uillean pipesn.
= union pipes n. Rarely in singular.The etymological relationship between the two terms is uncertain. This name is now the usual one.
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1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms at Bagpipe .]
1906 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 2) II. 509/1 The later bagpipe, the Uillean or Union pipe, blown with a bellows, became popular in Ireland.
1962 Times 16 Nov. 16/1 Ceilidh bands of the venerable Uilleann pipes.
1974 Irish Democrat Nov. 2/4 Irish concert in..Acton Town Hall... Tommy McCarthy (Uillean pipes and concertina).
1980 Observer 10 Feb. 14/8 The ensemble consists of two fiddles, flute, harp, a single~headed drum called the bodhran and the uillean pipes.
1984 Listener 3 May 28/1 Making extensive use of the most beautiful sound on earth, that of uilleann pipes in skilled hands, it was first and foremost a portrait of a contented man.
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