Uilleann Pipes Stair na hÉireann/History of Ireland "I love the pipes. It's the only instrument in Ireland we can truly call our own. They make me proud to be an Irishman." –Finbar Furey The importance of piping during the years of the Irish chieftains is evident in the 9th century representation of a piper on the great stone High Cross of Clanmacnoise in Co Offaly. This seat of Irish culture in Clanmacnoise fostered the great ancient school there which at its height involved six to seven thousa