Women Pipers of Great Distinction

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Women Pipers of Great Distinction

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Who are they, where are they? Recordings, websites, where cited, etc...


Claire Byrne

Máire Ó Grada

Becky Taylor

Emer Mayock

Debbie Quigley

Sheila Shigley
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Marion McCarthy also plays the Uilleann pipes daughter of the late Tommy McCarthy Uilleann piper/Concertina player

http://www.iol.ie/~marmusic/
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Louise Mulcahy plays the pipes on a couple tracks of the CD "The Mulcahy Family". The whole album is well worth a listen.

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Heather Clarke
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Sarah Cory. She lives up in Seattle, I think.

I've never actually heard her play, but the word of mouth praise has been considerable.
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personally, i have become quite taken with the playing of kara doyle, of new york. she has only been on the pipes for a short while and is playing circles around the boys.
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How about Sorcha Ni Mhuire who teaches at Willie Week?

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I used to be a woman......Does that count?? :boggle: :wink:
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You did not...stop lying.
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He did too! I should know ... oops! :oops:

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You should "know"? In the Biblical sense?

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benwalker wrote:I used to be a woman......Does that count?? :boggle: :wink:
Nice one Ben :lol: :lol:
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benwalker wrote:I used to be a woman......Does that count?? :boggle: :wink:
Only if you can play the pipes too!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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i'm a lesbian trapped inside of a man's body. does that count?
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where's Justine when you need her to shed light on this conversation
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