Hello all,
I posted a bit of this over in the Irish Music Forum, but as it’s also pipe-related I thought I’d cross-post. This month, the magazine Folklife Center News from the Library of Congress contains a lengthy article on the recently found cylinders of Francis O’Neill. Best part is, you can download the magazine for free.
Here’s a direct the link to the PDF:
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/news/pdf/afcnews-fall-2007.pdf
There is also a one-pager called The Piper’s Despair with an introduction to the uilleann pipes as 28 of the 32 tunes found on the cylinders are played on the pipes. Some great pictures included in the article as well. Great stuff.
-Patrick