I’m curious as to the difference in fingering between the flute & Uillean pipes. I had a small pipe made with open fingering like my flute, but was wonder if the uillean pipe had open finger like the flute or 1/2 open like the GHP. How did the different fingering develope? And what are the advantages of say closed finger in the NP pipe verse 1/2 closed or open fingering.
Tjones
Yes.
The uilleann pipes are in every way superior to the flute. 
J.
You have passed the test young Grasshopper, it is time for you to lead.
The short answer to the fingering comparison is almost, not really, or no. The problem with comparison is that with the uilleann pipes there are at least three different ways of playing the note: with the chanter on the knee where a minimum number of fingers are lifted (“tight” fingering), with the chanter on the knee and more fingers lifted (“open” on-the-knee), and the chanter off the knee with more fingers lifted than “tight” fingering for most notes.
To confuse things further, in “tight” playing it is sometimes desirable (for volume, tone color, or intonation purposes) to use one of the “open” fingerings for a note, or to play the note with the chanter lifted from the knee. One of the instructors I have had in the past says that he plays his second octave E as what he calls a “tinker’s E”, with the chanter off the knee, and only the third finger of the right hand off its tonehole.
This would be a really good point for someone with a more eloquent style (and a good bit more experience than me) to write up for the FAQ FAQ FAQ page (are you up for it Peter?)
dave boling
Posted by Tjones
I’m curious as to the difference in fingering between the flute & Uillean pipes.
Good to see you around. How was this years New Zealand Tionol?
To answer your question, the Irish flute has the same fingering (without the keys) as the classicle bohem flute. The Irish flute is a modified baroque flute that developed without the aid of the bohem system. If you played classicle flute (or vise versa) you could probably easily take up the Irish flute.
Cheers L42B 
PS: I’ve just got the regulators going nicely.
The main difference that can mess you up (well, mess me up, though not much anymore) is the back D thing. The Irish flute has no back D. C# on the pipes is fingered basically the way 2nd octave D is on the flute: x oxx xxxx (Oh yeah, there’s that extra pinkie hole too. But that’s no big deal. I don’t even think about it, or the other fingering differences anymore. They’re pretty minor.) And then 2nd octave D on the pipes is fingered o (this is the back D hole) xxx xxxx.
I don’t know if this is helpful or makes any sense at all. But that’s the difference that stands out in my mind, being a player of both instruments.