Boru Piper awarded IMDA Grant

The Brian Boru Pipe Band is pleased to announce that Boru Bagpiper Anthony H. was awarded a grant to attend the Balmoral School of Piping at Macalester College June 20 through 25.  The Irish Music and Dance Association (IMDA) will pay the tuition for Anthony as a day student.   

This year's Educational Grant is made in honor and memory of Tim 'Fitz' Fitzgerald, himself a piper and a supporter of musicians, especially young ones. 

For more information visit Irish Music and Dance Association

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Boru to compete at 2010 Minnesota Scottish Fair

Look for the Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band at the 2010 Minnesota Scottish Fair!

www.mnscottishfair.org

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Boru at the Dubliner during Hounds of Finn show

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Just Announced! - Boru at the 18th Annual City Pages Beer Festival

 
18th annual
City Pages Beer Festival…downtown!
LIKE A BREWERY TOUR WITHOUT THE SILLY TOUR PART!
 
It’s about bock not Bach.  It’s the 18th annual City Pages Beer Festival, 
one of the longest-running events of its kind in the Midwest, Saturday,
June 5, 2010 in downtown Minneapolis.  Open to the public, this outdoor
beer sampling event features a variety of the best domestic and imported
beers available at metro area MGM locations,  live music from the
BRIAN BORU IRISH PIPE BAND,  SellOut Stereo and accordionist
 Bill Koncar  -  plus, great people-watching!  
 
A portion of proceeds from the tasting will benefit the St. Paul Jaycees.  
The festival takes place downtown just off First Avenue North & 10th 
Street N. in Minneapolis (one block southwest of the Orpheum Theater). 
Brought to you by City Pages, MGM, Big 10 Restaurant, SRO Productions, 
92 KQRS, Love 105 and 93X radio.
 
Check out www.citypages.com/beerfest for additional information.
 
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Boru announces Summer 2010 Line-Up

 Saturday May 22,  Minnesota Scottish Fair  www.mnscottishfair.org

Saturday June 5th,  City Pages Beer Festival,  Downtown Minneapolis  www.citypages.com/beerfestival

Sunday June 20th, North Branch Midsummer Days Parade and performance in the Legion Tent

Saturday July 31st,  Rosemount Leprechaun Days Parade

Friday August 13th  Minnesota Irish Fair  www.mnscottishfair.org

Saturday August 14th Minnesota Irish Fair www.irishfair.com

Sunday August 15th Minnesota Irish Fair www.irishfair.com

Thursday September 16th  Halfway to St. Patrick's Day at Shamrocks - The Irish Nook

Saturday September 18th NorthEast South Dakota Celtic Faire www.nesdcelticfaire.org

Sunday September 19th NorthEast South Dakota Celtic Faire  www.nesdcelticfaire.org

Saturday September 26th  Emmetsburg Iowa's Halfway to St. Patrick's Day

October -   2010 Shamrock Film Festival  www.shamrockfilmfestival.com

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Merlin's Rest Celebrates 3rd Anniversary with Boru Pipers

Boru Piper's Paddy & Jimmy  help Merlin's Rest celebrate their 3rd Anniversary from dawn til dusk!

www.merlinsrest.com

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Interview/Performance of the Boru at Summit Brewery

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Great Northern Irish Piper's Club Annual Concert

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Celtic Open Mic Night – April 10th

Brian Boru Pipe Band passes the crowd, St. Pat's Day 2010, St. Paul, Minnesota

Twin Cities Irish Music Podcast #10 - Tribute to Fitz

Twin Cities Irish Music  Podcast Episode #10

Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band dedicates their 'Amazing Grace' track to a great friend of Irish Music, the Late Timothy "Fitz" Fitzgerald:

Visit  TCirishMusic.com,  the #1 Centralized listing of Irish bands, shows & Pubs, to download the Podcast.

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Boru congratulates Katie Martin - 2010 Miss Shamrock

Photo courtesty of Peter Worth Photography

The Saint Paul St. Patrick’s Association crowned Katie Martin the 2010 Miss Shamrock on Monday March 15 at O'Gara's Garage in St. Paul. There were 14 candidates running for the title. The evening also included performances by the Brian Boru Pipe Band and Rince Na Chroi Irish Dancers.

