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

Quick Links

Want to know more about our band?

Need to book a piper?

Want to learn the bagpipes?

Email us!

Member Area
Webmail Login

Please support our sponsor!

Drink Responsibly.

Take me to: Home | About | Schedule | Instruction | Media | Gallery | Links | Drink Responsibly | Member Area | Webmail Login

© Copyright 2010 Bushmills Irish Pipers Band of San Francisco | ipbsf.org | Site design by PIPER PRODUCTIONS. All rights reserved.
The BUSHMILLS and BLACK BUSH words, the pot still device and other associated logos are trade marks.