About the Band

The Irish Pipers Band of San Francisco was formed in 1932 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 Irish Pipers played at the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge, at the groundbreaking ceremony for the United Irish Cultural Center, and at the charter meeting for the founding of the United Nations. They have also performed on national television with Gene Kelly, and in more recent years, on stage with The Chieftains. The San Francisco St. Patrick's Day Parade and the preceding Irish flag-raising ceremony at City Hall have been attended by the Irish Pipers every year since the band was founded. The band has also been the guest band at the Peace Officer's Memorial service in Sacramento. The Irish Pipers Band has competed in pipe band competitions in Long Beach, Pleasanton, Campbell, Woodland, Monterey, Portland, and Las Vegas.

The band wears the County Wexford tartan and practices on Monday evenings at the United Irish Cultural Center in San Francisco. The competing bands are members of the Western United States Pipe Band Association.

The Irish Pipers Band has won the Western United States Pipe Band Association's Grade III Championship for three consecutive years: 2012, 2013, & 2014. The Grade III band was promoted to Grade II for 2015. For the 2016 competitive season, the Irish Pipers Band will field competitive units in Grades II, IV, and V.


Current Membership

PIPERS

Maggie Baglin
Maura Baglin
Stephen Bailey
Mike Bowler
Rob Boyd
Randy Erickson
Craig Farley

Lisa Graves
Vince Guinnane
Steve Harrington
P/S Suzan Karayel
Emily Kayser
P/M Michael LeBoeuf
Alex Lentz

Rob Lund
Dean McFarren
Joe O'Leary
Claire Raftery
Amara Reddick
Ian Sharp

Alex Titus
David Vasheresse
Pat Ward
Wes Weber
Hal Wilkes
Wendy Young

DRUMMERS

D/M Anne Campbell
Meghan Campbell
Sean Connolly
Jacques Fiehrer

Elyse Gordon
Tim Jordan
Stuart McLean
Milanda Moore

Ben O'Leary
Brendan O'Leary
Joss Polzien
D/S Andrew Ryan

D/C Connie Taylor
Dana Trillo
John Tucker


Alumni 1932 - 2016

2010-2016

Josh Agee
Jesse Aston
Kathleen Aston
Bob Baker
Elon Bauer

Art Capperauld
John Carlin
Jack Conway
Titouan Créac'h
Daniel Dadap

Marie Dadap
Harry Deen
Phil De Roulet
Spencer Grinnell
Peyton Kayser

John Mahoney
Nancy Murray
Sean Murphy
Kerry Nehil
Alex O'Neill

Fred Payne
Matt Peterson
Anthony Raffanti
Kyler Schroder
Collin Seaman

Christina Shute
Katie Smith
Gary Smith
David Winter

2000-2009

Thomas Alexander
Rachel Aston
Gordon Baeyen
Tony Bencivenga
Zack Blizzard
Earl Braten
Tom Byrne
Brian Callan

Larry Chan
Kevin Collins
Aaron Cotler
Georgia Crispelle
Willie Durkin
John Flynn
Scott Foy
Ed Garvey

Scott Greenfield
Dennis Grimes
Frank Hagen
John Hallisy
Paul Hamilton
Amber Hamack
Tam Hartl
Tom Harvey

David James
P/M Hugh Kelly
Katie LeBoeuf
Adrian McCullough
D/M Ron McGlashan
Lyndsay McLaurin
Rich McNamara
Lynne Miller

Jason Mispagel
Brian Molver
Stuart Molver
Edwin Morales
Ryan Morrison
Jeff Muehl
Richard Murphy
Shawn Newton

Dave O'Connor
Daren Olson
Reg Ricci
Mike Seibert
Kathleen Smith
Tom Smith
Katherine Stone
Pat Wasley

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

1932-1950

Mike Brady
Jack Cotter
Frank Crotty
Denis Dineen

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

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