 

Kieran's moves to Block E with a little help from the Brian Boru Pipe Band

Check out the Grand Opening Parade photo's in the Photo Gallery and read the full story in the Press/Articles Section

Boru announces 2010 St. Patrick's Day line-up!

10:30 a.m. O’Gara’s Traditional Early Morning Quick Play Thru www.ogaras.com

11 a.m. Summit Brewery (PRIVATE EVENT), St Paul www.summitbrewing.com

Noon – St. Paul Parade  www.stpatsassoc.org

12:30 Landmark Center (IMDA Celebration), St. Paul http://www.irishmusicanddanceassociation.org/stpatricksday.html

1 p.m. The Liffey, St. Paul   www.theliffey.com

2 p.m. Lowertown Bulldog, St. Paul  www.thebulldoglowertown.com

3 p.m. O’Gara’s World’s Shortest Parade with Grand Marshall Terri Traen (KQRS) , St. Paul  http://www.ogaras.com/events.html

4:45 p.m. Dunham’s, West St. Paul

6:00 p.m. Shamrock’s, St. Paul  www.crshamrocks.net

7:30 p.m. Cooper Irish Pub, West End St. Louis Park West www.cooperpub.com

8:30 p.m.) Gluek’s Minneapolis   www.glueks.com  

8:45 p.m. Kieran’s – NEW BLOCK E LOCATION (The Belfast Cowboys at 8 p.m.), Minneapolis   www.kierans.com

9:30 p.m. The Local, Minneapolis   www.the-local.com   

10:30  p.m. Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis   http://www.triplerocksocialclub.com   

11:30 p.m. Return to O'Gara's, St. Paul   www.ogaras.com  (Wild Colonial Bhoys in the Garage)

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2010 Upper Midwest Tour

 Catch the The Brian Boru Pipe Band appearing in Minnesota, Iowa, the Dakotas and Wisconsin in 2010

 

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Twin Cities Irish Music Podcast Episode #3

The Brian Boru appears on the 3rd Episode of the Twin Cities Irish Music Podcast.  Click here to view the podcast.

Visit  TCirishMusic.com,  the #1 Centralized listing of Irish bands, shows & Pubs.

Twin Cities Irish Music

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Brian Boru Pipe Band appears on 'Hooley in the Heartland' CD

Check out the Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band of St. Paul  on the Irish Music and Dance Association's new 2009 CD Sampler 'Hooley in the Heartland'  ~ a  2-CD set for sale featuring local artists!

Disc 1 Trad

01 'S Í Do Mhaimeo Í / Ann & Charlie Heymann
02 The Mistletoe Farmer / Daithi Sproule
03 Alexander/Paddy Fahy’s / Norah Rendell and Brian Miller
04 Beresford/Sligo Creek / McInnis’ Kitchen
05 Queen of the Mays / The Carraro Jig / Martin McHugh
06 Bonny Woods o Hatton / Rumgumption
07 An Raibh Tú ag an gCarraig? (Were You at The Rock?) /Finbarr Dwyer’s /
     Tom Klein (Northern Pipers)
08 Jackson's/The Queen of May/Sherlock's / Laura McKenzie & Dean Magraw
09 City of Chicago / Legacy
10 The Mountain Meadow/ The Highlander Who Kissed His Granny / Paddy O'Brien
11 Isn't It Grand Boys / Tim Fitzgerald
12 Nelly Mahoney's/Tadeen the Fiddler/Pete Bradley's / The HiBs
13 Brian O’Lynn / Máirtín de Cógáin
14 A cappella rhythms / Cormac O’Sé & the O’Shea Irish Dancers
15 The Star of the County Down, Wha Say the Forty Twa /
     Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band

