Founded by AOH Wake County Division 1, we honor An Gorta Mór (The Great Hunger) through Irish music, charitable giving, and hands-on service supporting local hunger-relief efforts. Remembering the suffering of the past, we work locally to help ensure no neighbor goes hungry today.
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Established in September 2020, the An Gorta Mor Memorial Pipes and Drums commemorates the one million Irish that died and the more than two million forced to leave their homes and country to escape the great Irish famine. We are a service band to the Wake County, NC Division 1 of the Ancient Order of
An Gorta Mor offers beginning bagpipe and drumming lessons, with new students welcome anytime! For more information simply complete the sign up form below. “You don’t learn to play the Great Highland pipes on a bagpipe,” said Dennis O’Brien, who instructs the beginning bagpipe class, “We learn to play on a small instrument known as