Titanic piper

Uilleann Pipes
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I spotted this reference on uilleannobsession and thought it might be of interest to some:

"Mr Eugene Patrick Daly, 29, from Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland, was travelling to New York City. He boarded the Titanic at Queenstown (ticket number 382651, £7, 15s).

Daly played “Erin’s Lament” on his uilleann (elbow) pipes (a traditional Irish instrument) for his fellow steerage passengers, as the Titanic steamed away from Queenstown, bound for the new world. He would later file a claim for $50 for their loss. Similar pipes, possibly Daly’s, were recently salvaged from the wreck."

EDIT:

Looks like this has been gone over already:

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?p=98208

Still, it would have been an interesting find.

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B.C. Childress did an article called Bagpipes on the Titanic in the Pipers Review in Fall of 1998 Vol XVII NO 4