Disc 2 Pub

01 The Star of the County Down / Patsy O'Brien
02 Black Is the Colour (of My True Love's Hair) / The Irish Brigade
03 Arms As Warm As These / Hounds of Finn
04 Back Seat Drives / Erin Rogue
05 Madeline / Sweet Colleens
06 Rattlin' Bog / Reverse Cowboy
07 Serbo Irish Jiggy Thing / Bedlam
08 The Tinker's Fiddle / The Langer's Ball
09 The Bold Fenian Men / Tom Dahill
10 Twa Corbies / The Tim Malloy's
11 Hills of Connemara / Todd Menton
12 Edinbro / Elizabeth Hall & Adam Stemple
13 Raggle Taggle Gypsy / Lochlin Road
14 Better Off / Wild Colonial Bhoys
15 Bike Ride on 35W / St Dominic's Trio

For more information visit  IrishMusicAndDanceAssociation.Org

Brenda Buckley Memorial Ceili & Benefit

When: Sun Dec 13, 2009
Where: Inis Mor (Big room) 4pm - 7pm at The Celtic Junction
Memorial Ceili and Benefit for the family of Brenda Buckley T.C.R.G of Scoil na dTri Irish Dance Academy. Brenda passed away suddenly Oct 17th 2009 after battling cancer.
More Details to Be Announced.

Failte Minnesota's Green Tie Event

Boru Bagpiper's will be performing at Failte Minnesota's 4th Annual Green Tie Event on Saturday November 21st.

http://www.failteminnesota.org/

For more info, visit http://www.failteminnesota.org/

Boru Pipers to lead Brew Processional

At 5 p.m. on Thursday November 12th Boru Pipers Thom and Dennis will lead a processional from Target Center to the Downtown Pizza Luce for the tapping of Summit Brewery's new Unchained Series: 90/- Scottish Style Ale brewed with heather.

More info at Summit Brewing Company

The schedule:
4pm $3 Summit pints start at Pizza Luce.
5pm Bagpiper processional
5:30pm 90/- is tapped

The downtown Pizza Luce location will also be featuring food specials and prizes. Rumor is there will be an award for best kilt!

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Brian Boru Bagpiper to appear with WookieFoot

Brian Boru's Pipe Sergeant Patrick McCormick will be appearing on pipes with Minneapolis-based jam band WookieFoot this weekend (October 30&31) at the Cabooze.  Other bands scheduled to appear include the Reef and the Limms.

8 p.m. showtime

Tickets available at the door or  at http://www.thecabooze.com/

Patrick with Murphy's Empty Shot on St. Patrick's Day (Cabooze, Minneapolis)



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2009 Twin Cities Marathon - Sunday October 4th

Catch members of the Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band performing for the runners along the marathon route, at the corner of Nina and Summit Ave.



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Boru Piper featured on billboards

Click here for article about young Bagpiper's Grandpa coming to get billboard

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Halfway to St. Patrick's Day - EMMETSBURG, IOWA

1st Annual Emmetsburg Halfway to St. Patrick's Day in honor of Mickey Conlon on Saturday September 26th, 2009.

Events include Golf Tournament, 22 mile Bike Ride and Pub Crawl with stops at Dublins, Cornerstone Pub and the Office.

Live music at Cornerstone Pub with the Scott Larson Band, Tequila Sunrise appearing at The Offfice and performances by the Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band at all three pubs throughout the night.

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Halfway Way to St. Patrick's Day Thursday September 17th

When: Thursday September 17th. Around 7: p.m. Brian Boru at 9 p.m. Wild Colonial Bhoys at 9:30 p.m.

www.crnook.com

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North East South Dakota Celtic Faire

For the 2nd year in a row, the Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band will be appearing at the Northeast South Dakota Celtic Faire and Games!

Performers this year include 40 Shades of Green, Gutherie School of Dance, Scoil na dTri School of Irish Dance, AARC Cloggers, Debi Rogers and the Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band.

www.nesdcelticfaire.com

The Boru wraps up another successful Irish Fair!

Marching to the Walser Gateway Stage

With Scoil na dTri Irish Dance School outside the Holiday Dance Tent

Boru members compete in the 'Best Legs in a Kilt Contest' - Irish Boxing Tent

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Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band MP3's available on iTunes

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BBIPB Running Team

Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band Drinking/Running Team completes the Irish Fair's 'Run with the Celts'





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Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band 40th Anniversday CD

LIMITED TIME Sale on the full 12 track CD! $6.97 direct from the Brian Boru Warehouse!

