About the Band

The Bushmills San Francisco Irish Pipers was formed in 1932 as the Irish Pipers Band of San Francisco and is the oldest continuously active Irish Pipe Band west of the Mississippi River. Original members of the band were Irish immigrants that desired to maintain the piping traditions of their native land. The band was a charter member of the Pacific Coast Pipe Band Association.

The band played at the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge and at the groundbreaking ceremony for the United Irish Cultural Center. The pipers played at the charter meeting for the founding of the United Nations. They have also performed on national television with Gene Kelly. The band has traditionally participated in the St. Patrick's Day Parade as well as the raising of the Irish flag at City Hall. They have competed in bagpipe competitions in Long Beach, Pleasanton, Campbell, Woodland, Monterey and Portland. The Irish Pipers Band has been the guest band at the Peace Officer's Memorial service in Sacramento.

The band wears the County Wexford tartan and practices on Monday evenings at the United Irish Cultural Center in San Francisco. Currently, the Irish Pipers also field competitive bands in Grades 3 and 5.

In 2006 Bushmills® Irish Whiskey began a sponsorship of the competing bands. In 2007, Bushmills San Francisco Irish Pipers celebrated our 75th anniversary. This year the bands are preparing for more competitions. See our performance schedule for venues near you.

Current Roster

PIPERS

Kathleen Aston Mike Bowler John Carlin Larry Chan Phil deRoulet Randy Erickson John Flynn

Lisa Graves P/S Suzan Karayel P/M Mike LeBoeuf Alex Lentz Rob Lund Dean McFarren

Rich McNamara Ryan Morrison Sean Murphy Joe O'Leary Fred Payne Amara Reddick

Ian Sharp Pat Ward Wes Weber David Winter P/C Hal Wilkes Wendy Young

DRUMMERS

Jesse Aston Rachel Aston Annie Campbell Sean Connolly D/S Harry Dean

Scott Foy Amber Hamack Tim Jordan John Mahoney Stuart McLean

Kerry Nehil Ben O'Leary Brendan O'Leary Kyler Schroder

Collin Seaman Connie Taylor Dana Trillo John Tucker

Alumni 1932 - 2009

1932-1950

Mike Brady Jack Cotter Frank Crotty Denis Dinneen

Walter Garry Danny Healy Frank Jordan Jim Kelleher

John Kelleher Ed McGovern Jimmy O'Neill Pat O'Neill

Sean O'Neill Pat O'Shea Tim Regan Terry Reilly

Denny Scannell Mike Sexton Dan Sullivan Tim Twomey

Bert Wall Patrick Ward Gus Wegals

1951-1999

Bill Ahern Tom Boyle Phil Brady Dudley Burns Maureen Byrne Patty Cotter Con Crowley

Mike Doyle Bill Driscoll Pat Galvin John (Jack) Flynn Dan Healy Jack Hickey Jim Hickey Eddie Hughes

Jack Jordan Frank Leonard Scott Ludeke Charlie McSwan John Murphy Martin Murphy Neil Murphy

Stephen Murphy Joe Nigro Harry O'Brien Neal O'Leary Denis O'Leary David O'Leary Dave Powell

Dennis Powell John Quinn Tom Reilly Dan Ring Henry Styles Joe Sheridan Bill Short

James Sullivan Joe Tamany Lee Valencia Steve Vernon Burt Wahl Bill Wasley Cliff Wilson

2000-2009

Thomas Alexander Gordon Baeyen Bob Baker Tony Bencivenga Zack Blizzard Earl Braten Tom Byrne Brian Callan

Kevin Collins Jack Conway Aaron Cotler Georgia Crispelle Willie Durkin Ed Garvey Scott Greenfield

Dennis Grimes Frank Hagen John Hallisy Paul Hamilton Tam Hartl Tom Harvey David James

P/M Hugh Kelly Katie LeBoeuf Adrian McCullough D/M RonMcGlashan Lyndsay McLaurin Lynne Miller Jason Mispagel

Brian Molver Stuart Molver Edwin Morales Jeff Muehl Richard Murphy Shawn Newton Dave O'Connor Alex O'Neill

Daren Olson Reg Ricci Mike Seibert Kathleen Smith Tom Smith Katherine Stone Pat Wasley

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