at midnight of New Year's Eve in their own village before marching to Pollagh
The panel of judges for Achill Island's "Best Band on the Island" competition of 2026 was announced earlier today. Featuring experts from bagpiping centres of excellence right across the globe, the panel will convene in a secret location (probably Lourdie's) at the end of
The ongoing saga of just who was the first Keelman to win the Dooagh Pipe Band Founder Members' Cup shows no sign of letting up. Brian Gielty, enthusiastic recipient of the 2025 Founder's Cup, has doubled down on his claim to be the first person from Keel