Only $6.97 plus Shipping (US Only)

BRIAN BORU IRISH PIPE BAND @ Irish Fair of Minnesota ***FREE ADMISSION***

Look for the Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band at the 2009 Minnesota Irish Fair
August 7-9 Harriet Island, St. Paul Minnesota

Friday August 7th - Brian Boru Official Merchandise Booth open from 3 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. in the East Marketplace -Dropkick Murphy's at 8:30 p.m.

Satuday August 8th 9:30 a.m. Join the BORU running team in the 'Run with the Kelts' 5K

Saturday August 8th 11:30 a.m. BRIAN BORU IRISH PIPE BAND performing at Croagh Park

Saturday August 8th Noon - Grand March with the BRIAN BORU IRISH PIPE BAND and Curtin Conway Award Ceremony, Gateway Stage

Saturday August 8th - Brian Boru Official Merchandise Booth open from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. in the East Marketplace

Sunday August 9th - Boru With Scoil na dTri School of Irish Dance 1:30 p.m. Holiday Dance Tent

Sunday August 9th - Boru With Scoil na dTri School of Irish Dance 5:30 p.m. Holiday Dance Tent

Sunday August 9th - Brian Boru Official Merchandise Booth open from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. in the East Marketplace

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Hire Us for Weddings, Funerals, Festivals & Concerts

YOUR MINNESOTA BAGPIPE WEDDING SPECIALISTS! (Quick Quotes and Same day service available)

In the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro area we can provide solo Bagpipers starting at $200 (based on availability)

Providing PROFESSIONAL Solo Bagpipers, Pipers and Drummers, Mini-Bands (2-3 Pipers, Bass drummer and Snare) and Full Bands (8-15 members) for weddings, funerals, parades and any other event since 1962! Competitive prices and quick quotes!

Servicing the UPPER MIDWEST (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Iowa Wisconsin, Dakotas)and the entire USA!

Only IRISH pipe band in Minnesota!

For booking/quotes for Events, Weddings, Funerals, Festivals, etc.

Contact weddings@brianborupipeband.com

Blue Brian Boru 'Minstrel Boy' T-Shirt

TOP SELLER! LIMITED EDITION...when they're gone they're gone!

Sizes S,M, L,XL,XL,2XL
Cost: $8.95 + Shipping (based on weight) (U.S. Only)

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Run With The Boru

Join members of the Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band for the fourth annual Sun Country's Run with the Celts 5K and Family 1K!

The 5K race will be on a certified race course that starts and ends on the festival grounds at Harriet Island. The Family 1K, held around the Harriet Island grounds, is an enjoyable event that families can do together.

The race will be held on Saturday, August 8, 2009. The Family 1K Run/Walk starts at 9:00 am and the 5K Run/Walk starts at 9:30 am. Both the 5K and Family 1K start and end at Harriet Island. The Family 1K is $12 in advance or $15 on race day. The 5K Run/Walk is $20 in advance or $24 on race day. All participants receive a Sun Country's Run with the Celts t-shirt.

For more information and to register online, visit here.

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BRAINERD LUNKERS Summertime St. Patty's Night at the Ballpark

It's all GREEN, green uniforms, green hats, green bases, green foul lines & even green beer! It's Summertime St. Patty's Night presented by Miller Lite. 1st 300 fans 21 & older will receive a Lunkers pint glass.

Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band members Andy and Josh will be performing between innings. Sponsored by Bernick's Beverages and Vending

Friday July 10th @ 7:05 p.m.

Stewart C. Mills Field

Tickets $6-$20

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Zorbaz Patio Party with Finnegans Irish Amber

Enjoy an ice-cold Finnegans Irish Amber and catch members of the Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band performing on the patio of Zorbaz - Gull Lake

Saturday July 11th 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.

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'Dawning of the Day'

Boru Quartet performing 'Dawning of the Day' outside Kierans Irish Pub, Downtown Minneapolis

Brian Boru performs at Finnegans ShamROCK June 6th, 2009

Members of the Brian Boru performing Journey's 'Don't Stop Believin'" with Tim Mahoney

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