I just saw Liam O’Flynn in his blacktie playing the pipes for HM Queen Elizabeth II at the State banquet at Dublin Castle on the Queens State Visit to Ireland.Fair play to him and fair play to her majesty.I was really impressed with her visit to the National War of Independance Memorial and bow her head.That ma wee friends is real progress.
So now Liam and mesel share “by Royal Appointment”
The great addage that nothing lasts forever is true Thank god…
Peace to ye all 
and who ever thought the queen would speak in Irish .I think that took everyone by surprise .
RORY
The look on the Presidents face said it all plus she mouthed “wow” twice.I think a real and genuine effort was made by the Queen even in the detail.Her dress was made up of hundreds of embroidered shamrocks and she wore a harp brooch.That was a nice touch.I wouldnae mind betting that Irish will now be the in language at Court.
What tune did he play?
What tune did he play?
I’ll bet it wasn’t Four Green Fields! It might have been nice for him to play an Uilleann pipe version of the Beatles’ “Her Majesty”…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13437072
PJ in answer to yoor query
Mary McAleese requested him to compose and play a piece of music for her inaugration based on the theme of her presidency - building bridges. An Droichead (The Bridge) I believe this is whit was played and most appropriate too.
I was watching the coverage sporadically and everywhere she went, there were uilleann pipers, At the National Stud, At the Banquet, At the concert she hosted at the conference centre. I wondered if I had finally cracked and wasimagining te pipes everywhere but my wife agreed.
She agreed that ye had cracked?
What is yoor point in this observation?Irish functions where the national instrument of Ireland is seen is hardly earth shattering. 
I would welcome ye to the board but I will reserve judgement as I suspect ye might be a big auld troll especially with a name like Uill Wind 
Uilleam
Don’t mind Uilliam, he doesn’t blow good even after translation. And don’t let him try to fool you, everyone knows that the cláirseach is the national instrument of Ireland. I heartily welcome you, and think “Uill Wind” is the funniest name I’ve heard yet.
Pardon me ,I meant tae write the national bagpipe of Ireland not the national instrument although there are some that would disagree with ye as the harp, sorry cláirseach,(poser) is not indigenous to Ireland.I hear there a a few in the celestial realms as well.BTW the harp as was known in Ireland and is portrayed in the national badge is extinct.Not that it matters one iota as it doesnae change my challenge.After yoor name Uillman I think it is the second funniest name I have heard.Now but oot o this thread unless ye have something worth saying 
Uilliam which after translation means William
William is from the Old Norman form Williame, corresponding to the French spelling Guillaume, and is a cognate from the German Wilhelm, and of Germanic origin: wil = “will or desire”; helm; Old English helm “helmet, protection”; thus the Old German name Wilhelm and the Old Norse name Vilhjálmr have the same roots. The name William has today been interpreted to mean protector of the kingdom or realm. A common Irish form is Liam.As there is no W in gaelic then the correct spelling is Uilliam.
Uill Wind means nowt and Uillman means even less. more peace and benifice to ye all
We’ve got Uilliam, Uillmann and Uill Wind all arguing with eachother in the same thread.
That’s got to be an uill-omen … 
I am not arguing with anyone..I am offering peace and lurv so whit with the I am 
why anyone should be so 
with whit I write and it makes me 
not 
I think it is the 
in Uillman and mayo man to 
moi when all I want is 
so perleez stop this shite 
I shall defer to our vaunted thread protector, and hereby endorse the term “wire-strung harp” as preferable in teuchter-affected emoticomicbookspeak.
They Lawh!!!
Teuchter? One hasn’t written this little missive in a glass house, I should hope. Anyway, I think the Caledonian term you want for thewirestrungharp is clàrsach. I recommend it; it doesn’t take near as long to say.
By all means, let us use the Scots Gaelic spelling as opposed to the Irish spelling on one of Uilliam’s own personal threads.
But I didn’t suggest that. You, sir, are being pugnacious. Use cláirseach or clàrsach as you like.
I shall henceforth strive to embody absolute acquiescence.
At this point a moment of your quiescence would make me happier.