New Year Quiz

Who won the 1978 Fleadh Nua All Ireland Pipemaking Medal at Ennis?
1 incorrect answer.

and who was described as lord headley’s blind piper who lived form 1769 to 1857?

And who put the F.U. back in FUN?

djm

Hi I am new to the forums, I don’t play pipes but listen to them a lot (my husband plays) I think the answer to your quiz is Pat Sky

Hi Harper, I don’t know the answer to either of the other two questions-but I 'm afraid not Mr Sky.

put more turf on your fires! here’s the tale Fairy Legends and Traditions: Diarmid Bawn, The Piper | Sacred Texts Archive
they sure had some mighty strong tobacco in those days :really:

Lix, what a wonderfully bizarre site. Thanks for the link.

djm

? Close; look down. :slight_smile:

MarcP, sorry, not even close. The answer is MXC on the Spike network.

djm

I am not sure how these threads are supposed to work. I have asked arou nd friends in Ireland and they can’t remember the pipemakers name only that he lived in Kilkenny at the time he won the all Ireland medal.

Well here’s the answer you just couldn’t guess.
BRIAN HOWARD.