Another year down, another pipers’ concert at the Spailpin for the Cork Folk Festival.  But what a concert we had this year!  Some familiar faces graced the stage including Dan O’Callaghan, Diarmaid Moynihan with a welcome return from Tomás O Canainn who, for me, was the highlight of the show with his piping, singing, stories, jokes and poetry!  This year also saw Kevin Moore make an accomplished stage debut, the first of many appearances in the coming years here I’m sure.  The variety of musicians and instruments is what made this year’s concert all the more special for me.  We had uilleann pipes, Galician pipes (gaita), pan pipes, war pipes, flutes, low whistles, and guitars.  In particular Anxo Lorenzo who you can see above with the Moynihans blew us away with the sweet sound of his Galician pipes.  Finally, it was great to meet the wonderful piper Jimmy Morrison who kicked off the show with some fine sets.  Unfortunately I don’t have any photos of him myself but I’m sure we’ll get a few in from our official photographer on the day (ahem John ).

I recorded the gig so expect to see some mp3s posted here in the coming days.

See the photos from the show below…

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The Cork Pipers Club are once again playing at this year’s Cork Folk Festival which is starting today and running until Sunday 5th October.  The pipers concert is on in the Spailpin Fanach on South Main Street at 4pm on Saturday.  This year we have Stephen Scales, Diarmuid Grainger and Dan O’Callaghan so there will be a feast of piping on display.  Admission is €8 on the door and we hope to see you there.