The Mark Donnelly Piping Academy presents an intensive immersion into uilleann piping through graded and themed classes, recitals, lectures, hands-on maintenance and concerts in memory of Armagh Pipers Club’s former uilleann pipe pupil and teacher, Mark Donnelly.
The academy includes access to classes, all concerts, pipe maintenance workshop and lectures.
Fee: £100
Mark Donnelly Piping Academy classes
10am – 11.30am & 12noon – 1pm
Aonach Mhacha (various rooms)
Teachers: Mark Redmond, Louise Mulcahy, Sinéad Uà Mhurchadha, Éamonn Galldubh, Brian McNamara, Marc Pollier and Cillian Vallely
Concerts
Armagh Pipers Club 60th Anniversary Conert: Friday 13 November 2026 7.30pm
Rising Stars: Saturday 14 November 2026 2.30pm
Festival Concert : Saturday 14 November 2026 7.30pm
Uilleann Pipes Concert: Sunday 15 November 2026 2pm
Lectures
The Cape Breton Tradition: Saturday 14 November 2026 3pm
William Kennedy Lecture: Saturday 14 November 2026 5pm
Pipe maintenance workshop
Sunday 15 November 2026 11am