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The An Gorta Mor Memorial Pipes & Drums

By PipeMajorSeptember 13, 2020Uncategorized

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

Beginner Bagpipe and Drumming Lessons

By PipeMajorMarch 13, 2020News

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