uilleann piper
English
Etymology
A partial translation of the Irish píobairí uilleann, or from uilleann pipes.
Noun
uilleann piper (plural uilleann pipers)
- One who plays uilleann pipes.
- 1999, Fintan Vallely, The companion to Irish traditional music, page 38:
- Associated with The Long Note, he became its producer in 1978, in this series devoting time to documentary features, such as that on nineteenth-century uilleann piper and composer, Johnny Patterson.
- 2001, June Skinner Sawyers, Celtic music: a complete guide, page 106:
- A twentieth-century master uilleann piper and mentor of many of today's finest pipers.
- 2004, Claire McKenna, A Complete Guide to Learning the Irish Tin Whistle, page 41:
- He went on to become one of Ireland's foremost uilleann pipers [...]
- 2008, Jo Sprague, Douglas Stuart, David Bodary, The Speaker's Handbook, page 157:
- Uilleann bagpipes in Ireland differ from Scottish pipes in that the uilleann piper uses bellows under the arm to keep the bag full rather than blowing into the bag.
-